| Royal Navy Regulating Branch |
Article Index for Royal Navy |
Website Links For Royal Navy |
Information AboutRoyal Navy Regulating Branch |
|
Among the rest of the Navy, Regulators are held in a certain amount of suspicion for leaving their initial trade (as all Regulators entered the Navy and served for a time as something else; similar aspersions are cast on Physical Training Instructors, also known as "Club-Swingers", for the same reason). They are also known for a their almost universal virulent insistence on being addressed by their branch-specific titles ("Leading Reg", "RPO" or "Master" depending on rank). Their nickname is "crusher". Like most military police forces, it is the Regulators who punish other military personnel for rule infractions (including such things as returning to the ship overly drunk) and administer compulsory drug testing. As one would imagine, this does little to endear them to the rest of the Navy, despite the essential nature of these jobs. Aside from their law enforcement role, Regulators aboard warships serve a more utilitarian function, normally as part of the ship's hangar crew. |
|
|