The Fleet Operational Standards and Training (FOST) is a Royal Navy training organisation.[1] FOST is the training organisation responsible for ensuring that Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessels are fit to join the operational fleet.[1]
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Commander Fleet Operational Standards and Training Headquarters (COM FOST HQ) is the HQ from where FOST is run, and this is headed up by a Commodore.[2]
Operations room staff on board HMS Illustrious during Basic Operational Sea Training.
A. Cecil Hampshire's "The Royal Navy Since 1945" writes that
[U]nder the system of Home Service, General Service, and Foreign Service commissions which was introduced in 1954, warships required to be re-manned with completely new crews more frequently than in the old days of "running" commissions. Thus in September 1958 under a Flag Officer Sea Training, special "shakedown" or settling in courses lasting seven weeks were started to train the crews of newly commissioned ships in operating their equipment and give them experience in dealing with every eventuality likely to be met with in subsequent service at home and abroad.[3]
Portland was the selected location and by the time Hampshire wrote in the early 1970s, "warships from other NATO and Commonwealth countries and from foreign navies" were undertaking the same courses of training.[3]
As a result of the Royal Navy programme 'Fleet First', FOST became the single command responsible for all sea training. The submarine sea-training organisation came under FOST and surface ship training previously undertaken by Flag Officer Surface Flotilla and the squadron staffs also shifted to FOST.[6]
FOST operates a pair of Eurocopter Dauphin helicopters to allow its instructors to join vessels with minimal delay during intense training periods.[7] Plymouth Airport closed on 23 December 2011.[8] The aircraft operate from HMS Raleigh in Cornwall but are based at Newquay.[9]
As well as training Royal Navy personnel, it has also been an important source of revenue in training foreign naval crews to handle and fight their vessels, with around one third of its work used in this capacity.[7]
In May 2020, Flag Officer Sea Training became Fleet Operational Sea Training[11] and the position was taken up by a Commodore in the appointment of Commander Fleet Operational Sea Training (COM FOST).[12]
Training regimeedit
The main training and testing period is called Basic Operational Sea Training (BOST), which typically lasts six weeks. It combines surveys of the physical condition of the ship with tests of the crew's readiness for deployment, including a weekly war-fighting and damage control scenario known as a 'Thursday War'. BOST thus has elements of the US Navy's Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV) and Composite Training Unit Exercise assessments. When USS Forrest Sherman underwent a short version of BOST in 2012, comments from her sailors included "I've been through other exercises, inspections, and deployment and this was by far the hardest ... It was even more intense than INSURV".[13]
^ ab"FOST Royal Navy". www.royalnavy.mod.uk. MOD, 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
^"Who is the new Flag Officer Sea Training" (PDF). whatdotheyknow.com. Whatdotheyknow. 27 April 2020. Retrieved 28 April 2020. In response to your request, I can advise you that the title Flag Officer Sea Training will cease to exist on 1 May 2020 and is replaced by the 1* post of Commander Fleet Operational Sea Training
^BBC Devon - Plymouth Airport Closed - 23 Dec 2011
^. Archived from the original on 12 January 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
^"Integrating the way we work". Navy News. 31 March 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
^Flag Officer Sea Training Organisation Renamed, UK Defence Journal, June 29, 2020.
^"Who is the new Flag Officer Sea Training" (PDF). whatdotheyknow.com. Whatdotheyknow. 27 April 2020. Retrieved 28 April 2020. In response to your request, I can advise you that the title Flag Officer Sea Training will cease to exist on 1 May 2020 and is replaced by the 1* post of Commander Fleet Operational Sea Training
^"American warship put to the ultimate test by Royal Navy trainers". Navy News. 26 April 2012.
^Mackie, Colin. "Senior Royal Navy Appointments from 1865: Flag Officer, Sea Training" (PDF). Gulabin. Colin Mackie, p.245, January 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
^Mackie, Colin. "Royal Navy Senior Appointments from 1865" (PDF). gulabin.com. Colin Mackie 2018. p.245. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
^Flag Officer Sea Training Organisation Renamed, UK Defence Journal, June 29, 2020.
Hampshire, A. Cecil (1975). The Royal Navy Since 1945. London: William Kimber & Co. Ltd. p. 176. ISBN0718300343.
Further readingedit
"Prepared for the fight – Royal Navy Operational Sea Training". Navy Lookout. 26 October 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
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The Fleet Operational Standards and Training FOST is a Royal Navy training organisation 1 FOST is the training organisation responsible for ensuring that Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessels are fit to join the operational fleet 1 Commander Fleet Operational Standards and TrainingFleet Operational Standards and TrainingCommand badgeActive1958 presentCountry United KingdomBranch Royal NavyRoleTrainingSizeCommodore s CommandPart ofFleet CommanderCommand HQRN Warfighting Centre HMNB PortsmouthCommandersCurrent CommanderCommodore Andrew Stacey Commander Fleet Operational Standards and Training Headquarters COM FOST HQ is the HQ from where FOST is run and this is headed up by a Commodore 2 Contents 1 History 2 Training regime 3 Commanders 1958 2020 3 1 Flag Officer Sea Training 3 2 Flag Officer Sea Training and Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff Training 3 3 Commander Fleet Operational Sea Training 4 Notes 5 Further reading 6 External linksHistory edit nbsp Operations room staff on board HMS Illustrious during Basic Operational Sea Training A Cecil Hampshire s The Royal Navy Since 1945 writes that U nder the system of Home Service General Service and Foreign Service commissions which was introduced in 1954 warships required to be re manned with completely new crews more frequently than in the old days of running commissions Thus in September 1958 under a Flag Officer Sea Training special shakedown or settling in courses lasting seven weeks were started to train the crews of newly commissioned ships in operating their equipment and give them experience in dealing with every eventuality likely to be met with in subsequent service at home and abroad 3 Portland was the selected location and by the time Hampshire wrote in the early 1970s warships from other NATO and Commonwealth countries and from foreign navies were undertaking the same courses of training 3 Originally operating out of Portland 4 Flag Officer Sea Training moved to Plymouth in 1995 when Rear Admiral John Tolhurst transferred his flag courtesy of HMS Iron Duke FOST s superior officer changed from Flag Officer Surface Flotilla to Commander in Chief Fleet 5 As a result of the Royal Navy programme Fleet First FOST became the single command responsible for all sea training The submarine sea training organisation came under FOST and surface ship training previously undertaken by Flag Officer Surface Flotilla and the squadron staffs also shifted to FOST 6 FOST operates a pair of Eurocopter Dauphin helicopters to allow its instructors to join vessels with minimal delay during intense training periods 7 Plymouth Airport closed on 23 December 2011 8 The aircraft operate from HMS Raleigh in Cornwall but are based at Newquay 9 As well as training Royal Navy personnel it has also been an important source of revenue in training foreign naval crews to handle and fight their vessels with around one third of its work used in this capacity 7 A March 2020 edition of Navy News noted that the Director People and Training took over the commands under FOST namely BRNC Dartmouth HMS Raleigh Commando Training Centre Royal Marines HMS Collingwood and HMS Temeraire 10 In May 2020 Flag Officer Sea Training became Fleet Operational Sea Training 11 and the position was taken up by a Commodore in the appointment of Commander Fleet Operational Sea Training COM FOST 12 Training regime editThe main training and testing period is called Basic Operational Sea Training BOST which typically lasts six weeks It combines surveys of the physical condition of the ship with tests of the crew s readiness for deployment including a weekly war fighting and damage control scenario known as a Thursday War BOST thus has elements of the US Navy s Board of Inspection and Survey INSURV and Composite Training Unit Exercise assessments When USS Forrest Sherman underwent a short version of BOST in 2012 comments from her sailors included I ve been through other exercises inspections and deployment and this was by far the hardest It was even more intense than INSURV 13 Commanders 1958 2020 editFlag Officer Sea Training edit Flag Officers Sea Training included 14 Vice Admiral William G Crawford September 1958 August 1960 Vice Admiral Sir Peter Gretton August 1960 December 1961 Rear Admiral Horace R Law December 1961 May 1963 Rear Admiral Patrick U Bayly May 1963 April 1965 Rear Admiral Philip G Sharp April 1965 July 1967 Rear Admiral John C Y Roxburgh July 1967 May 1969 Rear Admiral J Anthony R Troup May 1969 March 1971 Rear Admiral E Gerard N Mansfield March 1971 October 1972 Rear Admiral John O Roberts October 1972 April 1974 Rear Admiral James H F Eberle April 1974 April 1975 Rear Admiral John R S Gerard Pearse April 1975 November 1976 Rear Admiral Gwynedd I Pritchard November 1976 November 1978 Rear Admiral Anthony J Whetstone November 1978 September 1980 Rear Admiral David M Eckersley Maslin September 1980 April 1982 Rear Admiral John M Webster April 1982 May 1984 Rear Admiral Michael H Livesay May 1984 December 1985 Rear Admiral Barry N Wilson December 1985 June 1987 Rear Admiral John F Coward June 1987 June 1988 Rear Admiral Roy T Newman June 1988 December 1989 Rear Admiral A Bruce Richardson December 1989 July 1991 Rear Admiral Michael C Boyce July 1991 September 1992 Rear Admiral John G Tolhurst September 1992 April 1996 Rear Admiral Peter M Franklyn April 1996 July 1997 Rear Admiral R John Lippiett July 1997 September 1999 Rear Admiral Alexander K Backus September 1999 November 2001 Rear Admiral James C Rapp November 2001 April 2004 Rear Admiral Roger S Ainsley April 2004 June 2006 Rear Admiral Anthony J Rix June 2006 May 2007 Rear Admiral Richard J Ibbotson May 2007 February 2009 Rear Admiral Christopher A Snow February 2009 July 2011 Rear Admiral Clive C C Johnstone July 2011 April 2013 Rear Admiral Benjamin J Key April 2013 July 2015Flag Officer Sea Training and Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff Training edit Post holders include 15 Rear Admiral John R H Clink July 2015 June 2018 Rear Admiral William J Warrender June 2018 2020Commander Fleet Operational Sea Training edit Commodore Andrew Stacey circa June 2020 16 Notes edit a b FOST Royal Navy www royalnavy mod uk MOD 2017 Retrieved 18 March 2017 Who is the new Flag Officer Sea Training PDF whatdotheyknow com Whatdotheyknow 27 April 2020 Retrieved 28 April 2020 In response to your request I can advise you that the title Flag Officer Sea Training will cease to exist on 1 May 2020 and is replaced by the 1 post of Commander Fleet Operational Sea Training a b Hampshire 1975 p 176 Navy marks 50th year of world renowned training Archived September 30 2011 at the Wayback Machine Joris Janssen Lok FOST Preparing the RN s ships for action Jane s Defence Weekly 15 July 1995 p 31 Richard Scott Jane s Defence Weekly January 2005 27 a b FOST page at helis com BBC Devon Plymouth Airport Closed 23 Dec 2011 This is Plymouth FOST Helicopters Move 21 Dec 2011 Archived from the original on 12 January 2012 Retrieved 3 June 2012 Integrating the way we work Navy News 31 March 2020 Retrieved 5 April 2020 Flag Officer Sea Training Organisation Renamed UK Defence Journal June 29 2020 Who is the new Flag Officer Sea Training PDF whatdotheyknow com Whatdotheyknow 27 April 2020 Retrieved 28 April 2020 In response to your request I can advise you that the title Flag Officer Sea Training will cease to exist on 1 May 2020 and is replaced by the 1 post of Commander Fleet Operational Sea Training American warship put to the ultimate test by Royal Navy trainers Navy News 26 April 2012 Mackie Colin Senior Royal Navy Appointments from 1865 Flag Officer Sea Training PDF Gulabin Colin Mackie p 245 January 2017 Retrieved 18 March 2017 Mackie Colin Royal Navy Senior Appointments from 1865 PDF gulabin com Colin Mackie 2018 p 245 Retrieved 7 June 2018 Flag Officer Sea Training Organisation Renamed UK Defence Journal June 29 2020 Hampshire A Cecil 1975 The Royal Navy Since 1945 London William Kimber amp Co Ltd p 176 ISBN 0718300343 Further reading edit Prepared for the fight Royal Navy Operational Sea Training Navy Lookout 26 October 2022 Retrieved 27 September 2022 Harding Ian May 2022 Fronting FOST AirForces Monthly No 410 Stamford Lincolnshire Key Publishing pp 72 76 ISSN 0955 7091 Scott Richard 5 January 2005 Fighting fit Briefing Operational Sea Training Jane s Defence Weekly 26 30 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Flag Officer Sea Training FOST Naval Air Organisation Flight International 20 April 1951 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Commander Fleet Operational Sea Training amp oldid 1182183808, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
