Bill Oliphant, Royal Navy Veteran & CEO, Royal Naval Association
Land, Sea & Air - Stories from the Armed Forces
English - January 26, 2021 14:00 - 51 minutes - 35.6 MBHealth & Fitness veterans military health wellbeing mental health royal navy royal marines raf british army falklands war Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
“The best bits of the Navy without the b******s!” That’s Bill’s take on the Royal Naval Association (RNA).
From boy scout to sailor, for Bill it’s been “loads of ships and lots of people.” Having Served in the Royal Navy for 37 years from the age of 18 and now CEO of the RNA, Bill spent 20 years at sea and then found himself “in Army pyjamas as much as Navy uniform.”
Bill likes a challenge and his latest is refreshing the RNA to help members through the pandemic and beyond and to get Serving people involved from early on during their Service, ready to support them when they become Veterans.
We caught up with Bill just before Christmas and here’s what he had to say…
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