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What reasons support why women can outsell/outlead men?

QUESTION --- What reasons support why women can outsell / outlead men?ANSWER(1)---Help wanted! No prior experience. Flexible hours. Salary and opportunity unlimited. Because you are a woman, you have what it takes to make it big in sales. So take the quick quiz you will find herein. If the answer to most of the (15) questions is YOU, get ready to put all your natural skills to work to outsell sales MEN...and succeed on your own terms and talents."ANSWER(2)---Do you like to meet leaders, team- builders and compassionate communicators, then just look at the person you see in the mirror!ANSWER(3)---As a well-trained MALE in sales, throughout my fifty two (52) year career working as a professionally trained salesperson, I've seen, I've reflected upon and I've drawn understandably sensible conclusions about the role of women in general --- and eventually in the workplace. I think you will find what I learned makes female sense!WHEN I GREW UP, OUTSIDE SALES WERE MADE by men, not women. Women simply did not do that kind of work. Not that they couldn't. They most certainly could. But they didn't. They didn't for very good reasons. So if young people today don't know the economic facts of the 1930's---the World War Two (WWII) years of the 1940's---and the recovery years of the 1950's, then it's puzzling to understand the contrast of male/female work roles. Back then when I grew up, women simply dId not sell cars; homes; steel; lumber; roofing; tractors; trucks; commercial real estate; cloth; school books; wholesale foods; chemicals; office furniture; office supplies; lighting; life insurance; construction equipment---or for that matter, just about ANY KIND of outside sales!STRANGE CHANGES WERE HAPPENING DUE TO the Interstate Highway System enabled by a bill signed by Pres. Eisenhower in the 1950's---by the city of Detroit crankin' out cars by the very many millions annually---and by the amazing "malling of America" made possible by Ike's system and all those Bee YOU Tee Full cars! (I just LOVE cars:)STRANGE really IS strange---and by that I mean twenty five (25) out if every one hundred (100) WORKERS in America were OUT of WORK during the DEPRESSION years of the 1930's.BUT WHEN CHURCHILL, FDR and STALIN MET to do something BIG which ultimately resulted in the death of Hitler and his destructive Nazi policies, America all of a sudden LIT UP so our GI's (soldier-talk for Government Issue) by the tens of millions could do what simply had to be done: FIGHT THE REALLY BIG FIGHT we know as WWII.WHAT DID OUR WOMEN DO?---Read history and you'll see how our women did THE IMPOSSIBLE! Their work is a testimony to excellence! To this day what WE ALL DID working together brings chills up and down my spine!SO TO THOSE WHO THINK WOMEN CAN'T LEAD, or SELL as well as men, then they are incapable of thinking, reading and concluding THE TRUTH:THERE ARE POWERFUL REASONS WHY WOMEN can --- and in fact DO --- outsell men! Think about that word "sell." Every time you see, you hear or you use the word "SELL," think "LEAD" --- think "COMMUNICATE" --- and think "TEAMWORK."I TEACH THIS STUFF, SO WRESTLE WITH THIS: "Why are women smarter than men?" Every time that I ask men, I get weird looks, idiotic reactions or outright dumbass arrogant answers! But when I ask women, they say "We are. Don't even think about it. That's just the way it is" --- to which I say, "You mean God made you that way. Don't argue!" And we laugh!SO WHY CAN WOMEN OUTSELL MEN?---Here's why. according to the best book on the subject of selling which is a valuable form of leadership, FIFTEEN (15) POWERFUL REASONS PREVAIL! Therefore, pay attention because you're about to learn the truth. And if you don't agree, then I'll FLUNK yah outta my class and you'll get sneers; you'll get jeers; no cheers; and you'll have to walk through the rest of your life with your head down so no one can see your dumbass (male) red face!ACCORDING TO MY LIBRARY'S BEST BOOK on the subject of selling --- "Selling is a Woman's Game, 15 Powerful Reasons Why Women Can Outsell Men," by Nicki Joy with Susan Kane Benson (paperback published by Avon Books, division of The Hearst Corporation, copyright 1994 (ISBN 0-380-77416-X), several unusually gifted salesmen (including Tom Peters, Zig Ziglar and John Nesbitt) enthusiastically endorse this EXCELLENT book on the subject of selling!INSTEAD OF DELVING INTO THE DETAILS---of each of the fifteen reasons why women are so damm good at SELLING (or whatever else they may decide to do), I'll trust your judgment to go out and buy the book---and now just give you the fifteen. (They're also the 15 chapter titles).THEN I'LL GIVE YOU THE COYLE RECAP---and that'll be it (until I feel compelled to write more).HERE WE GO---15 Powerful Reasons Why Women Can Outsell Men. By the way, my wife of forty nine (49) years this fall (God willing and the creek don't rise) tells me that my self-assessment (I'm borderline sane) accurately states my ability to hang out (and have fun) with all sorts of people!SO WITH WIFIE AND THREE DELIGHTFULLY diligent daughters who kept hammering so subtly at my male brain to the point where now it cannot be distinguised from a female brain, here are the 15 reasons why women can outsell men:Reason #1---Women are Happy JugglersReason #2---It's Women Who Know How to BondReason #3---Women Get the Details DownReason #4---Women Are Good at Looking GoodReason #5---Women Make People Feel GoodReason #6---Women Are Naturally InquisitiveReason #7---Women ListenReason #8---Women Know How to Make a PointReason #9---Women Know the Benefit if Speaking in Terms of BenefitsReason #10---Women Are Great CommunicatorsReason #11---Women Know How to INvolve to OUTsellReason #12---Women Don't Object to ObjectionsReason #13---Women Have Intuition and Use ItReason #14---Women Know How to Wrap Up the SaleReason #15---Women Send the CardsQUICK COYLE RECAP---Inspired by an insight gained from the INCREDIBLY perceptive co-authors, I conducted an experiment (nothing complex). In fact it was very, Very, VERY simple!WHAT I DID---Every single time I went out someplace for ANY reason like to shop for beer, bananas, bacon, biscuits, bourbon, butter or bread---no matter what for, or where I went, I made a mental note of what happened in the SPLIT SECOND when I had my first eye contact. Then I wrote it down.HARD TO BELIEVE---Although some may find this hard to believe, it's true. It's true because I hold a degree in pure science and absolutely LOVE to conduct interesting new experiments. Wherever I went, I kept a folded piece of paper in my pocket with my wallet (which is always with me). On that folded piece of paper there were 100 places to record what happened in the split second when my first eye contact took place with a woman.SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLE AT WORK---Because any well-conducted experiment requires control over its conditions, I realized the critical importance of steeling myself to do three things. NUMBER ONE: I would NOT maintain eye contact (I would look away as quickly as possible). NUMBER TWO: I would glance only at the eyes of a woman who is not conversing with someone else, be it her kid, her friend, or whoever. NUMBER THREE: I would maintain a very disciplined, neutral physiognomy. In other words, I would not look sad, mad or glad. I would not frown; look mean; look like I'm in a hurry; or show ANY indication of whatever it was that might be goin' on in my mind. And, MOST important, I WOULD NOT SMILE! Again, and again, and again I reminded myself the second I set foot in a public place to look neutral. Don't smile! Don't Smile! DON'T SMILE! Here are the experiment's results of ONE HUNDRED TIMES IN A ROW (the identical results continue to happen to this day 20 YEARS LATER after thousands and thousands of first eye contacts with women): THEY ALL SMILE! Although it may be for only a split second, THEY ALL SMILE. No matter what they might be feeling inside, THEY ALL SMILE. Predictably guaranteed, THEY ALL SMILE. Young or old, THEY ALL SMILE. Good lookin' or not so good lookin' THEY ALL SMILE. Single or not, THEY ALL SMILE. And, uh, I gotta ask, what would the results of my experiment be like if my one hundred subjects were males? UGH! There is NO WAY I would subject myself to such misery. From time to time I feel like stoppin' a guy and sayin' somethin' like,"Pardon me, sir, are you happy?"《"Yeah! Sure"》"Tell your face!"DO SMILES COMMUNICATE?---About a year ago, my bank's nearby branch office got a new banker. Having seen this sad lookin' sack hundreds of times---and having requested a variety of services from him on maybe six or eight occasions, he has NEVER ONCE, EVER smiled. Do employees sell? Even the janitor who treats the public well sells! What's the sad sack sellin'? This place ain't fun!SELL: WUZZAT WORD MEAN?---To sell includes "going thru a process" which women intuitively understand. By that I mean women "get it" while many, if not most, men either CAN'T, DON'T or flat-out WON'T understand! Why?WHY DON'T MOST MEN GET IT?---Having thought about this since my rookie days in a nine-month long "Professional Sales and Sales Management" training program fifty two (52) years ago, I am ABSOLUTELY convinced what's NOT happening in the typical male brain reflects an incurable, innate, male, dumbass pigheadedness! It's like the male's out on a hunt to slay an animal for the evening meal. It's like his face SCREAMS to each person he sees, "Don't bother me. I have no time for distractions. Get outta my way!" (Jerk!)TO UNDERSTAND FEMALE SUPERIORITY---in selling, leading, team-building, connecting, and communicating---ASK QUESTIONS and THINK! Then it'll be easy to understand why women (in the days when I was a kid) did not use their time serving society through outside sales work!WHY NOT?---Because women are smart. They are VERY smart. To women, it just made no sense to use their husband's hard-earned income for day care for the kids just so they could go out and work at ANYTHING! Back in those days (so very different from today), TWO-INCOME FAMILIES did not exist. Those were the days when ONLY ONE INCOME, the husband's, paid the bills. And here's how they got paid: if "pay-day" was Friday, which was common:A MAN'S SALARY WAS GIVEN TO HIM BY HIS employer's bookkeeper in an inexpensive little brown envelope (brown because brown was less expensive than white) which he'd give to his wife the minute he walked in the door. She would then give him whatever amount she knew made sense in lIght of the bills she knew were coming up. And whether the amount he got back from her was larger or smaller, that's what he got. And that was that! Period! No discussion! (I know all this stuff because my father employed a small staff of white collar workers and 100+ blue collar).WHAT WERE WOMEN'S VARIOUS ROLES? Did they keep the books and pay the bills? Yes. Did they exercise economic leadership over their household? Yes. Did they stay home and raise the kids? Yes. Was the husband the boss? Scripture passages about him being the head of the home notwithstanding, in personal economic terms, SHE was the boss!1940's & 1950's---FDR & HST---World War II and the Korean War. American resources hit hard. Tough times. Difficult for economic recovery!1950's & 1960's---IKE & JFK---Good Leader & Good Leader Assassinated! RFK---promise and hope---assassinated! America emotionally torn!1960's & 1970's---LBJ, NIXON & FORD---Strange Leader, Crook & Good Guy but---inflation takes hold, builds and relentlessly accelerates! Living costs went thru the roof over FAR too many years!START THINKIN' ABOUT WOMEN'S NEW ROLE---and their inevitable entry into outside sales which taps their natural communication talents and skills.1970's & 1980's---Carter & Reagan---Inept Leader & Great Leader. RR's college major was economics. Few knew!BACK TO THE YOUNG GI's AND THEIR WIVES: Who did what and why? We'll see in a moment. First, a brief review of what good selling does.SELLING IS A FORM OF LEADING. Good selling communites well. Good leading communicates well. Good communicating builds bonds. Good bonds develops teamwork. Good sales people and their buyers are good communicating teams. Repeat business follows easily and naturally. So do referrals. Review these facts when reading the 15 reasons why women can outsell men.TO FULLY UNDERSTAND WHY THAT WAS SO, think about the economy and what it was like back then. The economy was VERY different before, during and immediately after World War II. The economy was collectively an aggregate of all American households which, for those who've never read Aristotle's "Oikonomikos," was, quite simply, predictable, efficient & effective! Efficient people do things right. Effective people do THE RIGHT things right.TRUE SELLING STORY---A REALLY BIG SALE! Ronald Reagan's advisors cautioned him, "Mr. President, the tax-reform act you're proposing will only make matters a lot worse. The economy just won't generate the kind of growth underlying your assumptions. With taxes cut so severely and revenue insufficient from your projected growth, the two ends just won't come together. Your growth assumptions are far too aggressive"RR POLITELY LISTENED. Then after dismissing the meeting, he got on the phone one-on-one with all the Members of Congress he knew needed contact --- especially his personally!DOING THE SAME WITH THE SENATE, the die was then cast. His bill passed, and "The Tax Rrform Act of 1981" became law. It took roughly a year for the relevant parts of the economy to understand, appreciate and feel the impact. Then all of a sudden, America's growth EXPLODED UPWARD! That wonderfully effective man did the right thing right which is what ALL dedicated sales personnel are called to do.HERE'S MY MESSAGE---Pay attention to the sales principles developed in,"Selling Is a Womsn's Game." Master all fifteen. You, too, will explode uoward! RR knew his PURPOSE and GOAL. As a gifted leader, he also knew his METHODS and TOOKS. With those in place, all that was left was to do what he had nastered throughout his entire professional life---COMMUNICATE!BACK TO THE BIG PICTURE WITHIN WHICH---all dedicated sales personnel perform---let's take a look at the view from 40,000 feet:SCALED UP, HOUSEHOLD BECOMES NATIONAL: Back in the early to mid 1950's, the American aggregate "Oikonomikos" did NOT have our current Interstate Highway System. We did NOT have a car in every driveway (much less two). We did NOT have a separate home / a separate house for our young married couples with one or more kids!WHERE'D THEY LIVE? With his or her parents or in an apartment. Were there lots of JOBS to be filled in the 1930's? No! Those were the years of the Great Depression! Were there lots if JOBS to be filled in the 1940's? No! Our young men were overseas fighting World War II. What happened when WWII ended? What did our returning GI's want? JOBS! What else? Where did they and their young brides want to live? In their own HOMES! Did they BUY them? No! They had 'em BUILT with help from a mortgage and maybe their parents.DIDJAH EVER HEAR OF LEVITTOWN? IT'S HUGE! There were millions of homes built throughout America for the GI's to satisfy their enormous pent-up demand. Amazingly, from 1947 through 1951, New York's Nassau County's number of homes EXPLODED upwards. In March of 1947, our WWII veterans bought 1,400 Levittown homes within the first FOUR HOURS! WOW!JOBS, HOMES, ROADS, COUPLES AND CARS came crashing together resulting in massive growth! Young couples connected with America's unleashed opportunity!HE EARNED THE MONEY. SHE RAN THE HOME. Both were full time work! Who lucked out? Kids!LIFE WAS FINE FOR ONE INCOME FAMILIES, until bad economics developed on a massive national scale. The 1970's: Nixon/Inflation. Ford/Inflation. Ford said "W-I-N" meaning "Whip Inflation Now!" Carter's nationally televised fireside TV talk: a frustrated micro-thinker blamed his viewers which means he blamed us all---Ugh! Bad! Dumb!TO DEAL WITH INFLATION, WOMEN GOT JOBS! Schools taught eIghth grade (female) students: Home Economics. Whatever the text might have been, its template was Aristotle's "Oikonomikos." In Greek, that means "Household Management."IN ARISTOTLE'S TIMES, WOMEN were in charge. MEN were NOT. Men were out in the fields working with the laborers raising fruits and vegetables, cattle, pigs, firewood, and everything a family needed to care for itself and create COMMERCE for SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.IF A WIDOW HAD A FEW GOATS---she'd see if she could MAKE A SALE by trading goat milk for meat, fruits and vegetables. Who'd she talk to? The weathy farmowner man---or woman? She'd talk to the woman! Why? Women ruled the roost!BORN IN 1940, BY THE TIME I BEGAN grammar school, the females surrounding me (from whom I learned) were my mother; my sister; my class-mates for eight years (about 20 of whom were girls); the Sisters of Mercy who taught us through eight years; the two women who ran my father's office (Mrs. M., his bookkeeper and Mrs. C., his secretary); Karen C., my playmate from age five until she went to a different grammar school; and my grandmother who lived with us on a lake for three months every summer!ECONOMICS: THINK SALES / THINK WOMEN: Assume no college education which was often the case --- and add the desire to help the family to quickly get ahead --- how long would it take for a woman to GET LICENSED TO MAKE SALES by buying and selling homes? Not long!WOULD A WOMAN HAVE TO GO TO SCHOOL TO learn what to say about homes? Are you kidding? Of course not! She's right at home. She's like a duck in water! And whadyyah think she's telling her girlfriend who, like her, got work (selling home furniture)---and the word gets around: let's get a buncha girls together once a week for coffee, tea and danish to talk about what we're doing to help improve our families! Do men do that? Nope! And if some do, it's not like how women learn from one another! Read that list again---15 powerful reasons why women can outsell / outlead men!THE TRUTH IS CLEAR: Selling IS a woman's game. But what does a woman do if she's denied opportunity? Doors slam shut on her! She's not allowed in! Think about this story: back in 1964 shortly after completing college and National Guard active duty, I interviewed for, and was accepted into, an experimental advanced management training program. We were trained for nine months from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM five days a week, mid-Sept '64 thru mid-June '65, non-stop. Great big company. Regional and satellite offices throughout all fifty states. That was a great opportunity. Twenty two fired-up recent college grads eager to grow! How many WOMEN were in our group?---Zero!---Zip!---Nada!---None! OUR GROUP DID NOT HAVE EVEN ONE WOMAN!FAST FORWARD TO LATE 1969---I was offered a promotion to Assistant VP for Human Resources in Minneapolis-St. Paul. Nice promotion. Worked hard. VERY hard. Earned it! This was a really fine opportunity. Exhausted after an intense fifth year teaching in the home office, I needed a vacation. The HR VP said, "Bob, go! No problem!"PREPARE / PREPARE / PREPARE---Asking a good friend and co-worker a burning question, I said: "Doug, this is confidential. I'm strongly inclined to turn down the promotion I've been offered in favor of returning to my home town to develop myself as a careee life insurance agent. There are some tremendous life insurance companies out there. I have one in mind but plan to interview two others, too. Do you know a book thst I should read?" Without hesitation, Doug said, "Absolutely! 'How I Rose From Failure to Success in Selling' by Frank Bettger. You'll love it!" Doug was right!NO WOMEN SELLING LIFE INSURANCE! WHY? Selecting my first choice, I interviewed two large agencies in my home town, chose the one with which I felt most comfortable---and never looked back! Meeting all the agents at a great big event late in 1969 (year-end dinner to celebrate solid agency production numbers), I met all the agents. NO WOMEN! Again the question (answered with many variables coming together)---WHY? It never even dawned on me to ask! Today I know why. But back then I didn't!IN 1977, I ATTENDED MY 1ST MDRT MEETING: Nine thousand assembled to celebrate and learn. Question---HOW MANY WOMEN were present? Few. There were very, Very, VERY few attending that annual meeting of the most successful life insurance sales professionals in the world!HOW MANY ARE WOMEN TODAY?---Roughly half. But there's a membership fact that bothers me. It bothers me a lot. Not too many years ago, MDRT membership worldwide was about 35,000 with 25,000 members here in the States and 10,000 overseas. Today it's 10,000 here and 25,000 overseas. WHAT IS GOING ON?WHY AM I FOCUSING ON THE LIFE INDUSTRY? Because it's mine --- I love it --- and it definitely does NOT deserve to die!WHO CAN TURN THIS AROUND? REMEMBER what I said about women selling homes? Ducks in water! The same is true about life insurance. Uh, who do you think I would REALLY rather train over an extended period of time (30 weeks):FIFTEEN TWO-PERSON TEAMS ----- of rookie WOMEN life insurance agents?OR DO YOU THINK---I would rather train:FIFTEEN TWO-PERSON TEAMS ----- of rookie MEN life insurance agents?NO CONTEST --- WOMEN / WOMEN / WOMEN!WHY CAN WOMEN OUTSELL / OUTLEAD MEN?What is there about life insurance that women can INSTANTLY understand quicker and better (my opinion) than men?WHAT'S LIFE INSURANCE? Life Insurance is a magnificent product that fulfills a need --- the same NEED that surrounded WOMEN since the days of Aristotle---and before! Life insurance is MONEY when it's needed most. Life insurance is food, clothing and shelter. It's a home, college and retirement bought and paid for. In the form of WHOLE LIFE which lasts for life; has level annual premiums; builds cash reserves; can be tapped; has tax benefits and retirement options---whole life insurance is the ONLY answer to 4 critically important personal economic questions:1) What if I DIE too soon?2) What if I LIVE too long?3) What if I'm UNABLE TO WORK 'cuz I'm SICK or HURT and out of work?4) What if I NEED MONEY and DON'T HAVE IT?PLEASE CONSIDER FIVE CLOSING THOUGHTS:FIRST, if anyone tries to convince you that you do not need life insurance after the mortgage is paid off and the kids are grown & educated, just walk the other way FAST ('cuz that idiot's an as- - -le!SECOND, if you don't understand life insurance, learn it. IT IS NOT difficult to understand its two fundamental forms (term life & whole life). Ignore universal life. UL was created in the late 1970s by a team of certified dumbass dolts. (Garbage!)THIRD, if someone advises, "Buy term and invest the difference," that moron is HIGHLY likely to be the same imbecile trying to jam the mortgage- paid-off and kids-grown-up claptrap. That's pure, unadulterated bull- - -t. (Jerk!)FOURTH, if you are a WOMAN aligning positively with most, if not all of the fifteen (15) questions presented above---and if you enjoy teaching---and if you have a passionate desire to "Get Out of Debt and Save Money(TM)," then LEARN how to do that by doing it as quickly as you can ...THEN teach one person how to do what you did.THEN teach a couple.THEN for a fee per household, teach a small crowd at a place of worship (NOTE: all checks should be made payable to the place of worship which IMMEDIATELY pays you half the receipts for rendering your service to its congregation).THEN talk to as many CEOs as possible until you FIND YOUR FIRST CEO who will let you do the same training during normal business hours which means that 100% attendance is assured 'cuz the EMPLOYER pays YOU for the employee benefit. The EMPLOYEES don't pay. Set your fee per employee at a level of ONE HALF the amount paid by the households to the places of worship. Tell CEOs what they know: MONEY STRESS NEGATIVELY IMPACTS employee performance! They'll get it. But to NAIL it, PROVE it by providing copies of professionally conducted0 studies!FIFTH AND MOST IMPORTANT---Buy Nicki Joy's BOOK TODAY / TODAY / TODAY / DON'T DELAY!Submitted by the Founder, Owner and CEO of Common Sense Money(R), Teaching a Nation to Save(TM) --- Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) --- Monday July 25, 2016 --- Robert Coyle

Is there a history book entirely on the mine clearing of the Falkland Islands?

First published in the June 2007 (No 126) issue of Ton Talk, the magazine of the Ton Class Association, and subsequently in the November 2007 (Vol 95 No 4) issue of the Naval Review.)INTRODUCTIONThe handful of Royal Navy personnel involved in Minewarfare, Diving and Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD - more familiarly known as Bomb & Mine Disposal) during Operation CORPORATE, the Falkland Islands campaign in 1982, and its aftermath, was awarded a total of one Distinguished Service Order (DSO), three Distinguished Service Crosses (DSCs), one Distinguished Service Medal (DSM), one Queen's Gallantry Medal (QGM), one British Empire Medal (BEM), six Mentions in Despatches (MIDs) and at least seven Commander-in-Chief’s Commendations for Brave Conduct. One Minewarfare & Clearance Diving Officer (MCDO) was appointed an Officer of the British Empire (OBE) and three MCDOs were appointed Members of the British Empire (MBE) for their achievements. It is therefore surprising that the list of participating units on the Falklands Memorial outside Port Stanley fails to mention either of the two main Portsmouth-based Fleet Clearance Diving Teams (FCDTs 1 and 3 but up to five FCDTs were active) although it does include the Army’s field postal unit and the RAF’s mobile meteorological unit. Of further note, Sir Lawrence Freedman’s Official History of the Falklands Campaign says little about the activities of the Fleet Clearance Diving Teams or the minesweeping trawlers of the specially formed 11th Mine Countermeasures (MCM) Squadron that swept 10 of the 21 deadly moored mines laid by the Argentinians in the approaches to Port Stanley. I have brought these omissions to Sir Lawrence's attention in the hope that he will set the record straight sometime in the future.Throughout the Falklands campaign, the members of the FCDTs lived and worked in atrocious conditions. Performing most of their bomb disposal and repair work at night during lulls in the air raids, they slept in cramped spaces in odd nooks of ships or ashore in damp, makeshift shelters. Much of their diving was conducted in dark fetid compartments surrounded by jagged steel edges, explosive debris and freezing water contaminated by oil, battery acid and raw sewage. They also turned their hands to acting as mechanics, welders, cutters, riggers, first aiders, stretcher bearers, nurses and mortuary attendants, as well as organising the odd entertainment for fellow servicemen. Early on, the members of the FCDTs surrendered all their spare clothing to the survivors of SIR GALAHAD and other bombed ships so they soon looked a piratical bunch. When he first heard about the bomb disposal work conducted by the Fleet Clearance Diving Teams in the Falklands, Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fieldhouse GCB, GBE, the then Commander-in-Chief Fleet, said in wonderment to the Fleet Minewarfare & Clearance Diving Officer (Lt Cdr J H 'Hamish' LOUDON MBE RN), “Who are these people and where do we get them from?”The ships’ companies of the five minesweeping trawlers comprising the rapidly formed 11th Mine Countermeasures (MCM) Squadron also had it tough. They endured rough weather, unreliable machinery and lack of proper self-defence armament, communications and navigation systems. Sailing to and fro on their various often clandestine missions carrying stores and personnel in the dark, with radar switched off and all lights extinguished for security, they frequently ran the risk of being rammed or fired on by both enemy and friendly forces. Apart from acting as guinea pigs in channels suspected of being mined and landing Special Forces raiding parties, they swept 10 of the 21 deadly moored mines laid by the Argentinians in the approaches to Port Stanley; the other mines had either broken adrift and floated away or failed to deploy properly. Astonishingly, the relatively junior officer who welded the makeshift squadron together as an effective force, led it 8,000 miles south, supervised its hazardous operations and then brought it home again four months later without its ships or men sustaining a single casualty received no public recognition for his feat.CHRONOLOGYWhen the Task Force was being prepared it was realised that, in the event of hostilities, clearance divers would be required to conduct Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), Battle Damage Assessment (BDA), Battle Damage Repair (BDR) and underwater reconnaissance in potential landing areas. It was also recognised that minesweeping would be required if the Argentinians laid sea mines in critical areas off the coast. To coordinate such operations, MCDO Lt Cdr (later Cdr) Chris MEATYARD was appointed to the staff of Commodore Amphibious Warfare (COMAW – Cdre Michael CLAPP CB, RN). On 5 April 1982, Chris and his small MCM staff embarked in HMS FEARLESS and departed Portsmouth with other elements of the Task Force. Later on, he and his team were transferred to HMS INTREPID but he was soon recalled to FEARLESS because the Commodore needed his specialist advice ‘on tap’.On 25 April 1982, the Agentinian garrison at Grytviken on South Georgia surrendered. The same day, the Agentinian submarine ARA SANTA FE, severely damaged by depth charges from HMS ANTRIM’s Wessex helicopter (Lt (now Rear Admiral) Chris PARRY CBE, son of the late MCDOA member Cdr John PARRY OBE RN), beached herself in Grytviken harbour. MCDO Lt (later Lt Cdr) David 'Doc' O’CONNELL MBE RN, embarked in HMS ENDURANCE, led a five-man team of ships’ divers which spent three weeks clearing hazardous explosives and other materials from the submarine before re-floating her so she could safely be towed out to sea and sunk. He was subsequently appointed an MBE.Minesweeping trawlers of the11th MCM Squadron at GibraltarThe elderly Ton class coastal mine countermeasures vessels (MCMVs) in service at the time were unsuited for the long passage and heavy seas expected in the South Atlantic. The first two of the new Hunt Class MCMVs were not yet operational so it was decided to requisition five deep sea trawlers from Hull and fit them with rudimentary minesweeping equipment. These vessels were commissioned into the Royal Navy and crewed mostly by the ships' companies of Ton Class MCMVs based at Rosyth: CORDELLA (HMS UPTON); FARNELLA (HMS WOTTON); JUNELLA (HMS BICKINGTON); NORTHELLA (HMS SOBERTON); and PICT (HMS BILDESTON). Originally, PICT was to be used solely as a stores ship. However, to minimise loss should ships be lost, stores were distributed evenly among the squadron allowing her to be utiised as a fully-fledged minesweeper too. The group was designated the 11th MCM Squadron and sailed from Portland on 27 April 1982 with MCDO Lt Cdr Martyn HOLLOWAY as Senior Officer in HMS CORDELLA. HMS PICT's conversion delayed her departure such that she joined the squadron on 30 April while 150 miles west of the Portuguese coast.RAF Hercules C-130 re-supplying 11th MCM Squadron at seaOn 11 May 1982 at Ascension Island, FCDT 1 (led by MCDO Lt Cdr Brian DUTTON DSO, QGM, with FCPO(D) Michael 'Mick' FELLOWS MBE, DSC, BEM* as his 2 I/C) and FCDT 3 (led by MCDO Lt (later Lt Cdr) Nigel ‘Bernie’ BRUEN MBE, DSC with CPO(D) Graham ‘Piggy’ TROTTER DSM as his 2 I/C) arrived in an RAF C130 Hercules aircraft to join the Task Force. The 11th MCM Squadron arrived at Ascension Island for fuel and met up briefly with FCDT 3 which had planned to embark in the ships but was ordered to passage with RFA SIR BEDIVERE instead.On 12 May at Ascension Island, FCDT 1 embarked in the Royal Fleet Auxiliary landing ship RFA SIR TRISTRAM and FCDT 3 embarked in the landing ship RFA SIR BEDIVERE.On 13 May, the 11th MCM Squadron sailed from Ascension Island for South Georgia and SIR TRISTRAM and SIR BEDIVERE sailed for the Falklands.Soon after the arrival of Task Force advance elements in San Carlos Water, the clearance divers found themselves in the thick of it. On the afternoon of 21 May, FCPO(D) FELLOWS, LS(D) SEWELL and AB(D) PULLAN of FCDT 1 were called upon to deal with an unexploded Agentinian 1,000 lb bomb in the County Class destroyer HMS ANTRIM. The bomb had passed through the Sea Slug missile magazine and lodged in the heads (toilets). The fuze had been damaged so any attempt to render the bomb safe was useless. While still under air attack and with considerable difficulty, the clearance divers and ship’s staff carefully manoeuvred the bomb through a hole cut in the flight deck and lowered it into deep water.In the meantime, the Type 21 frigate HMS ARDENT was bombed and sunk and the Leander Class frigate HMS ARGONAUT reported two unexploded bombs on board; one forward in the Seacat missile magazine and one aft in the boiler room. As ARGONAUT’s Officer of the Watch, Lt Peter MORGAN RN had already saved the ship once by letting go an anchor to stop her running at full speed towards the shore with her rudders jammed owing to bomb damage. As the Ship’s Diving Officer, he also led his men in surveying and making temporary repairs to the bomb damage in the flooded forward magazine, diving on two occasions in the knowledge that there was an unexploded bomb in the compartment. He was later awarded the DSC.On the morning of 23 May, an Army Royal Engineers team removed the fuze from the bomb in ARGONAUT’s boiler room and it was ditched by the ship’s company. Lt Cdr MEATYARD conducted his own diving survey of ARGONAUT’s flooded Seacat magazine but shortly afterwards, the Type 21 frigate HMS ANTELOPE arrived in the anchorage with two unexploded bombs on board. Tragically, attempts to render these safe by the Royal Engineers bomb disposal team using a rocket-propelled fuze extractor resulted in the death of Staff Sergeant James Prescott (posthumously awarded the Conspicuous Gallantry Medal) and severe injuries to Warrant Officer (later Capt) John Phillips (subsequently awarded the DSC). ANTELOPE was wracked by a series of massive explosions and started to burn from end to end, her lightweight aluminium structure melting in the intense heat.Capt John Phillips DSC RE with the author at the UK DefenceAcademy at Shrivenham in April 2014On 24 May, ANTELOPE broke in half and sank after burning throughout the night. RFAs SIR GALAHAD and SIR LANCELOT both reported unexploded bombs on board and Lt Cdr BRUEN carried out surveys of both ships. The bomb in SIR GALAHAD had entered her hull on the port side, punched its way through several compartments picking up an aluminium bulkhead on the way, and ended up in her battery charging room wrapped in torn steel and surrounded by smashed carboys of acid. The bomb in SIR LANCELOT had come to rest underneath a companion ladder leading from the recreation space to the officers’ accommodation on the deck above. It was positioned with its nose up at an angle of 45 degrees beneath the lowest treads of the stairs in the ship’s tiny film store.On 25 May, RFA FORT AUSTIN reported suspicious underwater noises and members of FCDT 1 and FCDT 3 searched the ships’ hulls of all RFAs in the area to ensure that no explosive devices had been planted. Other members of FCDT 3, supported by technical staff from HMS FEARLESS, started to clear the way for the removal of the bomb from SIR LANCELOT but the operation to remove the bomb from SIR GALAHAD had to be curtailed because FCDT 3 had to move themselves and all their equipment to INTREPID because SIR BEDIVERE, their accommodation ship, was suddenly forced to depart San Carlos Water.On 26 May, the 11th MCM Squadron arrived at South Georgia and various high value ships such as the QE2 packed with the men of 5 Brigade, vital stores and ammunition began arriving from 28 May. It was vital to transfer these essential supplies for the re-supply of the Falklands into the CANBERRA, NORLAND and the various RFAs that shuttled between South Georgia, the Task Force at sea, and the bridgehead at San Carlos. The trawler minesweepers worked tirelessly day after day transferring troops, stores and ammunition in atrocious Antarctic weather with wind speeds in excess of 100 knots, on occasions for several days, before heading on towards the Falklands.HMS Cordella and HMS Northella alongsideQE2 at Grytviken, South GeorgiaTroops of 5 Brigade being cross-decked between ships at South Georgiaby a trawler of the 11th MCM SquadronHMS Cordella and HMS Junella alongside QE2at South Georgia with Canberra in backgroundAlso on 26 May, members of FCDT 1 completed the clearance of ordnance from the vicinity of the bomb in ARGONAUT’s Seacat magazine. This had been patched and pumped out but still required a route to be cut and lifting gear to be fitted before the bomb could be removed safely. FCDT 3 had removed the unexploded bomb from SIR GALAHAD during the night and lowered it into an inflatable Gemini dinghy filled with boxes of corn flakes and two Board of Trade lifejackets; they then towed the Gemini away and sank it in deep water. FCDT3 then commenced clearing the area surrounding the bomb on board SIR LANCELOT, in the meantime moving their belongings from HMS INTREPID to a new shore base at Ajax Bay.S(D) Stan Bowles and LS(D) Dave Southwell ofFCDT 1 with 1,000 lb bomb in HMS ArgonautDuring 27 May, progress was made in cutting out two of three access holes for the extraction of ARGONAUT’s remaining unexploded bomb. Repairs to SIR GALAHAD continued while members of FCDT 3 secured and padded the unexploded bomb in SIR LANCELOT.Early on 28 May, Lt Cdr DUTTON (FCDT 1) and his team removed the remaining unexploded bomb from ARGONAUT. FCDT 3 investigated three unexploded bombs in Ajax Bay and countermined one bomb found on the shoreline. They also built a sand bag wall to protect the field hospital from two adjacent unexploded bombs then bivouacked between the blast wall and the hospital to provide reassurance to its patients and staff. Other members of FCDT 3 recommenced clearing access to the unexploded bomb on board SIR LANCELOT.Bernie Bruen (wearing beret) with membersof FCDT 3 in the Falklands 1982On the morning of 29 May, CPO(D) TROTTER (FCDT 3) and his team removed the unexploded bomb from SIR LANCELOT after a lengthy operation which required considerable cutting and rigging. CPO(D) TROTTER was subsequently awarded the Distinguished Service Medal (DSM).Between 31 May and 2 June, MCDO Lt Cdr Iain 'Bruce' MACKAY RN, accompanied by CPO(MW) 'Bill' HALEY, LS(MW) P C STRIDE and LS(MW) J S CARTER, commanded one of two Landing Craft Vehicles & Personnel (HMS INTREPID’s LCVPs T5 and T6) towing the hurriedly developed Assault Minesweeping System Mk 1 to confirm the Port Salvador approach channel and the length of Teal Inlet were clear of mines prior to amphibious landings. Lt Cdr MACKAY was subsequently awarded a Mention in Despatches.During the night of 4 June, members of FCDT 1 conducted a covert underwater search of Bluff Cove inlet for obstacles or mines that could hazard an amphibious landing.On 8 June, the Type 12 frigate HMS PLYMOUTH was struck by four bombs, none of which exploded. WO(D) FELLOWS and other members of FCDT 1 de-fuzed two unexploded bombs in her mortar magazine and removed damaged volatile Seacat missiles from her launchers. RFA SIR TRISTRAM was also bombed and severely damaged at Fitzroy Cove. She was abandoned while FCDT 3 conducted a search for unexploded bombs (UXB).FCDT 3's LS(D) 'Tommo' Thompson, AB(D) 'Whisky' Walkerand AB(D) 'Jock' Rebecca on the surviving bridge wingof RFA SIR TRISTRAMDuring the night of 10 June, HMS PICT (Lt Cdr David GARWOOD RN), (sister ship of the GAUL that had sunk in unknown circumstances while fishing) was tasked with HMS CORDELLA (Lt Cdr Martyn HOLLOWAY RN) in support to influence sweep Berkeley Sound. Their objective was to clear an area for ships that would provide naval gunfire support for the final stages of the assault on Stanley. HMS PICT was the only ship available that had the special sweep system necessary. Transferring all non-essential crew to HMS CORDELLA at sea at the entrance to Berkeley Sound, HMS PICT began sweeping but the risk increased markedly early in the operation when the influence sweep failed. Clearly PICT was not built as a minesweeper and any breach in the hull would have resulted in the ship's rapid sinking. Undeterred, knowing the importance of the mission, and in the knowledge that the Task Force Commander had accepted the risk of loss of a trawler, HMS PICT's Commanding Officer decided to turn his ship into a guinea pig. HMS PICT was made as noisy as possible by running all machinery at various speeds and revving up the main engine while completing the required number of runs through the area. Fortunately no mines were found, HMS CORDELLA transferred the remaining crew back to HMS PICT and Lt Cdr GARWOOD was subsequently awarded a Mention in Despatches.During the nights of 12, 13 and 14 June, CORDELLA, PICT and JUNELLA conducted covert operations re-supplying SAS and SBS teams deployed variously along the coast.On 14 June, the Agentinian forces occupying the Falklands surrendered.AFTERMATHBetween 23 June and 4 July, when the weather allowed, the minesweeping trawlers of the 11th MCM Squadron swept the enemy minefields at the entrance to Port Stanley. They bagged 10 of the 21 deadly moored mines laid by the Argentinians, the other mines having broken adrift and floated away or failed to deploy from their sinkers properly. CORDELLA did not sweep any mines as she was always out in front using her sweeps to protect the other ships and hopefully in safe water. PICT, next in line swept three mines. One of these nearly struck NORTHELLA which had to manoeuvre hurriedly to avoid it. NORTHELLA swept two of her own, JUNELLA four, and FARNELLA one mine. Another of PICT's mines was recovered on 26 June by Lt Cdr Nigel 'Bernie' Bruen, assisted in a Gemini dinghy by CPO(MW) 'Tex' Marshall and LS(MW) Nick Smith of JUNELLA. JUNELLA then towed the mine into Fitzroy Sound where LS(D) Anthony ‘Tommo’ Thompson helped beach it on a pallet and it was made safe by Lt Cdr Bruen, assisted by CPO(D) Graham ‘Piggy’ Trotter, CPO(MW) Marshall and LS(D) Thompson, for shipping back to the UK for analysis. This mine, normally on display in the mining hall of the Minewarfare Training Element at the Maritime Warfare School at HMS Collingwood, was exhibited at the Imperial War Museum as part of the 'Falklands 25' exhibition in 2007.Martyn Holloway with recovered Agentinianmine at the Imperial War MuseumIn early July 1982, the Hunt Class minehunters HMS BRECON and HMS LEDBURY arrived in theatre and confirmed by sonar that all poised mines had been cleared. Further utilising their submersibles and divers, the two mine hunters then located and disposed of remaining married mine failures and mine sinkers.Between 13 October 1982 and 2 January 1983, a Royal Navy saturation diving team led by MCDO Lt Cdr (later Cdr) Mike KOONER RN (CO MV STENA SEASPREAD and OIC Naval Party 2002) recovered sensitive items from the wreck of the Type 42 destroyer HMS COVENTRY, sunk by Agentinian bombs 10 miles north of Pebble Island. At the request of COVENTRY’s Commanding Officer, Captain David HART DYKE LVO, RN, the divers also recovered his ceremonial sword and telescope, now on display in the RN Museum in Portsmouth, and the cross of nails from Coventry Cathedral, presented in 1978 when the ship was commissioned. Lt Cdr KOONER was subsequently appointed an MBE and PO(D) Michael 'Harry' Harrison was awarded the Queen's Gallantry Medal (QGM).KEY PERSONNELCinCFleetLt Cdr James Hutcheon ‘Hamish’ LOUDON MBE RN (Fleet MCDO)COMAWLt Cdr Christopher George Brandon 'Chris’ MEATYARD RN (COMAW SMCDO)Lt Alex MANNING RNCPO(MW) Derek RIDLEYLS(MW) P C STRIDELS(MW) J S CARTERHMS EnduranceLt David Charles Winston ‘Doc’ O’CONNELL MBE RNFCDT 1Lt Cdr Brian DUTTON DSO, QGM, RN (OIC)FCPO(D) Michael FELLOWS MBE, DSC, BEM (2 I/C)CPO(D) W ‘Bill’ BAUCKHAMCPO(D) Brian T ‘Ben’ GUNNELLLS(D) C W ‘Billy’ EVERNDENLS(D) Lester GEOFFREYSLS(D) A P ‘Tony’ GROOMLS(D) Ian MILNE LS(D) ‘Nobby' NOBLELS(D) Garry J ‘Jan’ SEWELLLS(D) David W ‘Saggy’ SOUTHWELLLS(D) David ‘Wilkie’ WILKINSONAB(D) Nigel M PULLANAB(D) Billy SMARTAB(D) J W 'George' SHARPS(D) W G 'Stan' BOWLESS(D) D BARRETTFCDT 2FCPO(D) John DADD BEM (OIC)CPO(D) Carl MASSEYCPO(D) Barry 'Blondie' LIMBRICK BEMPOMA Keith PAGELS(D) Graham 'Tug' WILSON MBELS(D) Martin JENRICKLS(D) Ray SUCKLINGLS(D) 'Biff' DAVISLS(D) Chris DAVIDLS(D) Dickie DABERLS(D) 'Freebie' BEANAB(D) Paul 'Yorky' TUDORAB(D) 'Nick' NICHOLFCDT 3 (NP 1890)Lt Cdr Nigel ‘Bernie’ BRUEN MBE, DSC, RN (OIC)CPO(D) Graham Michael ‘Piggy’ TROTTER DSM (2 I/C)CMEA(L) David FOX (Technical Support)LS(D) Alan ‘Charlie’ CHAPMANLS(D) P M ‘Phil’ KEARNS LS(D)Charles Anthony ‘Charlie’ SMITHARDLS(D) Anthony Savour ‘Tommo’ THOMPSONAB(D ‘Taff’ HURLEYAB(D) ‘Buster’ MOTTRAMAB(D) ‘Jock’ REBECCAAB(D) ‘Taff’ REESAB(D) ‘Whisky’ WALKERAB(D) David ‘John Boy’ WALTONAB(D) G R ‘Jock’ WEIRAB(D) M A ‘Wheels’ WHEELERS(D) ‘Joe’ GOFTONS(D) ‘Rex’ TURNBULLSpecial Mine Evaluation Liaison Team(NP 1880 embarked in HMS Intrepid)Lt Cdr Iain Bruce MACKAY RN (OIC)CPO(MW) Brian ‘Bill’ HALEY11th MCM SquadronLt Cdr Martyn HOLLOWAY RN (CO HMS CORDELLA and Senior Officer 11th MCM Sqn)Lt (later Cdr RAN) Allan RANKIN RN (Squadron Operations Officer)Lt Cdr David Gordon GARWOOD RN (CO HMS PICT)Lt Cdr Jeremy P S GREENOP RN (CO HMS NORTHELLA)Lt Cdr Mark ROWLEDGE RN (CO HMS JUNELLA)Lt Robert ‘Bob’ J BISHOP RN (CO HMS FARNELLA)Falklands Liberation Memorial showing ships of 11thMCM Squadron (section enlarged for clarity)Postscript: In August 2007, MCDOA member Brian Dutton sent me photos showing that FCDT 1 and 3 had been added to the units listed on the Falklands Liberation Memorial at Port Stanley. In February 2012, Sukey Cameron MBE, the London representative of the Falkland Islands Government, provided a photo showing the addition of FCDT 2 in 2007/8. Unfortunately, the teams are shown as '1 FCDT', '2 FCDT' and '3 FCDT' instead of 'FCDT 1', 'FCDT 2' and 'FCDT 3' respectively but at least their contributions have now been acknowledged.Falklands Liberation Memorial showing the addition of the FCDTsThe Revised and Updated Edition of Volume II of Sir Lawrence Freedman's Official History of the Falklands Campaign was released in October 2007. In his introduction, Sir Lawrence states with regard to his previous work:"...I am sure it was galling for those who had been neglected in earlier studies and reports to find that this omission was continued. An example of this is the Fleet Clearance Diving Teams whose role I am now pleased to acknowledge."At long last, it looks as though the record is being set straight.Post Postscript: This Ministerial Statement to the House of Lords was published in Hansard on 29 June 2014. Its Annex contained this passage:"South Atlantic The qualifying period for the award of the South Atlantic Medal without the Rosette will be extended from 12 July to 21 October 1982. The original decision to end the qualifying period on 12 July 1982 was taken too hastily: those who served beyond that date experienced both risk and rigour until the airfield at Mount Pleasant was completed on 21 October. The qualifying period for the award of the South Atlantic Medal without the Rosette will be extended from 12 July to 21 October 1982. The original decision to end the qualifying period on 12 July 1982 was taken too hastily: those who served beyond that date experienced both risk and rigour until the airfield at Mount Pleasant was completed on 21 October."The islands had been liberated on 14 June but this statement brought into entitlement members of the ships' companies of HMS Brecon (CO & CTU Cdr (later Cdre CBE) Peter Fish RN), HMS Ledbury (MCDOA member Lt Cdr (later Cdr OBE) Tony Rose RN) and the older RMS St Helena who didn't arrive off the Falklands until early July 1982. MCDOA member Dougie MacDonald was the TU's SOO.The following was then published on the Veterans UK website:Changes to Ministry Of Defence Medals and Clasps following Sir John Holmes’s Independent ReviewExisting Medals/Clasps that are to be awarded under revised qualifying criteriaSouth AtlanticThe qualifying period for the award of the South Atlantic Medal without the Rosette will be extended from 12 July to 21 October 1982, when the airfield at Mount Pleasant was completed. Applications for the South Atlantic Medal, under the new time extension, will be accepted from 1 October 2014 onwards. The awards will begin to be despatched towards the end of that month. Applications will be dealt with in date order.MOD Medal Application Form

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