RUSI JournalVOLUME 169ISSUE 7

Royal Navy Culture: What to Keep and What to Change

Andrew Livsey
10 December 2024clockLong Read
Sailors wave from the HMS Prince of Wales, 11 December 2023. The Royal Navy’s biggest problem is a lack of future orientation, that is investing in the future at the expense of the present. Courtesy of PA Images / Alamy

Sailors wave from the HMS Prince of Wales, 11 December 2023. The Royal Navy’s biggest problem is a lack of future orientation, that is investing in the future at the expense of the present. Courtesy of PA Images / Alamy

An analysis of Royal Navy culture highlights what aspects should remain and which should change for a more capable future force.

Andrew Livsey offers the first explanation in decades of the Royal Navy culture; corrects previous misconceptions; and makes a case for what the Navy should seek to change, and how.
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