09 Jul 2015

Delving into the great unknown is liberating for the adventure-seeker in all of us. In the Royal Australian Navy, Submariners are a rare breed of individuals who want to push the boundaries of deep-sea exploration while serving their country’s needs in the process. Submarine work isn’t just about travelling below sea level, however. When you talk to anyone from the Navy, one of the first things you’ll hear about is all the places they’ve visited: whether it’s travelling around Australia or overseas, some people who have only been in the Navy for a year or two can reel off a list of destinations that most people won’t see in a lifetime.

Seven Days of Service offers you the chance to immerse yourself in a virtual experience that shows you what life as a part of the Navy’s ‘Deep Elite’ is really like. For seven memorable days, you have the opportunity to join the crew of a submarine and discover the excitement surrounding the lifestyle of a Navy Submariner. The virtual experience is your chance to engage with fellow teammates: hear what motivates them, see how they live, what they eat, and what they do.

You also have the chance to push your fitness and challenge yourself by taking part in real-time drills and exercises as if you’re onboard alongside them. You have the rare opportunity to keep course and experience the daily lives of real people who’ve gone through the training and come out on top.

You can ask them what you really want to know, what their lives are like and how yours would be when you joined up, and how proud they are in the decisions they’ve made that have led them to where they are now.

The Navy lifestyle is unique; you form bonds with your fellow crewmen to become an aquatic family. Your pull to the water, your desire to work hard and adapt to new situations, and your positive qualities of honour, honesty, courage, integrity, and loyalty make you an ideal candidate to become the next crew member aboard a Naval submarine.

Taking up this offer is a chance to get the questions in your head answered by the real deal. It’s a virtual reality tour of what your future could look like and a chance to see first-hand through the eyes of someone who’s currently living it. Register your information, meet your potential crew-mates, and begin the first Seven Days of Service that could lead to a lifetime.

 Immerse yourself in life with the Deep Elite by signing up at https://www.defencejobs.gov.au/campaigns/SevenDaysOfService/