Phil Carroll describes his Naval career from joining Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth in April 1984, training in the Fleet and as a Probationary Hydrographic Surveyor. Surveys around the UK coast in Fox, Naval Party 1008 and Beagle, deployments to Atlantic and Indian Oceans in Hecla. He stood by the latter stages of Scott's construction. His appointment ashore at BRNC as a Divisional Officer was rewarding and satisfying: turning young folks into Naval officers, preparing them for their own careers in the 'Mob'.