Clive Martland

Background

Martland was born in 1968.

Education

He was educated at Fulwood High School and West. R. Tuson College in Preston, Lancashire. He completed basic training, and then undertook trade training at Royal Air Force Cosford to become a Physical Training Instructor. He completed sub-specialisation training as an Exercise Rehabilitation Instructor (ERI) in August 1995.

Career

Having served for most of his career as a Physical Training Instructor, he has been the Chief of the Air Staff"s Warrant Officer since 2014. After leaving school, he wanted to either become a Physical Education teacher at a school or a Physical Training Instructor in the military. Martland joined the Royal Air Force in January 1986, aged 17.

His first posting was to Royal Air Force Church Fenton in North Yorkshire.

This was followed by postings to Royal Air Force Cosford in Shropshire and Royal Air Force Hereford in Herefordshire, and abroad to Royal Air Force Akrotiri in Cyprus. He was then posted to the Defence Medicine Rehabilitation Centre (DMRC) at Royal Air Force Headley Court, Surrey.

This would be first of three tours of duty at the DMRC. Having been promoted to Sergeant in May 1997, he was posted to the Military Corrective Training Centre (MCTC) in Colchester. Next, he was posted to Royal Air Force Shawbury, where he served as SNCO of the Physical Education Flight.

During this latter posting, he also completed an operational tour to the Falkland Islands.

He was promoted to Flight Sergeant in 2005. In June 2007, he moved to Royal Air Force Brize Norton to take command of the base gymnasium. During the posting, he completed a Bachelor of Science (Bachelor of Science) degree in Sports Rehabilitation.

He was promoted to Warrant Officer in June 2010.

He then returned for a third time to Headley Court, this time as a Trade Specialist advisor to the centre"s Exercise Rehabilitation Instructors. During this posting, he was deployed to Afghanistan as part of Operation Herrick.

In October 2012, he returned to Royal Air Force Brize Norton as the Station Warrant Officer (SWO). On 20 October 2014, he took up the appointment of Chief of the Air Staff"s Warrant Officer (CASWO).

The holder of this appointment is the most senior warrant officer, and therefore other ranks, of the Royal Air Force.

And accordingly, the most senior airman in the country.

Achievements

• During his posting to Royal Air Force Brize Norton between 2007 and 2010, Martland was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal (Master of Science in Management). This is a medal awarded to non-commissioned officers who have served a minimum of twenty years in the British Armed Forces and have been judged to have given "good, faithful, valuable and meritorious service". In the 2016 New Years, he was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (Administration Member of the Order of the British Empire). In addition, Martland is a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal, the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, and the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal - the latter awarded for 15 years service.

Membership

He is, therefore, the most senior member of the other ranks of the Royal Air Force. In the 2016 New Years, he was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (Administration Member of the Order of the British Empire).

Connections

teacher:

Headley Court