Celebrating a varied career after enlisting in 1984, Warrant Officer Yvonne Conway has worked at 11 UK bases and carried out a range of professional activities.
Yvonne has served in many roles including Medical Centre clinical staff, medical and advanced clinical course instructor, Aeromed Instructor and Flight Sergeant Aeromed Control Centre and lead in the return of injured personnel from Iraq.
After 24 years of regular service and promotion to Warrant Officer in 2004, Yvonne decided to have a career change and subsequently moved across to Full Time Reserve Service in 2008, as the RAF Brize Norton Service Community Support Officer (SCSO). The SCSO is responsible for providing front line support to service families accommodated in Service Families Accommodation and is the interface between the occupant, landlord (DIO), Industry Partner and Maintenance Contractor. In addition, assisting Service Personnel and their families with welfare related issues and signposting to the various welfare agencies.
Yvonne found the most rewarding part of her career was undertaking Aeromed Flying Duties at RAF Lyneham, repatriating injured or sick Service Personnel, Service Families and Entitled Civilians from various locations around the world to the UK. Escorting patients back to the UK to receive urgent medical treatment and returning them to their family and loved ones was highly rewarding.
Yvonne said:
“Throughout my career the Royal Air Force has given me so many amazing job opportunities with the various trade roles, the ability to travel, undertake an overseas posting and participate in unit sports and Force Development expeditions. My transition from Regular to Reserve Service was seamless and would definitely recommend joining the RAF Reservists to personnel looking to leave the service in the near future.”
Warrant Officer Yvonne Conway
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