Originally Posted by
Heathrow Harry
"Which does miss the point that they do deploy on ops"
Yes but better to have 100 fully trained infantrymen than 100 bandsmen who spend half their time on music - I'm sure they do their damnedest but the armed forces are about fighting strength not music
If memory serves, they deploy in ancillary support roles - stretcher barers, drivers etc. I’d rather we kept the 100 fully trained infantrymen closing with and killing the enemy than driving ambulances around. They do have their uses beyond a good bit of pipes and drums, they just aren’t always immediately apparent until they aren’t there to perform them.