Originally Posted by
BEagle
Does it really matter whether assistance to the civil powers at Gatwick was provided by the RAF Regiment or some bunch of pongos from the Queen's Own Chinless Pwancers, the Royal Donkey Wallopers or whoever?
Only in as much as it was the point of this thread...
However, there are a number of other reasons why it matters, not least recognition where it is due. I would have thought - OPSEC allowing - it quite annoying for others to be given credit for something they didn’t do whilst those who actually did the work are ignored.
We we have a political class and a public that are generally not well informed about Defence matters. Allowing incorrect information to propagate hardly helps either constituency understand Defence better or make the right choices around it.