Low ball...
i couldn't agree more with you! But I think your missing my point, in that we are over exposing our most inexperienced operators, simply because we do not have the manpower to go round! Sending SAC's who have been in the Mob for 18 months into a front line combat situation with the annual CCS qual, and a 3 day pre det course on mine awareness and anti ambush!? do you really think that is adequate...obviously our lords and ladies do, but I do not.
The first thing Smiffy will know about mine awareness is when it sends him 50ft into the air, and we all know what happens to any one caught in an effective ambush!
Any way, not biting too hard here, all I'm saying is we should be up manning not down scaling, and yes in tri-service ops we shoud be giving our people more intensive trg.
Having worked with the army, you'll be amazed at the amount of work up trg a trained soldier gets before he goes out to theatre. Our lads and lasses dont even get anything close to that and, as you rightly point out, are expected to venture into the combat area.
And again with reagrds to REMFS, with jointry etc, soome of our people who may not be directly involved in generatin air power, have certainly been involved in UN missions to Africa and so on...would you still call someone who has conducted unarmed monitoring duties in the worlds most turbulent continent a REMF? I would call him crazy, but would stand by for a one way barrage if I called him a REMF. think laterally...
