What purpose do the RAF regt serve? Now you may quote airfield defence etc but as we all know, most in theatre airfields are so far back that the laundry has to get sent forward. As for Rapier? Say no more.
I spent an awful lot of time training Rocks at Catterick back in the good old days when the RAF had a proper fire service, also trained at said establishment. I just
don’t see the need for such an expensive resource in this day and age of massive cuts.
As for the AAC requiring an equivalent of the Rocks to defend the shiny new pointy thing. They do, it’s called the Inf or to be more precise, the Parachute regt. (Cant see them chucking themselves out of a C17 collecting medals in the future, can you?)
BTW, maybe the reason for the time of this posting is because I’m not actually in Blighty? There’s a thought!
Last edited by Bill O'Average; 16th Apr 2004 at 02:55.