Arms Plotting
Just reading through the text, and noticed that "Arms Plotting" - the practice of rebasing whole battalions every couple of years - will be phased out, which will "enable individual Servicemen and their families to plan on being based within a certain geogrpahical area ... and enable Service families to put down roots in the communities in which they are based.
I realise those of us on fleets with only one base already have this luxury to a certain extent, but for everyone bouncing between Benson and NI or Leuchars, Leeming and Coningsby etc, will we get the same opportunity? And as each Army regiment recruits from its local area, and a recruit gets to choose which regiment to apply for, will we be able to choose aircraft type based on location? Completely unworkable I know, but a nice idea.
BCH
PS Having finished the document, and seen that Northern Ireland is now well on the way to normalisation and Tornado ops at Leeming will stop around 2008, maybe it isn't so unworkable after all.
Last edited by Big Cat Handler; 21st Jul 2004 at 22:23.