Mbga...
Great Scott! This could be the first time anyone's agreed with me on this forum!
Yes, I'm actually in favour of appropriate support functions being merged - the DLO being one of those good ideas which, and I may be slightly off beam here, still isn't quite living up to the ideal. I quail at the thought of absolute jointery such as co-merging the three officer training courses together. Of course, if that ever happened Cranners would be the place. Lots of green for our camo bretheren, an airfield for our lot and a damn great lighthouse for the Navy!
I'll leave this topic alone now as it's been done to death.
Back to the plot:
There are plenty of initiatives afoot to develop joint procedures, and having looked into some of them I have to say that it's a damn good idea that's long overdue. Grimweasel is absolutely correct, however, leave the sharp end alone.