Those of you who want to know if I have ever served in the Armed Forces............. no I haven't (unless 12 months in the Air Training Corps counts!).
I have worked closely with the Armed Forces, but not in a conflict area. I quite often visit this forum, and it never occurred to me that this forum was a secret society to which outsiders were barred. Now remind me, my taxes pay for what??
240 and below understands my point. A leader of a civilian Govt has so called experts who proffer advice based on years of experience in their specialist areas.
I look forward to visiting again, and seeing you military peeps on the other areas of this web site.