I'd hazard a guess that you are on No1 ACC?
Well, if so, you've done a fair bit of working away from home this year and probably had to look at the FP side of things before setting out the rest of your stall.
That said, could you operate as an air defence unit whilst running around in the grass with a rifle or, is it one or the other?
I agree with an earlier statement which suggested that 'warrior first, tradesman second' is not the same as 'soldier first...' In the RAF, we often have to operate as individual specialists under the protective umbrella of the professional soldier. I'm not too sure that it is possible to operate out there on our own in todays shrinking RAF.
I think the CINC's statement (I think it was Burridge that said this) points towards us being willing to operate in austere environments and still perform our tasks to the best of our ability.
How many of your Fighter Controllers are warriors first?