I am in the RAF. If I feel that something I'm involved with isn't right, or is very good, I may go on here to find out what others think without rank/branch/post/location being an issue which affects people's response.
I love to read the humour; there are some wonderful threads across the site that would justify inclusion in a book.
I also use it to blow-off steam if something someone else, or another organisation has done offends me or gives me cause for concern about how those in the military are treated - I am just about able to look after myself at work, but I am always conscious about the fact that others lower down the chain may not have their views heard. Given that this forum is reported at the highest levels in the RAF, I believe it to be a legitimate way of getting the views of our people across in the absence of any sort of association/union.
STH