Col T is indeed banging on the correct drum and it is just a drum that people don't want to hear because we have banged it so much. The Defence Secretary recently said that he acknowledged that Army units' deployments were going outside the Harmony guidelines, but he didn't offer anything as respite. Soundbites like 'more pain for the families' - can I claim my divorce costs on JPA?
However, are there any jobs going out there with the black van and red stripe? So long as the dodgy company doesn't use JPA.
"In 2006 a crack commando unit was given community service by a military court for a crime the RAF Police didn't detect. These men promptly escaped from a maximum security crewroom to the London Underground. Today, still wanted by PSF, they survive as airmen of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else is willing to accept the contract for such a ludicrously low price, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire the JPA-Team."