As a father who has a lad serving in Iraq with 24Rgt RA in Baghdad, then yes I want him to have the best kit available, instead of me and his mom having to pay for basic kit! But it was a visit to RAF Cosford Airshow that got him interested in the military after he saw the REDS. Those of you who think that the "savings" will be spent elsewhere within the MOD are quite obviously deluded. It is part of our history. I was pissed off when some of our regiments were stood down or "merged" to enable defence costs to be better used. Yeah like that has really had a profound impact on funding our boys in an illegal war with decent protection.
