scroggs,
I am slightly bemused by your attitude and the content of your posts given the clear description written at the top of this forum.
In fact, the more I think about it, the more your tone and lack of understanding of the current RAF and expeditionary ops irritates me.
If you are indeed a moderator, perhaps you should remove all after the first comma in the forum description and replace it with a full stop; I could then see your point, and would close my account never to return.
Until that day happens, I, like many others in the RAF who are not aircrew, will continue to post and reply to topics that are not directly related to the actual mechanics of flying. They are however related to Military Aviation.