A word from a civvy
As a civilian who has not served in the military - and at the risk of sounding patronising - I value those who serve. I deplore the government (and in particular the t**t PM) that cravenly seeks to posture on the international stage, gets the country into several scrapes and refuses to give the military the resources to do the job! Worse, they are scaling back and expect you to do more with less.
The MoD wastes tax-payers' money; I reckon economies could have been made in refurbishing the MoD headquarters to a lower standard, for example. The money could have been used to put the guns in the Typhoon (or more accurately, leave them in the Typhoon) and do something about your accommodation. I've been reading a book about the amount of money wasted by the MoD; the SA80 is good example of a total f*** up.