Hello everyone and welcome to my maiden post.
Returning to the initial theme, I don't think so. Certainly there is a lot of whinging at times but it's in-house and, in the main, directed into the air where those who are best qualified to understand can shoot it down.
My own view was when it stops being fun - stop doing it and consequently I left the RAF 8 yrs ago, after doing 26. However, no bad memories and no bitterness; just the occasional burst of nostalgia in which I am allowed to indulge by HQ Domestic Gp.
When the troops can't be bothered to gripe then you know morale is really bad. However I think the higher paid help are seriously overdrawn on the military goodwill account, and have defaulted on the covenant that requires loyalty to be reciprocated. I'm proud to have served (got my vets badge the other day
) and I'm glad I served when I did.
And I'm proud to be associated with all of you.