So Jockspice, you seemed to have conveniently forgotten about the “crabs” that were living in the field with you. The same “crabs” that you were reluctant to debrief with as the beech assault was such a cock-up with the Sea Kings holding one mile from the LZ. The same “crabs” that had to go into a hot LZ the next day due to the Sea Kings once again holding one mile from the landing point, alerting all the enemy troops. And when asked why, the reply was, “We always do it like that!” Well, you will only ever do it once mate! (The Wokka’s held 10 miles away by the way as they can work out a distance, TOT calculation.) The same “crabs” that the Navy were reluctant to give the ATO to, as they thought we didn’t need it, (with a Sea King infringing the local BDZ due to the lack of it as well.) I see that you don’t complain about the “crabs” that gave you a lift to Muscat, even though you had to sit on the floor of the Hercules, having just turned up at the movers with no booked seat. And no complaint about “crabs” that then gave you lift on a Tristar home so that you could get back early, again just turning up at the movers.
Call yourself the Senior Service, I now know why, old, antiquated and stuck with tradition (“We always do it like that…”)
Fear God, honour the King! Get real, stay alive…