The reality of mil SAR
The SAR force is dead in its military form. It commited suicide many years ago when it decided it was far too pretty to go to war. The civvies have been queing up ever since.
Lets not talk about saving it: there's little point.
The reality of SAR is that most operaters are virtually civvies anyway. They work civvi (its a job not a lifestyle),think civi (whine about going to the oh so dangerous falkland islands) and mostly even dress bloody civvi (bright red jackets; rank tabs and head dress optional).
The only thing left to make civvi is the paperwork. Save those who still have a sense of miltary purpose and employ them effecively in a deployable role i say. Scrap the rest.
If you dont relish the prospect of visiting a battlefield in the near future hang up your helmet and sign a different contract.
There's plenty of skill in this line of work but virtually no sense of service.
Last edited by SARoperator; 9th Nov 2007 at 20:45.
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