GasFitter
Agree wholeheartedly with you there - the high paid help should be supporting us, telling the accountants where to get off and reminding the politicians that their actions now will have consequences for the future - probably for a generation at least.
Likewise, the Govt should be fsupporting and funding the forces adequately for the task at hand and to allow us something in reserve to cope with any nasty surprises that may be round the corner.
There are a lot of things that people in positions of authority should be doing, but they don't seem to be doing them. But we at the coal face, regardless of rank, service or specialization are constantly being reminded of our loyalty to and requirement to support a govt which is systematically breaking the back of the armed forces. Quite frankly, things have gone far enough that I do wonder whether it isn't time for HM to have a word with her PM about how he is treating her armed forces.