SAR Policy
There is much on this thread about the SAR Force committing suicide and not being suitable for war and some questioning of the personal ethos of those involved. While I would take the point of view that the SAR F is not a part of the warfighting RAF I would not do down those who serve in the SARF because of it. The people in the SARF fulfil the role and mission which they are ordered to fulfil. The government has chosen to operate a SAR organisation in this way, not the boys and girls in the yellow helicopters. They have done and still do a great job. To denegrate their professionalism or commitment on the grounds that they have somehow dodged a duty is crass and unrealistic. As are the claims that SAR people cannot transfer to SH and be a success. There have been plenty ex SAR guys who have gone succesfully into SH and vice versa.