I have been browsing the postings in this thread and mostly nodding my head in agreement to the sentiments expressed (especially Chugalug's), but come on guys, do you really expect anybody in Main Building to actually do anything on principle? There are too many self-seeking, self-serving civil & Service serpents infesting the organisation.
Like other public structures (Metropolitan Police, HM Customs & Excise etc), the structure of the MOD is suffering from an excess of PC, years of educational underachievement and (even more sad to say) a complete lack of understanding and empathy with what those on the front line need and deserve
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