MM4,
Totally agree with you - but, as you intimate, those culpable in the cuts to SABR/FRC are now faced with the problem of trying to explain a new RW order without totally embarressing themselves - and the probelm of wriggling out of the "we've got enough 'elicopters" statements of the past two years.
JHC have a very good idea of what's needed - after all, that's the point of a Joint HQ and a lot of the guys/girls in the building have been that commander on the ground, or worked for him. In the past, these aspirations haven't been matched by funding and appetite in Town. If the leaks/rumours are true then perhaps this has changed.