Guidedweapon
"One advantage to recruited seasoned serviceman as oppossed to school leavers is that we mitigate the risk of a guy going wibble once the ramp is lowered, not one case exists in our branch, a recognised manning problem within a certain service!"
Absolutely pathetic. Really pathetic.
I suppose there is no correlation between 'going wibble' and exposure to MERT/IRT type scenarios? You may be surprised to know that the RAF WsOp branch count many ex RN, RM and Army in their number and yes, are all the stronger for it. Also let us not forget the fact that the RMs pioneered TRiM and good on them for doing so. No-one is immune from sights/smells etc they may be called to witness - whatever their cap badge.
This thread has descended into 2 parallel discussions. One an informative and interesting debate on the evolution of the Merlin the other a free-falling p!ssing contest which has become slightly embarrassing.
I'm out.