ABMs
I suppose we should be used to the scopies changing their names, after all they’ve gone from GD(G)FC to Ops Spt FC to ASACS to ABM. Aerospace Battle Management is certainly an interesting title and presumably is aimed at attracting recruits, rather than the specialisation having to put up with individuals who didn’t really understand what they were being shoehorned into during selection at Cranwell, or those who’ve failed courses elsewhere.
I think the old ASACS bosses played it quite cleverly when the Cold war ended and they realised their specialised role would rapidly shrink and so shifted their emphasis to Battlespace Management and have re-titled themselves accordingly.
Of course yet another change is just on the horizon, as yet another study is underway to merge ABM with ATC or ATM as it is now titled. When the study is complete, I imagine the eventual fallout will be the closure of Boulmer and the move of the School of Aerospace Battle Management (SABM) to combine with CATCS to form a new combined training unit within 22Gp at RAF Shawbury, provided the money can be found from somewhere. Perhaps we chould have some suggestions for the title of a combined school and the merged specialisations?
SCABM - School of Control and Battlespace Management and ATBM are my suggestions - haven't got time to think oif anything more amusing!
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