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Old 17th Oct 2014, 08:47
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Martin the Martian
 
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No, no. Let's do away with them all; the Reds, the BBMF, the QCS, the Household Cavalry, the various bands, participation in airshows, the Edinburgh Tattoo, Trooping the Colour, anything like that because it doesn't put anything into the front line.

Then, watch the recruiting numbers crash, donations to service charities plummet, general public disinterest in the armed forces fall to zero, the defence budget fall away as the forces are no longer in the public eye. Won't that be great for morale?

By the way, O-P, you say that "If a young kid, like I was, wants to be a Pilot, then blokes spraying cherry smoke in the sky shouldn't make him join. He already has that desire."

How does he get the desire in the first place? Fast jets and big transport planes are not exactly a common sight over much of the UK these days, so shall we rely on Sunday afternoon showings of The Dam Busters?
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