A source at the MoD said the facilities, as well as conditions of service, at Akrotiri are comparable with all RAF stations around the world.
That bad eh?
A colleague of mine is deployed elsewhere in the ME at the moment and he has said something very similar about lack of decision making or support because people are either terrified of spending money or they blame the politicians for not wanting to issue direction.
It's a sorry state of affairs all in all, especially as the grand er plan doesn't seem to be going to plan. So it will be medals all round to keep people happy will it? I recall a US officer in Baghdad in 2003 saying that's what they were doing to try and keep people 'happy' and motivated.