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Old 5th Jul 2015, 07:25
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tucumseh
 
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Add in the ridiculous decision to close St Mawgan (after moving the depth servicing to Fleetlands......
This was facilitated by a real oddity. Most here would regard Fleetlands as 3rd Line, but they were designated as 2nd/3rd Line, and depths A/B/C/D on a lot of kit, so they would be capable of providing deployed manpower to bolster air stations (or just do it at Gosport), if for whatever reason the latter couldn't cope. (Service sports days, jollies, guard duty, potato peeling, general layaboutedness.........) So to a beancounter closing depth servicing at St Mawgan would have been a no-brainer (given BCs only think of money, not value).
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