Given the importance of the oft quoted 'whole force', I can only assume that the decision now to concentrate time and resources on a small percentage of said whole force has less to do with the benevolence of the Service and more to do with the fact that we've been cut so far that we can no longer sustain the effort required to keep personnel in tip top fighting condition.
CCS now 2 years, medical and dentals for the vast majority once every blue moon and now this. We're now well down the slippery slope of force degeneration and I can foresee a time in the not too distant future when, having fallen through a gaping crack, we are caught short by individuals' unpreparedness and inability to sustain high tempo ops over anything other than a very short duration because we have failed to sustain the physical component of combat to anything other than the lowest common denominator.
Last edited by Melchett01; 17th May 2016 at 21:07.