Jimlad1 then perhaps you should consider changing your location and profile and I won't presume, as it says you are in London @ the MOD.
You do indeed seem to have a problem with the Army. You are totally missing out the deployable bit, in your brilliant thesis. I am not disagreeing with you at all but if the 1 Blankshires are off to whatever operation tomorrow and there is no bugger left but the 2nd Blankshires to replace them in 6/8 months, what do they do - stay there? Or as is, quite common at the moment, in the SNCO/WO/SO2 posts that you are quite rightly identify as a problem area and conveniently move them into the 2nd Blankshires 6 months down the line.
I am not condoning it but actually I don't see how the wonderful new order could cope. I guess thats why there is a trial!