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Old 19th Mar 2017, 10:53
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Recollect Army friend, upon my comment re RAF walking up hill, out in the sticks, in the rain, at night, remarking: "That's a curious place to go looking for an hotel!"

Anyway, I thought this, from the report, was a particularly good example of sleight of hand which disingenuously compared apples with oranges.
38. The expectations of a young RAF officer are
c) That all personnel within the RAF are there exclusively to support their pilots (other matters are of little import).

39. The expectations of a young Naval officer are
c) That in spite of his expertise he is just one small cog (albeit an important one) in the Fleet Weapons System and needs to integrate fully with that weapons system.
Perhaps someone should tell him about tactical rotary, ASR, what Hercs do, maritime ops, close air support etc etc . . . .
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