Originally Posted by
gijoe
That is it in a shell for a nut.
The decision, or lack of one, is almost embarassing. Other Commonwealth nations have been recognising the time and personal sacrifice that their people make since day one...and medallically awarding them with items with HM's image on.
Meanwhile the UK continues to send people on ops - oops sorry it is not ops so you won't get Op Allowance - to fill ops roles - oops, sorry it is not ops so you won't get a medal - and in many, many cases resulting in junior ranks receiving a monthly wage that is less than they receive in the UK - it is ops and you are not in the UK so we will take your Home to Duty away.
Junior Ranks of all colours that have not done ops before are confused - and the leadership of all colours needs to pull its finger out.
They must be on a hell of a HTD that their LSA doesn't cover it.