Originally Posted by
Crromwellman
Lyneham Lad - All well and good to highlight the conditions today - but how was Service life (all ranks) in for example, the mid-1930s (budget constraint-wise, reluctance to spend on new programmes etc etc) as a comparison?
All well and good to suggest comparison but what about comparing where it all led to? A major conflict with totally unprepared Armed Forces thet took nearly three years to bring up to speed - we won't have the time if it happens again
Which was the aim of my post - i.e. what followed the 1930's hollowing out of the Services.
(My post underlined for clarity).