Easy,
Point taken - but I wasn't pointing fingers at the RAF. I feel very sorry for the bomb-loaders who will now have to attend a medal ceremony at Marham or Coningsby - but their support and vital actions won't be recognized. Nor will the vital training tasks being done in other places. And there are plenty of other bits.
I asked SofS on a visit how Shader was going to be recognized given that the nature of warfare had changed. I was told to shut my face by the former CJO. 'We've got it.' Evidently not.
Risk and Rigour - well I wasn't allowed out of where I was due to risk and nearly got shot by an UK serviceman having an ND. Thanks! It was very rigourous...
That is why the leaders of the 3 services should be embarrassed...I hope it is not over because there is a whole raft of juniors outside of the bubble who will now be questioning what this 'ops' thing all about. The appropriate solution was staring them in the face - OSM inside the JOA, GSM 08 outside.
It is derisive and divisive in the least.