ExAscoteer:
Yellow Sun, your post is somewhat short of the mark.
Yes I fully accept what you say, in particular the Tri-Service rationalisation. However I did try to keep it simple and provide some historical perspective.
The Service Complaints system has been jammed up with idiotic trivia from (primarily) senior ACF people. It's not surprising, then, that the MOD and Defence Council have cried 'enough'.
This is something that I have heard anecdotally but MoD has not been too forthcoming with detail. I also believe that there was a raft of other legal and quasi-legal argument that supported the move.
It was always going to be a minefield from the start but I think it was the correct thing to do. Whether it has been communicated and implemented well, that is open to debate.
YS