Forces in Afghanistan 'for years'
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Thanks Nutloose appreciate your words of wisdom 
My posts were a bit to cut to the bone and I maybe should have said what I mean in a less anti-officer way. If I had added less venom to my posts maybe it would have not got such a reaction.
I still stick my point that higher echelons of the military have questions to answer why we have fallen into the state we are in right now, surely all the blame cannot go into Government alone and my point being is what I said previous some have to take the hit and accept bad choices. When was the last time you heard a " oops guys we f****d up , sorry", never in my time.
Anyway , this can be continued on a post elswhere, sorry to post starter for ruining your thread
My posts were a bit to cut to the bone and I maybe should have said what I mean in a less anti-officer way. If I had added less venom to my posts maybe it would have not got such a reaction.
I still stick my point that higher echelons of the military have questions to answer why we have fallen into the state we are in right now, surely all the blame cannot go into Government alone and my point being is what I said previous some have to take the hit and accept bad choices. When was the last time you heard a " oops guys we f****d up , sorry", never in my time.
Anyway , this can be continued on a post elswhere, sorry to post starter for ruining your thread
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It's "toe" the line. Think of police asking a drunk driving suspect to walk a straight line along the side of the road.
Or do they do that in the EU provinces formerly known as UK?
Or do they do that in the EU provinces formerly known as UK?
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Nutloose said:
It comes as a bit of a culture shock to a many of all ranks when they leave the RAF as the "mollyCoddling" of the system dissapears overnight, accomodation, medical coverage, food, wages are no longer there day in day out, outside its all up to you to sort..
Accomodation: If I had murdered the wife on my way to my new unaccompanied tour I would have got a bigger room to stay in overnight, and one with a built in shi77er.
Medical coverage
Just dont start me on that one.
Food I wish it was pay as you starve, for then I would eat out rather then putting up with the garbage on offer.
Wages
Fair one; there has to be a reason that I tolerate the others. However at the end of the day, it is a salary not a gift; and it is earned.
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The being in Afghanistan for years masterplan must have been around for a while, the early '07 plan for Camp Bastion involved a sports pitch and running track, for goodness sake...not sure if the olympic size swimming pool made it into the final cut though.
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"Mollycoddling"
Accomodation: If I had murdered the wife on my way to my new unaccompanied tour I would have got a bigger room to stay in overnight, and one with a built in shi77er.
Medical coverage
Just dont start me on that one.
Food I wish it was pay as you starve, for then I would eat out rather then putting up with the garbage on offer.
Wages
Fair one; there has to be a reason that I tolerate the others. However at the end of the day, it is a salary not a gift; and it is earned.
Accomodation: If I had murdered the wife on my way to my new unaccompanied tour I would have got a bigger room to stay in overnight, and one with a built in shi77er.
Medical coverage
Just dont start me on that one.
Food I wish it was pay as you starve, for then I would eat out rather then putting up with the garbage on offer.
Wages
Fair one; there has to be a reason that I tolerate the others. However at the end of the day, it is a salary not a gift; and it is earned.
The Accomodation was still there and provided though regardless, you did not have to drive around for hours looking for somewhere to stay as you often have to when contracting in Civi Street..
Food, again it is there whether you like it or not, unlike outside the military where you can struggle to find somewhere to eat at 3 am on shift.
Medical coverage. bar the shocking loss of the Military Hospitals which could have been used during peacetime to take in NHS patients as an overflow, then It is still there, cut yourself badly here and when a First Aider is finally found you then will struggle to get to a hospital or Clinic that will see you 4 hours later......
