The Military is Mollycoddled
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Whilst I haven't actually seen the interview, I am fairly certain that I know (knew) the good wife in question - well her husband anyway....as confirmed via Facebook! Whilst I seem to remember that wifey was always a bit forthright in her views I get the impression that what she was trying to say and how it was interpreted are completely different but will confirm once I get home and into a proper computer and not an I-thingy that doesn't play .wmv files!
Courtney...whilst hubby may have spent a good proportion of his career at secret AT bases in that locality.....I first worked with him in Belize and then a couple of years later in Germany....both on leaping heaps. Nearly 20 years ago!
Courtney...whilst hubby may have spent a good proportion of his career at secret AT bases in that locality.....I first worked with him in Belize and then a couple of years later in Germany....both on leaping heaps. Nearly 20 years ago!
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PS........what I meant to add was, I agree with the majority of posters so far. My experiences of Service support, or lack of it, throughout my career means my family and I will have earnt every penny of my terminal grant and pension when I finally leave and we feel far from mollycoddled!
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Appaling treatment of me was part of the job and accepted, appaling treatment of my family wasn't.
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Agreed 100% It wasn't acceptable, but it happened. Actually, most of it wasn't appalling treatment, it was just a complete ignore. I guess it's that sort of treatment that made me so mad about that woman's remarks on BBC News.
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One thing I did find particularly apalling was when the terrorist threat of a car bomb was seen as too high for any private cars to be allowed through the main gate into the "TACEVAL" car park (this went on for some months).
Instead, all drivers were made to park on the OMQ roads, which was immediately outside the barrier, with no security in place. Right opposite my MQ was a car park at the rear of the OM and so about 150 cars (all of them unchecked by the RAF police) were parked right outside my house all day, every day. I had the constant worry of a car bomb taking out my family.
I voiced my concerns to the incumbent OC Admin who thought the risk perfectly acceptable. His own MQ was well away from any risk, though.
Instead, all drivers were made to park on the OMQ roads, which was immediately outside the barrier, with no security in place. Right opposite my MQ was a car park at the rear of the OM and so about 150 cars (all of them unchecked by the RAF police) were parked right outside my house all day, every day. I had the constant worry of a car bomb taking out my family.
I voiced my concerns to the incumbent OC Admin who thought the risk perfectly acceptable. His own MQ was well away from any risk, though.
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We both must have missed the point. It appears that the buildings inside the wire were the valuable assets, the civilians were expendible. You don't think they were protecting us, do you?
We both must have missed the point. It appears that the buildings inside the wire were the valuable assets, the civilians were expendible. You don't think they were protecting us, do you?
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No, it was very obvious that they were doing exactly the opposite. The TACEVAL car park was just an open field, which made it even more galling.
