tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1835455773953043846.post54005968072374729..comments2024-01-12T18:59:05.080+00:00Comments on Defence With A "C": Exercise Askari ThunderUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1835455773953043846.post-39196471120374104342013-06-29T08:25:48.801+01:002013-06-29T08:25:48.801+01:00How many of the youngsters know what they're g...How many of the youngsters know what they're getting in to when they sign up though? It might hit retention, but recruitment will probably be ok. Show some nice brochures of people walking through rivers "tactically" in Brunei and guys going skiing in Germany (the army is planning, as far as I know, to still use much of the adventurous training network built up in Germany) and they'll be fine.<br /><br />Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18182426936194426623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1835455773953043846.post-71736567898814263702013-06-28T16:36:32.747+01:002013-06-28T16:36:32.747+01:00To be sure the RUSI paper comes across as some spe...To be sure the RUSI paper comes across as some special pleading from some retired officers that their pensions should be topped up for writing A level bollocks papers about world affairs. Nothing new there, that is what the RUSI is for. However that is beside the point I was trying to make.<br /><br />The army might send a battalion (plus RAC hangers-on etc.) or two per year to Canada or Kenya, or maybe Brunei, for a few weeks training each year, but the vast majority of the army is going nowhere more interesting than UK training ranges, repeatedly. The UK army is going to be almost exclusively in the UK for the first time in centuries. Will that hit recruitment? I think it will and it will hit hardest in the infantry - the "corps" will do better at least those that can offer a youngster a trade or qualifications that are useful in civvy street.HurstLlamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01086351645473769872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1835455773953043846.post-80746252047666413742013-06-28T13:50:18.058+01:002013-06-28T13:50:18.058+01:00Not convinced myself by a lot of that RUSI stuff. ...Not convinced myself by a lot of that RUSI stuff. Seems to have a lot of clever words and talk about the future, but without really nailing down any of the problems in detail or offering suggestions of how to fix them. Aside from the suggestion about setting up a dedicated history branch. The paper about foreign cultures seems like an absurd, knee jerk reaction to the problem of a lack of cultural knowledge among officers deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq. We already have a body that does that sort of thing, it's called the Foreign and Commonwealth office.<br /><br />And what, prey tell, is wrong with Colchester ;) (... a lot).<br /><br />My understanding is that even though the permenant garrisons will mostly be in the UK, the armed forces will still do training across the globe; BATUS, Kenya, Brunei etc.<br />Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18182426936194426623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1835455773953043846.post-59250862777602539462013-06-28T12:13:29.193+01:002013-06-28T12:13:29.193+01:00Mr. Chris,
Just reading the RUSI paper linked to ...Mr. Chris,<br /><br />Just reading the RUSI paper linked to over on TD's site:<br /><br />http://www.rusi.org/publications/newsbrief/ref:A51C8322FDA604/#.Uc1sUtKR_QB<br /><br />It makes the point that very soon the army will be wholly based in the UK with, until the next war, just some small contingents going overseas for Cyrus & Falklands garrisons and the odd training mission. I wonder what impact that is going to have on recruiting. "Join the army and see Catterick, Aldershot and Colchester" will not perhaps much have much appeal to the adventurous youngsters. Even Northern Ireland and Germany were better than that. HurstLlamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01086351645473769872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1835455773953043846.post-76781681859123227052013-06-27T23:02:45.178+01:002013-06-27T23:02:45.178+01:00Forty odd degree heat, not sure I'd want any p...Forty odd degree heat, not sure I'd want any part of that! I personally seem to function best somewhere between 10 and 17, so I think I've ended up in the right place in the life lottery!<br /><br />All good challenges for the army though. High heat in Kenya. Bollock arse cold in Germany and Canada. Perpetual rain in the UK...<br /><br />Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18182426936194426623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1835455773953043846.post-23270185858056451532013-06-27T13:41:50.728+01:002013-06-27T13:41:50.728+01:00Can I just say that those chaps on the videos seem...Can I just say that those chaps on the videos seem to be having enormous fun, and they are in the warm. In my day all we got, unless your were very lucky, was Northern Ireland and Germany, both, for the most part, cold and/or wet. Makes me wish I was forty years younger.HurstLlamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01086351645473769872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1835455773953043846.post-48971483076232119192013-06-26T00:02:39.661+01:002013-06-26T00:02:39.661+01:00How can a battalion of infantry deploy as anything...How can a battalion of infantry deploy as anything larger than a battle group? Good use of the selective quoting there as well, missing off the "as part of a wider force" that came right after it.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18182426936194426623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1835455773953043846.post-67972129646399081802013-06-25T23:22:22.969+01:002013-06-25T23:22:22.969+01:00" full scale battle group deployment"
P..." full scale battle group deployment"<br /><br />Perhaps the saddest thing I've read in a very long time.<br /><br />A battle group described as full scale.TrThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07316335177828136131noreply@blogger.com