Johnny Mercer says "this unit is being disbanded today" can anyone enlighten me as to who he is and how he 's knows such things there's no link (I can see) in his social media thing. Not saying he's wrong or right just can't see where he gets his gen.
He's an MP, ex Army Commando officer (RA?) and, iirc, a junior defence minister
Not sure that's totally correct; however reducing recruiting standards (to more closely reflect a society which obviously doesn't have any racist, homophobic, natural born thugs in it) ), reducing the formal disciplinary process (because people are fundamentally decent and don't need it as they are all kind & decent if you tell them to play nicely while teacher's out of the room) and reducing the status of NCO's as leaders to more 'team managers' with tick box objectives to meet whilst at the same time giving everyone farcical 'objectives' to play nicely for their SJARs was always going to end well wasn't it....... Oh, and turning the service into just another job instead of a career to be completed with pride in the service community helped as well.....
TBH... Better description of my thoughts really!!!
I was '86 and it was awful. It was the time of the 1st week beasting, having your block wrecked, animal parts and waste involved. I was nothing to do with the appos but one I knew invited me up to watch the first night beasting...I remember saying to one who was laid face down on the ground whilst having stuff poured on him 'you do know these aren't actually PTI's right? They are actually the same as you...appos?' but he was too rabbit in the headlights to process that fact.
The people who I could have had a word with were there watching i.e. the DI's. Let's not forget I was AC Fuego who knew feck all about anything and if people of God-like rank were there in civvys watching you just think its the done thing.
I'm assuming they ran out of Mcvities Digestives for a game of Soggy Biscuits and needed alternative entertainment?
The story of the Roermond Tank Invading Sqn from 1989 is out mind! One of them is still serving!
I’d be suspicious as we don’t have a piano since I took it apart a month ago...but if I did , it would be a dangerous combination with my flatulence problem..
He can say what he likes. The RAF Regt is now Base Plate Boys forevermore. That stunt was a code red stunt from a Few Good Men. NCO driven. Those recruits would do what they are told. Phase 2 training recruits. That would be NCO driven. As for the papers, most of you on here believe the rest of the shite they publish. As for the Rocks, they have broken the catch all rules of the RAF. Bringing it into disrepute. They were set up by some NCO to do that (Old Skool). Bet he will not own up to it. The thread on PPRUNE on this has been killed BTW. It got messy with two people (one a rock) defending everything against WTF by everyone else. As a professional armed service, one has to be professional. If fight club happens, switch off the mobile phones.
Those folks had never been out of the training empire. RTS and Rock Ape instructors have all they have ever seen. What planet are you on? Not the one they were in. You been an RTS or Regiment training instructor? They haven't been outside in the real Air Force. They were behaving like being led like the old days. Pack led.
Not sure why you're having a pop at me there.... I am not defending what happened for one moment nor defending the culture nor denying that the culture that gave rise to this constituted a failure of leadership at all levels. If there was a pack mentality it's because of the standards they had themselves and observed from their NCOs. I suggested reasons why those standards might be so low, not justified the behaviour.