Originally posted by Turkey
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Any future Naval air arm would simply be too small to function, the only option that makes any sense at all is to have a single military air arm and for that air arm to provide all the military air functions. The solution is not to have, and pay for, a naval air arm for ship based helicopters, an Army air arm for helicopters that get their wheels dirty, and the present AC for that bunch of bluffing lady gardens in the Don, it's simply to change the ingrained culture within the AC.
How is it that in the UK both RAF and Army AC helicopters regularly and without hassle or resignations manage to deploy on RN ships every day of the week and for months at a time - it's the culture, it's recruiting people who understand that deploying on ships, or to dusty hellholes, is a part of the job, and making crystal clear to current members that deploying on board ship for months at a time is part of the job, and that if they don't like it the DF will happily give them a reference.
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