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  • #76
    no mate - been told 1600hrs, but i'm mobile right now so i dunno whats happening in barracks.
    RGJ

    ...Once a Rifleman - Always a Rifleman... Celer et Audax

    The Rifles

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    • #77
      Could be interesting if the announcement is that the RAF is being axed, considering that the CDS is from the RAF!

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      • #78
        Still nothing, millennium bug anyone

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        • #79
          latest update - 'apparently' - it has been postponed awaiting ministerial approval and may be with us tomorrow.

          in other words - all hell will break loose if you think you're telling that to the forces - have a rethink!
          RGJ

          ...Once a Rifleman - Always a Rifleman... Celer et Audax

          The Rifles

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          • #80
            maybe thats why they sent you out on the ground for the day RGJ, keep you away from the corridors of power, prevent a coup and all that

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            • #81
              lol - if only mate but i am a small fish in the big blue sea.
              RGJ

              ...Once a Rifleman - Always a Rifleman... Celer et Audax

              The Rifles

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              • #82
                I see they are increasing the compo given to Injured Soldiers. Is that connected?


                Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.

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                • #83
                  It better not be something mundane like that all due respect to the injured troops they deserve the euromillions but after all this waiting around if the services arent merged or some other dramatic move isnt announced I'll be pissed

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                  • #84
                    right,

                    i've got hold of the brief via ARRSE.

                    it's nothing as bad as we thought, it covers 2 things:

                    1. Medical Employment Policy (MEP)
                    2. Army Recovery Capability (ARC)

                    one deals with soldiers who are currently medically downgraded and unable to deploy for one reason or another and the other covers how we are improving the care we give to soldiers coming back from the frontline and how we can rehabilitate and return them to service if possible or ease them into civillian life with comprehensive care packages.

                    i won't go into details until all is released publicly but this is not the bad news we were expecting and if anything, is very good welcome news indeed.
                    RGJ

                    ...Once a Rifleman - Always a Rifleman... Celer et Audax

                    The Rifles

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                    • #85
                      Originally posted by RoyalGreenJacket View Post
                      right,

                      i've got hold of the brief via ARRSE.

                      it's nothing as bad as we thought, it covers 2 things:

                      1. Medical Employment Policy (MEP)
                      2. Army Recovery Capability (ARC)

                      one deals with soldiers who are currently medically downgraded and unable to deploy for one reason or another and the other covers how we are improving the care we give to soldiers coming back from the frontline and how we can rehabilitate and return them to service if possible or ease them into civillian life with comprehensive care packages.

                      i won't go into details until all is released publicly but this is not the bad news we were expecting and if anything, is very good welcome news indeed.

                      thats good news mate, better cause yous were expecting a bitter pill
                      I knew a simple soldier boy.....
                      Who grinned at life in empty joy,
                      Slept soundly through the lonesome dark,
                      And whistled early with the lark.

                      In winter trenches, cowed and glum,
                      With crumps and lice and lack of rum,
                      He put a bullet through his brain.
                      And no one spoke of him again.

                      You smug-faced crowds with kindling eye
                      Who cheer when soldier lads march by,
                      Sneak home and pray you'll never know
                      The hell where youth and laughter go.

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                      • #86
                        Does the first part not possibly relate to those injured being canned when they could previously have stayed on?

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                        • #87
                          Originally posted by CS Gass View Post
                          Does the first part not possibly relate to those injured being canned when they could previously have stayed on?
                          i dont think they can do that can they? with the contract and all that? if they're fit for some duty, surely they cant just be binned?
                          I knew a simple soldier boy.....
                          Who grinned at life in empty joy,
                          Slept soundly through the lonesome dark,
                          And whistled early with the lark.

                          In winter trenches, cowed and glum,
                          With crumps and lice and lack of rum,
                          He put a bullet through his brain.
                          And no one spoke of him again.

                          You smug-faced crowds with kindling eye
                          Who cheer when soldier lads march by,
                          Sneak home and pray you'll never know
                          The hell where youth and laughter go.

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