ARmy Rumour SErvice

**Carlos_Hathcock_II** · 15-12-2011, 19:59

Requests for 'volenteers' has already been sent out a few weeks ago with the lovely line of 'You will be mobilised for up to a 4 month period'.

So that would include training to stag on, stagging on and then a post Op leave??? Ha!!!!!!

So far I know only 1 person who has said they want to.....

**bokkatankie** · 15-12-2011, 20:00

Fook me the army has a union, or at least that is what I am reading, what are you going to do, refuse to soldier? Stop whinging, you never know you might enjoy it. And do try to remember that when you signed up you agreed to do what the Government of the day told you to do.

As for Medal I believe that was done on on page one. by the noble plume himself.

**spike7451** · 15-12-2011, 20:05

Originally Posted by ScouseD

What? Lots of posts and so far no one has asked if there will be a medal for it? Some loony somewhere must feel that this constitutes active service and so it can’t be long. On the other hand, offer a bit of commemorative bling for it and just watch the stampede to sign up.

Aye,you get a medal...it's free in every happy meal!

**supermatelot** · 15-12-2011, 20:31

Hold on a minute...

This whole operation will require a name of some sorts - like Op Fresco etc.

I propose Op RingStretch.

**chimera** · 15-12-2011, 20:35

Originally Posted by One_of_the_strange

Would those be the TA Inf Bns whose ORBAT does not include a proper Command element thanks to the decision by the Army they they will never deploy as a unit ? The ones who have had recruitment capped at 80% to save money ? The ones who have a huge chunk of that 80% filled with SuTs as, unlike the Regulars, the TA carry them on unit strength ? The ones with another chunk unable to be mobilised as they have recently been to HERRICK ? The ones with another chunk doing the training necessary for them to go on HERRICK. Oh, and those doing the training ? Those ones ? Good luck with that, all we'll see is a decade of underinvestment in the TA some home to roost. Read the recent Reserves Review, and educate yourself.

Oh, and as this is a peacetime jolly both employer and employee can put in an appeal if they think it's taking the piss. Whinge as much as you like about lack of commitment, but unless you're going to lead a military coup and overthrow current laws it's what we've got to work with. I foresee a huge volume of whinging as staff officers all over the land find out about this particular reality and realise they've left it a little bit late.

Yes that was exactly the TA that I was talking about. Lots of TA red tabs tooling around a few months back with big smiles on their faces at the prospect of being used in formed units/sub-units, so your "we are not capable of doing this" back pedalling doesn't seem a glowing endorsement of the capability. And what's all this "peace time jolly" sh*t? Same TA red tabs are very keen to push the merits of the TA for Homeland Resilience - but it seems that you just want to pick an choose which crisis you want to be mobilised for?

**tearsbeforebedtime** · 15-12-2011, 20:42

Until there is any job protection for TA then, yeah, fucking right.

**CH512O** · 15-12-2011, 22:05

Originally Posted by supermatelot

Hold on a minute...

This whole operation will require a name of some sorts - like Op Fresco etc.

I propose Op RingStretch.

Actually its called......wait for it..........OP OLYMPIC!!!

**Werewolf** · 15-12-2011, 22:12

Originally Posted by Joker62

Well, anywhere north of Hadrians Wall and west of Offa's Dyke will suffice and maybe SW of Plymouth too for good measure

Al Queda did'nt do too well the last time they tried that. They should have read the history of their intended target, and understood why the Romans built the Wall in the first place...

**mac_uk** · 15-12-2011, 22:21

Apparently there will be two Royal Navy ships tasked to the games as well, I believe the Iranian rowing team has already bagsied their Ipods

**Roger_The_Cat** · 15-12-2011, 22:34

Thread Summary :- "Shit job. Give it to the TA"

Bollocks. Let the regulars, who signed up to do as they were told in peacetime and that seem to think TA soldiers have nowt better to do, do it. Or better still get the head of the Armed Forces to grow some balls and tell Cameron to hire some more Nigerian immigrant security guards and stop fucking people about and treating them like contingent labour.

if I were still a STAB I'd have handed my kit in if mobilised for this shite.