Originally Posted by stevo42

hi guys new on here re the floods we at 57sig sqn (39 sig regt) have been on standby since friday nite im from the glos det anyway so close to the troubles went in to day to load the reserve cst as the primary one has been deployed as at 1500hrs to gold hq with airwave and mcs plus other stuff the crew are there on a volentery basis and not called out im on 2 hr standby as we speak so some stuff is happening as theres water involved the navy has taken over our TAC and sailors were there today but are being replaced by the RM,s tonite
stevo

They're sending booties? Hmm, must be deploying to Barnwood.

Originally Posted by polar69

At last ! Nice one 39

Well our packet is lined up ready to go, although nobody thinks its going anywhere

37 Sig Regt have also been on standby since the weekend. A few assets on short (2 hours) NTM.

Anyone think 2 Sig Bde is trying to justify its existence?

Originally Posted by polar

Anyone think 2 Sig Bde is trying to justify its existence?

in what way ? at the moment the airwave system is holding up very well, so no extra assets are required (altho i expect extra would be nice to have ) but thats the case with anything this is the reason the AGV,S havent moved yet. so the Q is do we move now to pre survayed locations set up and wait just incase or do we hold back at home or are TAC,s and wait for it to go tits up. them move out possibly in the rain and traffic adding futher to people problems or wait to be underslung by an already hard pushed RAF thats a big disission to make for someone who might be expecting his next promotion out of the brigade maybe to whitehall , if it all works out and were not needed then he,s a good chap and been prudent if it goes wrong then he for the high jump as he didnt act on time my reg this year dont have a prob with MTD,S and havent for a few years and i thought this was the case within 2 sig bdge last year i did 99 days this year so far ive done 44 so far inc camp the rifles who we are co located with are restricted to 28 days and alot of them have used most of that already exept there camp commitment and thus the reason for poor attendance at 43 inf bdge exersices from now on the the real reason we havent been called out is as allready stated WHO,S GOING TO PAY

Stevo,

Please try to use full stops and paragraphs - what you have to say is interesting, but almost impossible to decipher...

MSR

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Originally Posted by stevo42

Originally Posted by polar

Anyone think 2 Sig Bde is trying to justify its existence?

in what way ? at the moment the airwave system is holding up very well, so no extra assets are required (altho i expect extra would be nice to have )

So, as you admit you've a troop(-) ready to deploy, we've also got a troop(-) ready to go. So the ICS requirement for a major natural disaster is probably a troop(+).

I can't believe AGV's haven't deployed, substations about to be flooded, backup available .... not rocket science

but as you said, the bank is empty and the government can only afford to spend cash on US foreign policy not its citizens

Originally Posted by polar

Originally Posted by stevo42

Originally Posted by polar

Anyone think 2 Sig Bde is trying to justify its existence?

in what way ? at the moment the airwave system is holding up very well, so no extra assets are required (altho i expect extra would be nice to have )

So, as you admit you've a troop(-) ready to deploy, we've also got a troop(-) ready to go. So the ICS requirement for a major natural disaster is probably a troop(+).

I can't believe AGV's haven't deployed, substations about to be flooded, backup available .... not rocket science

but as you said, the bank is empty and the government can only afford to spend cash on US foreign policy not its citizens

Sub station was saved by the Navy from Portsmouth. 2 Bde not required.

^Not my point.

2 Sig Bde probably provided AIRWAVE to enable Navy/Royal Engineers command and control. SAINT acts as a backup to AIRWAVE/Mobile for all services phone as seen during Carlisle floods. Their are other reasons why I don't believe AIRWAVE is fool proof/reliable.