Englishspringer
Old Salt
Very easy to critisise the TA when you don't spend much time with them. I'm currently in the JHQ area and I know of at least 1 unit that hasn't even had a parade in 3 years, because the OC doesn't want them to happen (and he walks senior officers around his area wearing a softie and with hair halfway down his back).
In the JHQ area every second person you bump into is either an officer or WO and still soldiers walk around with hands in pockets, smoking, eating & drinking.
Don't single out the TA for poor standards unless you are prepared to admit the regulars might be just as bad, because they are!
In the JHQ area every second person you bump into is either an officer or WO and still soldiers walk around with hands in pockets, smoking, eating & drinking.
Don't single out the TA for poor standards unless you are prepared to admit the regulars might be just as bad, because they are!