I'm sick of hearing individuals bleating on about the proposed changes to the Army and the Infantry in particular.
Lets face a few facts; the Infantry as it stands isn't working too well due to the tour intervals, rerolling of AI Bns etc. The proposed changes will go a long way towards addressing these problems and will hopefully ensure an Infantry of the future with a little more stability.
The main thing I'm sick of hearing about are the county or Scottish regiments that might get the chop. Two of the criteria that was looked at when the plans were being made for the changes were:
a. Who is the regiments/battalions recruiting and retention like.
b. What is the regiments/battlions success rate on career courses.
Some of the regiments and battalions 'facing the chop' score very badly on both of these accounts. I know for certain that certain battalions, both from North and South of the border struggle like hell to get a bloke through either PSBC or SCBC.
CGS gets a lot of stick (especially on these forums), with individuals saying that he favoured the Paras etc when the decisions were made. Lets face it there was a lot more to it than his alleged regimental loyalty. As the Director of Infantry himself briefed members of the recent Platoon Commander's Battle Course 'the Paras set the Gold Standard when it comes to performance', especially on the course held in Brecon, and to my knowledge their recruiting and retention is bloody good too despite the 'poaching' by the Private Security firms for Iraq etc.
So lets get real; Whilst regimental loyaltys are admirable some battalions need to realise that they are not quite making the grade, in fact soem are f**king useless not to put too finer point on it!
I should point out that I'm not a Para Regt groupie, merely a realist.
ATB
Lets face a few facts; the Infantry as it stands isn't working too well due to the tour intervals, rerolling of AI Bns etc. The proposed changes will go a long way towards addressing these problems and will hopefully ensure an Infantry of the future with a little more stability.
The main thing I'm sick of hearing about are the county or Scottish regiments that might get the chop. Two of the criteria that was looked at when the plans were being made for the changes were:
a. Who is the regiments/battalions recruiting and retention like.
b. What is the regiments/battlions success rate on career courses.
Some of the regiments and battalions 'facing the chop' score very badly on both of these accounts. I know for certain that certain battalions, both from North and South of the border struggle like hell to get a bloke through either PSBC or SCBC.
CGS gets a lot of stick (especially on these forums), with individuals saying that he favoured the Paras etc when the decisions were made. Lets face it there was a lot more to it than his alleged regimental loyalty. As the Director of Infantry himself briefed members of the recent Platoon Commander's Battle Course 'the Paras set the Gold Standard when it comes to performance', especially on the course held in Brecon, and to my knowledge their recruiting and retention is bloody good too despite the 'poaching' by the Private Security firms for Iraq etc.
So lets get real; Whilst regimental loyaltys are admirable some battalions need to realise that they are not quite making the grade, in fact soem are f**king useless not to put too finer point on it!
I should point out that I'm not a Para Regt groupie, merely a realist.
ATB