Christ Cardinal,
I bet you had an old kipper nailed to the back of the door that you licked on the way out of the house instead of breakfast!
(Edited due to playing the man not the ball).
For me, the fact that the TA has been used has caused all sorts of improvements, as mentioned here before - more targetted training, closer liaison with the regular army, and regular staff treating the TA seriously, because they have a real chance of meeting them again on ops.
Duke (who started training in the 80's, did P Coy in road slappers, and still believes that fitness is important to all soldiers if they want to retain any form of credibility).
I bet you had an old kipper nailed to the back of the door that you licked on the way out of the house instead of breakfast!
(Edited due to playing the man not the ball).
For me, the fact that the TA has been used has caused all sorts of improvements, as mentioned here before - more targetted training, closer liaison with the regular army, and regular staff treating the TA seriously, because they have a real chance of meeting them again on ops.
Duke (who started training in the 80's, did P Coy in road slappers, and still believes that fitness is important to all soldiers if they want to retain any form of credibility).