Parkinson's Law

purch

zagubov wrote: »

I rather liked the size of the Slovenian Navy which at one point supposedly consisted of one boat with about 8 crew.

About all you need if you don't have the desire to go around poking your nose into other peoples business.

lvader

zagubov wrote: »

Was horrified at the advert last night for army jobs whenI remembered that they're laying off even more experienced soldiers. Does not bode well.

Ok then you could then lay off all the army instructors because they wouldn't have anything to do. Is it really hard to understand the army needs to have fresh blood going through the system regardless of cutting overall numbers?

zagubov

lvader wrote: »

Ok then you could then lay off all the army instructors because they wouldn't have anything to do. Is it really hard to understand the army needs to have fresh blood going through the system regardless of cutting overall numbers?

That's fair enough but it's swapping trained experienced battle-hardened staff for untrained inexperienced newbies that have to become seriously upskilled. It's as mad as the government's car scrappage scheme.
And that's seriously mad.

grizzly1911

Thrugelmir wrote: »

Modern warfare requires technically trained people. Not masses of expendable individuals.

Strange when we seem to continue to expend so many and struggle to provide the necessary basic equipment.

Technical sophistication can only go so far.

Jennifer_Jane

I don't know anything about the forces these days, and I imagine things are very different from my father's time. When he came out of the Royal Navy in the 1950's, however, he used to say that he could be called up at any time (he was a volunteer).

(I was very young and terrified because his Naval greatcoat was kept in the hall cupboard, and of course, that was not so many years from when he'd been in the Korean War.)

So I wonder if any form of this remains today - you've been trained, you leave the service and get on with your life, but you belong to the reserves (presumably this is a choice these days) and can be called up. In the meantime, you have the young blood coming up and being trained, full of verve and enthusiasm.

PaulF81

No choice. You have a reserve commitment for pretty much ww3. I dont know when it was last called, but it wasnt for the falkland isle conflict or gw1 or 2. Mine is till 55 I believe ( not in the uk to receive the paperwork

there is plenty of waste, the allowances system sucked when I left, much scope for a flat rate system but the old school (nor the daily mail) don't want a system where the minions may win a little (but most of the time, lose a little).

The net result, a small number remaining claiming for allowances and subjected to a 100% audit rate, to justify the existence of the fleet of accountants and auditors the forces seem to 'require'. bad for efficiency, bad for morale.

zagubov

Jennifer_Jane wrote: »

I don't know anything about the forces these days, and I imagine things are very different from my father's time. When he came out of the Royal Navy in the 1950's, however, he used to say that he could be called up at any time (he was a volunteer).

(I was very young and terrified because his Naval greatcoat was kept in the hall cupboard, and of course, that was not so many years from when he'd been in the Korean War.)

So I wonder if any form of this remains today - you've been trained, you leave the service and get on with your life, but you belong to the reserves (presumably this is a choice these days) and can be called up. In the meantime, you have the young blood coming up and being trained, full of verve and enthusiasm.

Well if you're from England and Wales you could join this and in Scotland this.;)

Jennifer_Jane

zagubov wrote: »

Well if you're from England and Wales you could join this and in Scotland this.;)

"Stetsons"! If only I'd known about this when I was a bit younger.

Do fancy myself here in Cheshire wearing a Stetson (well, Blackpool isn't that far away).

ps - just read a bit more, apparently the Stetson is like the Mounties. I didn't know their hats were called Stetsons. Still think I'd look just fine in one, though!