Army cuts

MargaretR

MargaretR

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In another forum I have read that '5000' soldiers are planning a protest march on London.

and....."one of the decision makers on disbanding these regiments is visiting 2RRF (one of the regiments being disbanded) tomorrow in Celle, Germany... He is expecting a march past... The boys are going to *ahem* give him something else.."

In view of DaveG's former army connections, and his present location, I ask him to please report any incident the german media may report, because it is not likely to be reported in UK media.
 
so good old cameron wants to sack some brave soldiers so that he can put them on the dole and call them scum because theres no jobs for them to go to hes made sure of that :mad:
 
My cousin has been told that he is being made redundant. He is a sergeant in the RAF and has been there for 21 years. After 22 years in the RAF you can claim full RAF pension. My cousin's redundancy will come into force when he is 7 weeks short of the 22 years, therefore, saving the RAF a fortune. He is not the only one this is happening to, there are hundreds up and down the country.
No matter how good a life style the armed forces personnel may have when we are not at war, I would never recommend to anyone that they join up. People like my cousin, who have seen active service, are robbed blind in the most underhand way when it comes to their pensions.
 
lettie said:
My cousin has been told that he is being made redundant. He is a sergeant in the RAF and has been there for 21 years. After 22 years in the RAF you can claim full RAF pension. My cousin's redundancy will come into force when he is 7 weeks short of the 22 years, therefore, saving the RAF a fortune. He is not the only one this is happening to, there are hundreds up and down the country.
No matter how good a life style the armed forces personnel may have when we are not at war, I would never recommend to anyone that they join up. People like my cousin, who have seen active service, are robbed blind in the most underhand way when it comes to their pensions.
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and you can bet he will be seen soon on TV saying how great our troops are and how much he respects them.

dont get me wrong they are and he should but from the way this government and the last lot treated our troops its quite eveident they dont give a toss about our troops
 
this is to pave the way to outsource more contracts to privete firms.this is a disgrace .protect the falklands your having a laugh:mad: on the day the tories pump 50 billion by quantitive easing where is the money going ye thats right the banks who defrauded the british public.the sooner cameron and co get the boot the better.paddy ashdown where are you now??
 
Come to think of it, why do you guys need a large military? Here's a scenario: Privately, Her Majesty's Government, whatever they say in public, is commited to the EU. When Germany decides that the only way out of the Euro crisis is a political union, there will be a new European Defence Force, headquartered in ... mmm, the Bendlerblock is still standing in Berlin.:rolleyes: National forces will cease to exist. On the up side, you won't have to join any US adventures into, say, Iran or North Korea. You can get rid of your nuclear subs, and axe the aircraft carriers ... save a whole bunch of money! Make a deal with the Argentinians for the Malvinas. Maybe they will throw in Lionel Messi.:alright: A great footballer is, in today's world at least, worth much more than honour, and you could always work out a deal on sharing any oil that may be there. It will really be peace in our time.
 
lettie said:
My cousin has been told that he is being made redundant. He is a sergeant in the RAF and has been there for 21 years. After 22 years in the RAF you can claim full RAF pension. My cousin's redundancy will come into force when he is 7 weeks short of the 22 years, therefore, saving the RAF a fortune. He is not the only one this is happening to, there are hundreds up and down the country.
No matter how good a life style the armed forces personnel may have when we are not at war, I would never recommend to anyone that they join up. People like my cousin, who have seen active service, are robbed blind in the most underhand way when it comes to their pensions.
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Hes not a Banker Let, only defended our country, not defrauded it.:rolleyes:
 
Massive cuts for the military were announced within the first weeks of this government and at the time some posters on here defended those cuts...but we were told most of the cuts would be made in office jobs and such...that was yet another bare faced lie.
 
I think the young lad on question time tonight summed it up.. we grieve almost daily on the deaths of our lads fighting for our way of life ...and then this government say we don't need 20,000 of you.. disgusting
 
If we cut the number of troops in the armed forces, maybe it will lead to us contributing our fair share, and no more, to international disputes.

Here is a list of current troop numbers in Afghanistan

United States 90,000
United Kingdom 9,500
Germany 4,812
France 3,935
Italy 3,880
Poland 2,560
Romania 1,938
Turkey 1,786
Spain 1,552

Source: NATO

NATO troops are in Afghanistan to protect the western world from the threat of terrorism. That threat is as real in Germany, France, Italy and Spain as it is in the UK, so why do we have between two and five times the number of troops there?

The USA can justify their own position.
 
i would say the threat is more real for the UK than germany simply because it was the UK that lied and fabricated evidence so the UK could support america and drag the rest into it.

hence why we got bombed on 7/7 and america got 9/11 .The UK and usa are viewed as the main instigators of this so called war on terror which the UK and usa started by invading iraq a country that had absolutely nothing to do with 9/11

do we need to keep our troops ?

as long as our government runs around kissing americas backside and upsetting the middle east we damn well do
 
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I find it strange that none of the 23,000 Bureaucrats employed by the M.O.D are getting the push.:confused:
Oh yea I forgot they are the ones that drew up the plan.:mad:

Over the hill with a fixed ballpoint chaps.:eek::D:D
 
Benipete said:
I find it strange that none of the 23,000 Bureaucrats employed by the M.O.D are getting the push.:confused:
Oh yea I forgot they are the ones that drew up the plan.:mad:

Over the hill with a fixed ballpoint chaps.:eek::D:D
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Beni its the same in the NHS, none of the managers on telephone number salaries, not forgetting the car, have gone down the road, this could only happen in the public sector, if this was the case in the private sector it would go bankrupt, but its a bottomless pit funded by the tax payer:mad:
 
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