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How much do you use the TA on international missions and in what role???
I know that the unit guarding camp bastion is from the TA, but are they used in other roles aswell?
TA unit in Helmand supported by danish M113G3 crews.
We just started using our TA(HJV) in Iraq. These are specially selected from HJV's "eliteunit" SSR(special support and recon) and form 6 men protection teams, normally a job for our MP's.
SSR in Iraq.
I know that the unit guarding camp bastion is from the TA, but are they used in other roles aswell?
TA unit in Helmand supported by danish M113G3 crews.
We just started using our TA(HJV) in Iraq. These are specially selected from HJV's "eliteunit" SSR(special support and recon) and form 6 men protection teams, normally a job for our MP's.
SSR in Iraq.
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There was this story re the TA in the Daily Mail the other day
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/a ... ge_id=1770
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/a ... ge_id=1770
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Very upsetting article..Tab wrote:There was this story re the TA in the Daily Mail the other day
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/a ... ge_id=1770
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Loafing about, having far too many "stand easys" and being absolute plums rates who couldn`t trap Paris Hillton with rohypnol
Most were prefects at skool and see the mob as a springboard to international carreers in the ceramics industry
That`s about right isn`t it Goldie
Most were prefects at skool and see the mob as a springboard to international carreers in the ceramics industry
That`s about right isn`t it Goldie
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Harry, you have us down to a T mate lol but is there such a thing as too many stand easys??, I think not Royal.harry hackedoff wrote:Loafing about, having far too many "stand easys" and being absolute plums rates who couldn`t trap Paris Hillton with rohypnol
Most were prefects at skool and see the mob as a springboard to international carreers in the ceramics industry
That`s about right isn`t it Goldie
As for rohypnol, it hasn't let me down yet, just ask Mrs Goldie if and when she wakes up before her next dose
You`re also correct, I was a prefect, did you go to he same school as me? It was a good one as it had the word Approved before it!
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The TA unit in Afghanistan with 2 Mercian ( I think it was the London Regiment) started out on Force Protection for Bastion but proved themselves capable enough to be used on operations that the Regualrs were doing.
It is a fact of life that Commanders will not trust TA units to carry out their jobs as well as Regualrs until they prove otherwise.
It is a fact of life that Commanders will not trust TA units to carry out their jobs as well as Regualrs until they prove otherwise.
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It`s also a fact of life that the Defence cuts of the eighties and particularly the nineties left the Armed Forces so severely over-stretched the Reserve Forces have been called upon in ways never before imagined.
It is to their general credit that they are performing so well.
I know there are examples where this isn`t true, but generally the whole of the Forces Reserve Community have proved themselves capable.
And good luck to`em, I say
It is to their general credit that they are performing so well.
I know there are examples where this isn`t true, but generally the whole of the Forces Reserve Community have proved themselves capable.
And good luck to`em, I say
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True, very true.
The only advice I can give to Reserve soldiers called in to Regular service (as that what it essentially is), is to switch on to your new units SOP's and work really fookin hard. Be all you can be and they will respect you for it. You'll never win everyone over, but they will eventually realise that without you a 12 hour day becomes a 16 hour day.
It's very unfortuante that the TA infantry still seem to be training for wars that are long outdated. Why on earth they aren't given training for theatres like Iraq and Afghanistan is beyond me. There are a hell of a lot of senior ranks that have no idea what goes on after you've been mortared unless they've been in theatre - and I don't know any soldiers that are familiar with operating from vehichles in Theatre-specific enviroment that haven't been deployed.
What I'm getting at is, our Reserve would be better if they didn't have to learn everything about Iraq in a 2-4 week period. They have done extremely well just to get this far with the pace of operations going on.
The only advice I can give to Reserve soldiers called in to Regular service (as that what it essentially is), is to switch on to your new units SOP's and work really fookin hard. Be all you can be and they will respect you for it. You'll never win everyone over, but they will eventually realise that without you a 12 hour day becomes a 16 hour day.
It's very unfortuante that the TA infantry still seem to be training for wars that are long outdated. Why on earth they aren't given training for theatres like Iraq and Afghanistan is beyond me. There are a hell of a lot of senior ranks that have no idea what goes on after you've been mortared unless they've been in theatre - and I don't know any soldiers that are familiar with operating from vehichles in Theatre-specific enviroment that haven't been deployed.
What I'm getting at is, our Reserve would be better if they didn't have to learn everything about Iraq in a 2-4 week period. They have done extremely well just to get this far with the pace of operations going on.
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