Our army - navy and airforce are envied the world over, such professional men and women, in these time of uncertainty we need to build up our forces to tackle what is ahead
Correction. Struggling to get good recruits. Most of what I saw coming through before I left earlier this year was pathetic. Officer and enlisted alike.
Not to detract from the good things the British armed forces have achieved, if I were the Chief of the Air Staff, I wouldn’t have appeared online with a chest full of jubilee medals and no single operational medal.
I think you'll find he was commissioned as an officer at a time of general peace and was promoted in a time frame that then made him too important to deploy overseas so he never saw operations but is now the chief of staff
@@pepperroni6252 I’ve seen a number of now senior generals deployed on operations. I’m going to assume as he is neither aircrew or a rock ape (sorry RAF Regiment) he was never deployed.
@@shoghunuk7428 that's what I'm saying he would have had clerical and admin roles to rank up to a point where he was too important to go on deployment, like you say only aircrew and RAF special ed I mean forces senior staff are deployed
@@pepperroni6252 I think the only thing I have issue with is the ‘too important’ statement. I don’t think anyone in the military is too important to be deployed, it is, after all, our raison d'être. That notwithstanding, I still don’t think he should have appeared in dress uniform with a load of ‘chocolate’ medals.
The last CAS had plenty of medals and was useless. Not really any correlation between medals you get for turning up on deployment and ability. Plenty of average or sub-par people go on medal-attracting ops, and plenty of gifted individuals never do.
@@pepperroni6252 you can be deployed to plenty of places that don't attract medals. Many people do their whole careers without ever getting an op medal, despite numerous deployments.
Of course he has deployed. Just not on operational deployments that are medallic earning. Those senior officers in 1982 and up until TELIC and HERRICK, were in a similar boat, but they got the job done.
I've said it before and I'll say it again. How the hell do you become Chief of Air Staff and not have a single campaign medal to wear. 2023 was the year I left the army and I'm not the least bit sorry. These clowns have no idea what the day to day life is like in the forces.
@Orbital_Inclination 20 years of the highest operational tempo the forces have seen, and you think he's been running ops that didn't have a medal? What's it like to live in the land of make believe?
Of course and sadly there is an unmentioned elephant in the room. It is the act that our armed forces are hollowed out out. With current resources they could not fight a major war of the sort being fought in the Ukraine. We need (like America) to spend 4% of GDP rather than the 2% current target. These fine men do not seem to realise the size of the huge threats that confront us.
The problem is that defence is never very high on the pecking order when it comes to voters concerns. All the government have to do is cut the budget, make a statement saying that we still have a world class military and the general public won’t take it any further.
Politicians are not there to do what focus groups suggest, but to give LEADERSHIP. Top generals and admirals should have the courage to point out in public and private the horrible risks the politicians are taking with our national defence.
I don’t get this ? Why are senior naval officers making decisions about a ground war. This is for army tacticians and senior officers. I know the navy is so small that each one could have an admiral commanding it. The one thing the navy has plenty of is officers not ships/submarines.
It also has two carriers that are listed as having 4x DS30M 30mm remote control cannons fitted, on every Defence publication. However these have never been installed as they ran outta money (Too busy paying all those Admirals they have so many of). Also the same Royal Navy that said the testing of DS30M with a 5 pack of Martlett missiles attached had been a success, then a few months later the truth came out it was a failure. I have zero faith in anything these shysters in charge say about anything it's all lies. Remember these guys are Politicians in uniforms that's why some lack medals, they've commanded desks ASAP so they could have the best opportunities to climb the slippery pole.
Chief of the Defence Staff is responsible for all 3 branches. Evidently, the MOD & British Government deemed it that, in this new world, focussing on the Royal Navy is a priority, hence, getting someone from the Navy. But the Chief of the Defence Staff is not a tactician. They are not the one commanding the armies. That role is fulfilled by the 'Commander Field Army' - who is a highly experienced LtGen in the British Army. Who, alongside their Major Generals commanding the Divisions, will be the 'top dog' for the actual tactical and strategic decision making.
@@meme4one To fund it slowly overtime scrap the State Pension for the wealthiest 25% of pensioners, Foreign Aid scrapped all together, 1/5 of Civil Servants fired, Ministries merged(e.g AG Office, Home Office, and MoJ into one). To fund a fleet of 15 Destroyers, 20 Frigates, 25 SSNs, 5 SSBNs. Tripling combat aircraft Ballistic Missile Defence Network throughout the country. Reforming old regiments Just for starters, and raising basic pay to a minimum of £25k per year, and a Jaguar I-Pace for all
@@markbenjamin1703foreign aid is a very useful soft power tool which people don't seem to understand the significance of. It allows us more freedom to operate worldwide without using military force. As for civil servants, the MOD replaced a lot of its UK-based roles with civil service posts to free up job slots for front line roles. Cutting civil servant roles would degrade our ability to run bases and the MOD even further.
@@commercio3564You might doubt it, but it's beyond euphemism. That's not to undermine the daring do UK's early leadership role, but you are far behind quite a few other nations. Fact.
With all of my respect, to all of you .. guys ,/..SIRs . Does , ever, Britain, have any plans for helping Cyprus to get rid of its ..conquer? Turkey. Britain, IS a quarantor power of the island independence
I think there us total apathy as far as Cyprus goes from any of our governments. But since Cyprus is part of the EU, it should be down to them to negotiate a long term settlement, the UK are only there as peacekeepers.
Is the independence guarantee still valid since the Greek Cypriot coup? Does it transfer if the government it was made with is undemocratically ousted by another regime? If Turkish Cypriots had taken control of the whole island and pushed for unification with Turkey, should the British have supported them?
@Orbital_Inclination Brow , For what are you talking about. Greece, Turkey, and Britain are still the three quarantor powers of the Cyprus independence. Greece, make the coop ... Turkey the invasion.. Since the loyal, official government of those days reestablished on its position, there is no reason for Turkey to still occupy... Britain is the third quarantor power , and its oplications are to release that illegal act .The occupation.
Russian analysts believe that it was the UK that carried out the December 26 attack on the Novocherkassk. Ukraine used British missiles for the attack. The UK also helped Kyiv with satellite reconnaissance and target guidance. The Ukrainian military only had to press the button. According to Shapps, "Russia's dominance in the Black Sea is now challenged." The statements from the UK Secretary of Defence suggest that Britain was indeed involved in the attack on the Crimea port. British Minister of State for the Armed Forces James Heappey also alluded to the scale of Britain's participation in attacks on Russia. He said that the UK was learning from information that Ukraine was sharing with London. This information includes data obtained from compromised Russian equipment. British companies use reports from the Ukrainian military to improve their products, he said. "Ukraine has routinely used a combination of intelligence and Western-donated long-range missiles to wipe out Russian supply dumps and headquarters," Heappey said. Russia earlier warned the UK through its ambassador in London that Britain was "too deeply" embroiled in the conflict in Ukraine. This may cause the conflict to escalate dramatically. UK Ambassador to Moscow Deborah Bronnert was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry in connection with these allegations.
This is a proxy war, it's not hard to work that out. Of course we are doing more than we openly claim. Thankfully the Russian military even though large is a disaster so they can threaten all they want but they can't do much about it.
The Government makes no secret of the fact that it is supplying and training the Ukrainian armed forces. Ukraine is a sovereign country that was invaded by its neighbour, much as Nazi Germany annexed and invaded its neighbours in 1938 - 44. Britain and France went to their aid then, and NATO, including the UK, is aiding Ukraine right now. What you write seems to be making out that some sort of conspiracy is going on to assist Ukraine militarily in the war. How crass.
@@Orbital_InclinationIt might do to any would be enemy. Just think about that for a moment. You’d be surprised at the answers you will come up with! By the way, she is still a he only in drag!
Our army - navy and airforce are envied the world over, such professional men and women, in these time of uncertainty we need to build up our forces to tackle what is ahead
This lot are deluded. There is no mention of the fact that 16,000 have left the British Army in the last year. Out of date, out of touch.
Best key moment is the 'excellent' RAF recruiting policy.
And you wonder why the military as whole is struggling to get new recruits.
That would be the same recruitment programme that said all pilot applicants were "Too White" yeah a rip roaring success I'm sure.
Correction. Struggling to get good recruits. Most of what I saw coming through before I left earlier this year was pathetic. Officer and enlisted alike.
"once again it has been another extraordinary year" ... how can it "again be extra-ordinary" ?
'extra ordinary'. Find a dictionary.
@@nigg2811 Its much easier to let you do it for me. 👍
Not to detract from the good things the British armed forces have achieved, if I were the Chief of the Air Staff, I wouldn’t have appeared online with a chest full of jubilee medals and no single operational medal.
Dodging tours like Neo in the Matrix. That is pretty embarrassing.
I think you'll find he was commissioned as an officer at a time of general peace and was promoted in a time frame that then made him too important to deploy overseas so he never saw operations but is now the chief of staff
@@pepperroni6252 I’ve seen a number of now senior generals deployed on operations. I’m going to assume as he is neither aircrew or a rock ape (sorry RAF Regiment) he was never deployed.
@@shoghunuk7428 that's what I'm saying he would have had clerical and admin roles to rank up to a point where he was too important to go on deployment, like you say only aircrew and RAF special ed I mean forces senior staff are deployed
@@pepperroni6252 I think the only thing I have issue with is the ‘too important’ statement. I don’t think anyone in the military is too important to be deployed, it is, after all, our raison d'être. That notwithstanding, I still don’t think he should have appeared in dress uniform with a load of ‘chocolate’ medals.
You know we are in a bad state when the chief of air staff has 0 operational medals 💀 only jubilee, coronation and Good Conduct 💀
Oops, I repeated your comment without reading yours. Sorry
The last CAS had plenty of medals and was useless. Not really any correlation between medals you get for turning up on deployment and ability.
Plenty of average or sub-par people go on medal-attracting ops, and plenty of gifted individuals never do.
@@Orbital_Inclinationto be the chief you should have deployed at least once to understand what it's like
@@pepperroni6252 you can be deployed to plenty of places that don't attract medals. Many people do their whole careers without ever getting an op medal, despite numerous deployments.
@@Orbital_Inclination deployments and operations are two very different things, most soldiers who've done a few years service will do an op
How can you rise to top dog in the Air Force without any deployments?
Get commissioned as an officer in a time of general peace then get promoted quick enough to be too important to deploy on ops
Of course he has deployed. Just not on operational deployments that are medallic earning. Those senior officers in 1982 and up until TELIC and HERRICK, were in a similar boat, but they got the job done.
With simple Brit deludedness, that's how. Hahahaha.
Our militaries… simply the best of us.🙏
I've said it before and I'll say it again. How the hell do you become Chief of Air Staff and not have a single campaign medal to wear. 2023 was the year I left the army and I'm not the least bit sorry. These clowns have no idea what the day to day life is like in the forces.
Perhaps the deployments he went on weren't any of the few that come with a participation medal.
@Orbital_Inclination 20 years of the highest operational tempo the forces have seen, and you think he's been running ops that didn't have a medal? What's it like to live in the land of make believe?
@@Chubby_T0511plenty of non-medal earning ops out there. Plenty of people deployed all the time with few medals to show for it.
You gotta love and support Ukraine
Of course and sadly there is an unmentioned elephant in the room. It is the act that our armed forces are hollowed out out. With current resources they could not fight a major war of the sort being fought in the Ukraine. We need (like America) to spend 4% of GDP rather than the 2% current target. These fine men do not seem to realise the size of the huge threats that confront us.
The problem is that defence is never very high on the pecking order when it comes to voters concerns. All the government have to do is cut the budget, make a statement saying that we still have a world class military and the general public won’t take it any further.
Politicians are not there to do what focus groups suggest, but to give LEADERSHIP. Top generals and admirals should have the courage to point out in public and private the horrible risks the politicians are taking with our national defence.
There's not a threat to our sovereignty so military spending isn't that high
I don’t get this ? Why are senior naval officers making decisions about a ground war. This is for army tacticians and senior officers. I know the navy is so small that each one could have an admiral commanding it. The one thing the navy has plenty of is officers not ships/submarines.
It also has two carriers that are listed as having 4x DS30M 30mm remote control cannons fitted, on every Defence publication. However these have never been installed as they ran outta money (Too busy paying all those Admirals they have so many of). Also the same Royal Navy that said the testing of DS30M with a 5 pack of Martlett missiles attached had been a success, then a few months later the truth came out it was a failure.
I have zero faith in anything these shysters in charge say about anything it's all lies. Remember these guys are Politicians in uniforms that's why some lack medals, they've commanded desks ASAP so they could have the best opportunities to climb the slippery pole.
CDS rotates between the three services, regardless of the current operations happening around the world
Chief of the Defence Staff is responsible for all 3 branches.
Evidently, the MOD & British Government deemed it that, in this new world, focussing on the Royal Navy is a priority, hence, getting someone from the Navy.
But the Chief of the Defence Staff is not a tactician. They are not the one commanding the armies.
That role is fulfilled by the 'Commander Field Army' - who is a highly experienced LtGen in the British Army. Who, alongside their Major Generals commanding the Divisions, will be the 'top dog' for the actual tactical and strategic decision making.
Nikola Jokic is the nba goat.
Not largest per capita
Defence budget should be increased three fold
What for? And would you be happing losing services and increasing your tax burden to make a few big defence companies richer?
@@meme4one To fund it slowly overtime scrap the State Pension for the wealthiest 25% of pensioners, Foreign Aid scrapped all together, 1/5 of Civil Servants fired, Ministries merged(e.g AG Office, Home Office, and MoJ into one). To fund a fleet of 15 Destroyers, 20 Frigates, 25 SSNs, 5 SSBNs.
Tripling combat aircraft
Ballistic Missile Defence Network throughout the country.
Reforming old regiments
Just for starters, and raising basic pay to a minimum of £25k per year, and a Jaguar I-Pace for all
@@markbenjamin1703foreign aid is a very useful soft power tool which people don't seem to understand the significance of. It allows us more freedom to operate worldwide without using military force.
As for civil servants, the MOD replaced a lot of its UK-based roles with civil service posts to free up job slots for front line roles. Cutting civil servant roles would degrade our ability to run bases and the MOD even further.
"per capita contribution the highest outside Ukraine" - excuse me? Look at the stats, the UK is far behind a few other nations.
Those are the stats. I doubt the General is lying.
@@commercio3564You might doubt it, but it's beyond euphemism. That's not to undermine the daring do UK's early leadership role, but you are far behind quite a few other nations. Fact.
Where are you pulling the numbers from? I can't find an easy comparison per capita
@@thomasread2667 Follow the link. "Ukraine weapon tracker" by the Kiel Institute appears to be the convenient gold standard right now.
I rest my case.
Norway according to the bbc has donated about half of what the UK has sent but is about 1/10 of the population.
With all of my respect, to all of you .. guys ,/..SIRs .
Does , ever, Britain, have any plans for helping Cyprus to get rid of its ..conquer?
Turkey.
Britain, IS a quarantor power of the island independence
I think there us total apathy as far as Cyprus goes from any of our governments. But since Cyprus is part of the EU, it should be down to them to negotiate a long term settlement, the UK are only there as peacekeepers.
Is the independence guarantee still valid since the Greek Cypriot coup?
Does it transfer if the government it was made with is undemocratically ousted by another regime?
If Turkish Cypriots had taken control of the whole island and pushed for unification with Turkey, should the British have supported them?
@Orbital_Inclination
Brow ,
For what are you talking about.
Greece, Turkey, and Britain are still the three quarantor powers of the Cyprus independence.
Greece, make the coop ...
Turkey the invasion..
Since the loyal, official government of those days reestablished on its position, there is no reason for Turkey to still occupy...
Britain is the third quarantor power , and its oplications are to release that illegal act .The occupation.
Find some oil there and NATO, UK, US will be interested. None of these nations help unless it benefits them directly.
@@meme4one Cyprus is of significant strategic importance to the UK, and to a lesser extent the US, so what you're saying doesn't make sense.
All mouth no trousers. All politics no action. All front no depth.
Russian analysts believe that it was the UK that carried out the December 26 attack on the Novocherkassk. Ukraine used British missiles for the attack. The UK also helped Kyiv with satellite reconnaissance and target guidance. The Ukrainian military only had to press the button.
According to Shapps, "Russia's dominance in the Black Sea is now challenged." The statements from the UK Secretary of Defence suggest that Britain was indeed involved in the attack on the Crimea port.
British Minister of State for the Armed Forces James Heappey also alluded to the scale of Britain's participation in attacks on Russia.
He said that the UK was learning from information that Ukraine was sharing with London. This information includes data obtained from compromised Russian equipment. British companies use reports from the Ukrainian military to improve their products, he said.
"Ukraine has routinely used a combination of intelligence and Western-donated long-range missiles to wipe out Russian supply dumps and headquarters," Heappey said.
Russia earlier warned the UK through its ambassador in London that Britain was "too deeply" embroiled in the conflict in Ukraine. This may cause the conflict to escalate dramatically. UK Ambassador to Moscow Deborah Bronnert was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry in connection with these allegations.
Why does this read exactly like a RT news report?
This is a proxy war, it's not hard to work that out. Of course we are doing more than we openly claim. Thankfully the Russian military even though large is a disaster so they can threaten all they want but they can't do much about it.
@@Orbital_Inclinationbecause it probably is note how it's subtly playing Russia as a victim and Ukraine and Britain as attacking them unreasonably
The Government makes no secret of the fact that it is supplying and training the Ukrainian armed forces. Ukraine is a sovereign country that was invaded by its neighbour, much as Nazi Germany annexed and invaded its neighbours in 1938 - 44. Britain and France went to their aid then, and NATO, including the UK, is aiding Ukraine right now. What you write seems to be making out that some sort of conspiracy is going on to assist Ukraine militarily in the war. How crass.
Children in army uniform.
My best moment was meeting the transgender WO2 from 11 EOD Regt RLC, Didcot Oxon…..the new weak woke British army…..😂😂
How does the fact they're transgender translate to weakness?
Well 'she' can't park very well now so someone else has to drive the truck.
@@JammyDodger45 she is able to perform her job as well as anyone else in her position. Gender has nothing to do with it.
Yeah definitely, look at all those birth females kicking arse in the Royal Marines, Parachute Regiment, UKSF, F35 pilots, submarine commanders ... ❄️
@@Orbital_InclinationIt might do to any would be enemy. Just think about that for a moment. You’d be surprised at the answers you will come up with! By the way, she is still a he only in drag!