Not really very representative of the TA experience in the Late 70s and 80s. Some units were as he described 3 Yorks, however most were rather more professional than he describes, and some really were very good and would with some limitations been ready to deploy to the front line. Considering that the person interviewed gained a commission he seems very unaware of the wider TA. Also his desire to join the HSF cannot have been that strong given that they were in existence from (from memory) from around 1982 to 1993 ie over a decade.
Not really very representative of the TA experience in the Late 70s and 80s. Some units were as he described 3 Yorks, however most were rather more professional than he describes, and some really were very good and would with some limitations been ready to deploy to the front line. Considering that the person interviewed gained a commission he seems very unaware of the wider TA. Also his desire to join the HSF cannot have been that strong given that they were in existence from (from memory) from around 1982 to 1993 ie over a decade.