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THREAD 1/8 I have a deep affection for my Service, yet it occurred to me that much has changed in my middling period of time in the forces
I present my thoughts as a short thread
I present my thoughts as a short thread
2/8 I joined an army at war ('conflict' for the pedants)
There was focus, people wanted to fight, there was a sense of shared purpose that seems to have gone adrift
There was focus, people wanted to fight, there was a sense of shared purpose that seems to have gone adrift
3/8 Now we are 'adaptive', 'responsive' and any number of other adjectives while we deploy on a huge variety of operations - many of which don't appear to have a coherent strategic grounding
(Anything in inverted commas in this thread tends to annoy me)
(Anything in inverted commas in this thread tends to annoy me)
4/8 Are we global Britain using small 'points of presence' to get 'upstream' of domestic threats?
Are we trying to influence to Indo-Pacific region?
Are we providing economic support to the UK Defence industry?
Are we more of a national resilience force?
Are we all of it?
Are we trying to influence to Indo-Pacific region?
Are we providing economic support to the UK Defence industry?
Are we more of a national resilience force?
Are we all of it?
5/8 The late adoption of social media has brought malaise to defence
We focus an inordinate amount of time on presentation - if we say we did it, it happened
We focus an inordinate amount of time on presentation - if we say we did it, it happened
6/8 Our ability to brush off major military failures - which Afghanistan and Iraq undoubtedly are - is astonishing
"Don't worry about low tech, peer plus will be fine"
Simply drag up the old enemy and prepare to fight Ivan
Don't fund the right equipment programmes though
"Don't worry about low tech, peer plus will be fine"
Simply drag up the old enemy and prepare to fight Ivan
Don't fund the right equipment programmes though
7/8 I still enjoy it but my word the 'offer' is changing:
-FAM: inc. cost, less unity and identity
-Pensions: yes it's still good but if I promised you £100 and only have you £50... It's not as good as it was
-No wars: a good thing but there's a generation that joined for it
-FAM: inc. cost, less unity and identity
-Pensions: yes it's still good but if I promised you £100 and only have you £50... It's not as good as it was
-No wars: a good thing but there's a generation that joined for it
8/8 There is light though:
- Programme CASTLE
- Reliable employment
- Great people
- Still on balance good benefits
End of message - no coherent summary possible!
- Programme CASTLE
- Reliable employment
- Great people
- Still on balance good benefits
End of message - no coherent summary possible!
