Too LITTLE too late

Almost all former regulars have been saying this for the past 30 years. Welcome aboard General.

Now do something about the C130's having no flame retardant fuel capability.
The fiasco of buying unfit rifles - SA80.
Helicopters with no night flying equipment.
The penny piching that removed the wonderful sv boot from QM stores...sailors going on ops with ipods...

clipped from www.telegraph.co.uk Honour troops with parades, says Gen Dannatt Gen Sir Richard Dannatt spoke of a "gulf" between the Army and the nation. Celebrating the return of units from Iraq and Afghanistan would help demonstrate "respect" for their commitment, he said. "Soldiers do not ask why; but they do ask for respect and honour," he said.