02-24-2008, 01:12 AM
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RAF Regt.
They are there own worst enemies...
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Originally Posted by VarSity
That's more or less the stuff I have read on other boards.
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What I cant understand is this, they seem to fill a role, and get taken the piss out of for it. So they defend a position, who doesn't?
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I think you may find its the way they go about informing everyone how they do it, when in fact they have in my experience of them has always been as REMF's.
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They drive around in stripped down land rovers and have the best kit. So its somehow wrong that they are a highly mobile force by definition, and the RAF spend good money on them? What's wrong with that? Isn't their job to stop any force getting within 150km of an airbase?
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You have to understand that the RAF budget is a seperate entity and they are IMO way overfunded, given the shortages the rest of the military endure, especially the army.
example:- When the RAF arrive in BATUS to support the air ops for the EX, they arrive with 3 teams and work a 12 hour rotation, yes thats 12 on 24 off, in this day and age of manpower shortages!!!!, Not only that they do not "rough it" on the prairie like the BATTLE GROUPS under canvas and in Exercise conditions, nope they work in EXCON and live in the best hotel in town and are transported 100 km's a day backwards and forwards to that hotel.
You can imagine how sorry the BG feels for them!!
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As for the big three claims, I can see that getting on peoples nerves. But surely any Para trained force is going to be fairly similar is tactics and training to the 'Real' Para's? And don't they have teams tasked with recovering downed air crew? Something that I assume would normally be conducted behind enemy lines? That all sounds highly professional and effective work to me?
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The RAF regiment do not train like "real" Paras or Marines, unless someone can tell me that has changed, they do the jump training whch anyone can do with 3 day training, they do not do P COMPANY which is the real Para selection course which you have to pass before you go on to jump training, and consequently a career in the Para's.
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Do they hit airfields like the MOD webby claims? Sounds like something the US Rangers are tasked with to me.
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I have never known them do an OFFENSIVE op personally, that is not to say that they have not at some point.
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As for their SFSG role, wouldn't this be them supplying all the Forward air controllers
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Very very doubtfull.
EDIT: after reading this again it sounds like im trying to defend the RAF Regiment, but honestly the above are real questions. I am trying to read through any and all MOD bull |
They need someone to defend them!!
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Last edited by T_igger_cs_30 : 02-24-2008 at 01:17 AM.
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