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11th Dec 2014RISKMAN commented on:
Should the maximum age to join the Reserves be above or below 50?Whilst I am no longer, health wise, fit enough to serve I can only think that there are more than sufficient former service personnel out there who are fit enough and, more importantly, willing to serve their country in some small way. The main problem besetting the Armed Forces today is that their requirements are run by Civil Servants, who have NEVER served anyone except themselves!! We should staff the MoD with former servicemen and women, who understand the needs of the Military having served thus we would not see a return to the latest round of military disasters being caused because some number cruncher who is only looking to draw his vastly inflated pension and never once considering what the soldier on the ground, airman in the air or sailor at sea actually NEEDS to perform effectively. Ask yourselves this, how many service personnel, who gave their lives in recent conflicts, would still be alive today if they had the equipment they needed? Current claims to fame by the Civil Service have to be: Aircraft Carriers - oops no planes Anti-submarine detection - oops no fixed wing search aircraft!! Soldiers on the ground facing the enemy - oops not enough Flak Jackets (Bullet Proof Vests) The list is endless