Current Affairs The Royal Navy….

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

It’s the perfect job for someone leaving school, who wants to travel, get a trade and a bit of life experience. Once you get past 25 it becomes a chore and you can leave and earn more money elsewhere. I joined in 2000 and feel like I’m the last of a generation that got the most of the armed forces. I doubt you’ll get many staying in past 12 years now, which is why there are so many gaps at the minute.

Not the navy, but my cousin's husband did similar with the Army. Now works in IT project management.

Don't think he ever got near the frontline of a major conflict. Lucky for him.

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

I see that idiot Grant Shapps is proposing scrapping still workable ships because of a manpower shortage. Now here’s a new idea, why not get off your arse and recruit some more sailors into the navy. We are not fighting many wars on the ground, nor indeed in the air. In fact the only potential issues are with sea trade lanes both in the far east and the Middle East. We all know the man is an idiot but ffs…….

Wouldn't happen if Boris was still I'm charge.

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

Grant Shapps my least favourite tory.
The man is a complete idiot, everything he touches turns to disaster.

They've had a few. Alistair Grayling is another.

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

……when you cut budgets to public services, when ‘small’ government is your ideology then the service offering suffers. It’s not rocket science, it’s hard to see a Government Department that’s not in a total mess.

Ah, Pete will now blame the civil service...

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

Makes you wonder what HMS Trent does.

Great at offensive manoeuvres, but prone to leaving gaps in a defensive blockade.

 

[Yarrgh]

Great at offensive manoeuvres, but prone to leaving gaps in a defensive blockade.

HMS Nunez yet to hit a target and HMS Mane just undergone a scandal for having an underage cabin boy.

Gone to pot since they got Captain von Pugwash the German U boat commander in as admiral.

 

[peteblue]

Ah, Pete will now blame the civil service...

#shakes fist at Civil Service…..

 

[peteblue]

Good to see that the issue of Iran and the Houthis has convinced the government and MoD that we still require both HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark. It was pure stupidity to even consider getting rid of two huge ships capable of carrying hundreds of marines and nearly seventy vehicles into a war zone offensive……..

 

[Noisy noise annoys]

Good to see that the issue of Iran and the Houthis has convinced the government and MoD that we still require both HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark. It was pure stupidity to even consider getting rid of two huge ships capable of carrying hundreds of marines and nearly seventy vehicles into a war zone offensive……..

All we need now is the actual marines

 

[peteblue]

All we need now is the actual marines

We have about 6,000 of them……

 

[Digger09]

Good to see that the issue of Iran and the Houthis has convinced the government and MoD that we still require both HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark. It was pure stupidity to even consider getting rid of two huge ships capable of carrying hundreds of marines and nearly seventy vehicles into a war zone offensive……..

We haven’t got anyone to crew these vessels. We have only been operating one at a time anyway whilst the other one has been laid in reserve. So now one that has been operating for the past couple of years is in need of a deep re fit and the other one that has been laid in reserve is still in a deep maintenance period due to the e fact it has been laid up. So in effect both cannot be used anyway at the moment.

 

[peteblue]

We haven’t got anyone to crew these vessels. We have only been operating one at a time anyway whilst the other one has been laid in reserve. So now one that has been operating for the past couple of years is in need of a deep re fit and the other one that has been laid in reserve is still in a deep maintenance period due to the e fact it has been laid up. So in effect both cannot be used anyway at the moment.

It’s an absolute disgrace what this government has done with the RN. Last time I looked we were still an island nation requiring goods to come in and go out by sea. Our Army is a pittance of what may be needed, the Airforce has enough planes to do what is required but the Navy has been left to rot. We have two Aircraft carriers, one of which together with its carrier group should be near the Red Sea, but they are in port due to lack of sailors for the support vessels, meanwhile the sodding MOD has wasted £5bn on developing an armoured vehicle which still doesn’t work (two carriers only cost £6BN). Some within the military, the MOD and the government need their arses kicking……..

 

[Chewbacca]

Is this Tony Blair’s fault?

 

[Digger09]

It’s an absolute disgrace what this government has done with the RN. Last time I looked we were still an island nation requiring goods to come in and go out by sea. Our Army is a pittance of what may be needed, the Airforce has enough planes to do what is required but the Navy has been left to rot. We have two Aircraft carriers, one of which together with its carrier group should be near the Red Sea, but they are in port due to lack of sailors for the support vessels, meanwhile the sodding MOD has wasted £5bn on developing an armoured vehicle which still doesn’t work (two carriers only cost £6BN). Some within the military, the MOD and the government need their arses kicking……..

Ah Pete you are finally understanding. The tories like with every public service have underfunded it, cut pay, privatised anything they can. That’s what you get with small government.

 

[Yarrgh]

All we need now is the actual marines

And the vehicles!