Time for AU and AG

[bigpaul]

(19 May 2012, 17:29)The Local Ned Wrote: I was only replying in regards to the points raised in your own reply , I will say again that the army (in its entirety) may not be fully functional , but that there will be some form of order retained in or around those areas that they are functioning in.

The other point regarding soldiers remaining in-camp was in reply to your idea that they wouldn't 'turn up for work' when a national emergency hits us.
They don't have to 'turn up' , they won't have left in the first place as they are based in-camp , they seldom leave their barracks in any numbers otherwise....and if the authorities somehow manage to be switched on enough to realise the imminent SHTF ,then all leave will be cancelled and soldiers confined to barracks as a precautionary move.

You miss the point here regarding overall troop numbers , some may go AWoL , most will stay put , allowing their units to operate as required unless we are talking about TEOTWAWKI , and not a breakdown of social order caused by rising tensions.

I dont think they will be tasked to pacify major population centres , only tasked to safeguard essential infrastructures , transport hubs , hospitals etc.

Just my humble opinion.

OK, i think i see your point, but i was thinking along the lines that in a large event even single soldiers-as in unmarried ones-would still want to go home and make sure their families(parents, brothers, sisters) and even girlfriends are OK and taken care of, thats what i meant by not turning up for work, also if its an economical breakdown i wouldnt have thought they would have hung around if their not being paid! not being or ever having been in the services i am going on pure conjecture here, we dont have any Army camps near here, i think the Royal Marines are based at Chivenor the other side of Barnstaple, there used to be a big camp near Taunton not sure if its still there as the area is being redeveloped, i was trying to put over my thoughts that i dont think there are enough soldiers and police combined to take over the entire country in some sort of martial law, i would assume that as the MP's power base is in and around London that they would want most if not all of the Army near them so that they can have protection to carry on with whatever they are doing, leaving the rest of the country unprotected or unmolested...whichever is your view.