Re: Latest on tax rebate for Forces personnel in conflict zo
geoffrey said:
Hang on, hang on - it says on the news website that you have to be 6 months in theatre to be eligible. No warships spends that much time continuously in a "warzone", all it would take is one run ashore and you break the cycle.
Not quite; it uses the term "per six month tour of duty". However, you're right your statement that warships are not assigned tours of duty in the same way as our green and light blue brethren, hence once again Jack gets shafted.
What about the TA / RNR on 6 month mobilisation? On such periods, aren't the first few weeks taken up with pre-operational training? If so, they won't achieve a 6 month in-theatre tour of duty - would they be eligible?
My cynical suspicion is that this makes for a good headline, but the details, to be supplied in due course by Civil Serpents, will contain so many exclusion clauses that Gordon won't be paying too much
