ACT MP, Heather Roy, gives us an interesting report of her recent Territorial Force training here.
One of the things the defence force does best is train leaders. Showing recruits that they have responsibilities to others as well as themselves is woven amongst the skills the army teaches, and the development of leadership is evident, especially in team based activities. When I’m asked what I learned in the army the answer is discipline, teamwork and leadership.
The territorials perform many functions and one of the most significant is to weave the army thread throughout the fabric of society. It is important that the defence forces are seen as an extension of the people – the army is our army. It also provides an outlet for those who wish to make a concrete expression of their patriotism, something that has become unfashionable in this day and age.
Private Roy should have given up her Parliamentary salary instead of her army pay. It’s all a bit self -serving.
I assume the only 2 MPs left in the ACT Party have engaged in “humanisation” on the advice of Brian Nicolle. Really, it is just making the ACT Party look silly.
“When I’m asked what I learned in the army the answer is discipline, teamwork and leadership.”
Can the army please be put in charge of Inland Revenue?