Mate,
Adapt, overcome, improvise. This is not WWII, its bloody now. You have a modern army. Time to give the ole ball bag a a squeeze for some extra testosterone!
With what you got, do your Para's proud, and just fucken get on with it! No one is really ready for war, although they might think so. Once the bullets fly and you see your friends fall, and shoot your first enemy, feel the fear adrenalin,and anxiety, then you'll know what its all about. It aint for Queen and Country, its for your Mates. One in, all in.
Like the generations before you, and I, we are just men. Equals, and Brothers In Arms. Allies, and at all costs must get the job done. No quarters drawn or given, Remember that.
I have served over 25 yrs in the two different armies of the British Commonwealth, so I know what Murphy's Law and being 'fucked' is all about.
Leave the politics to the gutless 'pollies' and lets soldier on.
1feral1
Sydney