And you have to miss a turn each time you land on them
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ACF post for International Womenâs Day
Seen nothing from our national social feeds? Or have I just missed it?
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Technically a day early for the Army, letâs hold out we see something tomorow. The main RAFAC account are normally good at putting things out for it. Although I suppose nothing wrong with celebrating whenever or for the week 
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International Menâs Day is not recognised by many governments or the UN. Why do should we be bothered about IWD?
Tell me youâre a cretin, without telling me youâre a cretin.
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Because 2 women a week are killed in the UK by a partner or ex partner on average. At least 1 in 4 women will experience domestic abuse in their lifetime. Because gender pay gaps still exist. Because women are routinely discriminated against across the world.
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International menâs day is recognised in this country. https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cdp-2022-0204/
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Part of International Womanâs Day is about combating perception & addressing the unconscious bias.
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itâs a good opportunity to show case the RAF AC on social media
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it gives confidence to female cadets about what they can achieve in an organisation that they make up a third of and can be a bit macho oriented.
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it helps stop the organisation become a boys club
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Half my uniformed staff team is female and my NCO team is also split 50:50.
The challenge (for us) is getting more girls to join. That needs role models and positive publicity.
Those who do join tend to do well, stay longer and reach more senior rank.
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Whilst I agree with your comments, one third of DV is fe/male on male. That DV may not just be physical but psychological as well
Domestic Violence, not Developed Vetting.
Yes, I really had to take pause and remind myself.
As someone who has lived through female on male DV both as a child of the marriage and as the victim I get what youâre saying, but letâs not turn this into a âwho has it worseâ thing. There are plenty of things worse for men, just look at suicide stats for instance. But that shouldnât prevent us from marking that in many other ways women have things worse. Let them have a day to focus on them, and we can have international menâs day when it comes round
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I donât disagree at all.
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And back on topic itâs good to see the social media team on it today
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2 points - I work in the field and also train other professionals, so I do know about the differences but others might not, so thanks for highlighting it. Itâs important to remember that, and that around 1 in 4 gay men will experience abuse and 1 in 3 lesbian women, as well as 1 in 6 heterosexual men.
Also, we call it abuse rather than violence as violence can be such a small part of oneâs experiences that it excludes some people from recognising the behaviour as abusive if it isnât physical.
But thatâs not why weâre here, but Iâm happy to move to a new thread or PM 
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So on topic but a slightly different
The Eastern Area sea cadets have done a reorganisation of their districts & troops. Whatâs nice is the clear comms on their Facebook page so that everyone, cadets staff & parents are all aware of where everything is & who is charge of what.
I think the marines have got the names about right but the district names in the area might be a bit confusingâŚ.
Massive geographic area considering they have a Cdr for the district (major for same area of marines) & we have higher ranks for a smaller area.
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Very odd that they call units commanded by majors troops. Troops would usually be around d 30 marines, commanded by a subaltern or captain. Majors command companies.
Itâs like the opposite of the RAFAC disparity with JOs commanding âsquadronsâ.
Wasnât the FAAâs motto Fly Navy? Iâm sure I had some stickers with it on back when.
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Fly Navy, sail Army, eat Crab or fly Navy, sail Army, walk sideways.
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