Was chatting to one of my seniors yesterday and he mentioned it is feared by my regiments upper echelons that we may be looking at a 1 in 5 manpower cut.
I know for certain that personnel that are medically/physicaly unfit are being discharged at a faster rate and MO’s are being told to identify these cases with some urgency.
New discipline procedures also make discharge from service alot easier for the MoD.
Whilst it is becoming increasingly difficult to join HM Forces (my brother is a recruiter) as they are begining to raise the bar again.
Make it harder to get in, an easier to get rid of you! Am I being paranoid or is this a new trend being established. If this government cuts what is an already overworked and undermaned Armed Forces it is only going to be serving soldiers, sailors and airmen along with their families that will suffer. But when has that ever bothered any politician? Each one is as bad as the next.
Apologies, rant over!
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