Controversial plans to restructure the Army are “failing” - TopicsExpress



          

Controversial plans to restructure the Army are “failing” because cuts to the defence budget are putting off potential new soldiers and making Britain a “hostile recruiting environment”, according to a leaked document. The memo, which is understood to have had wide distribution within the Ministry of Defence, says that “disappointing” recruitment to the new Army Reserve means that targets for a larger part-time force will not be reached. The recruitment crisis means the Army faces “increased risk to its structure and operational capability”, according to the document, which has been seen by The Telegraph. The Coalition is cutting the full-time Army from 102,000 to about 82,000 soldiers. Those cuts are supposed to be offset by a major expansion in the part-term reserve force, which was expected to grow from about 19,000 to 30,000. The 10-page report, dated Aug 6 and marked “restricted”, claims the Army is currently recruiting barely half the number of new reservists needed to hit that target
Posted on: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 22:22:25 +0000

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