howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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#1
courtesy of the telegraph
At 9am this morning thousands of soldiers, sailors and airmen from across the country will be ordered to appear before their commanding officers and handed their redundancy letters.
The biggest redundancy of service personnel for two decades will see a cull of mid-ranking officers who have gained the most operational experience in a generation with the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Officers starting their advanced course at the Joint Services Command and Staff College in Shrivenham said they were waiting the news with "great trepidation" last night.
"We have all been on near constant operations for almost a decade but some of us know it's going to be good bye tomorrow without much gratitude or respect for all we and our families have gone through," said one officer. "You can imagine the state of morale."
Guest 715- Registered: 9 Jun 2011
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#2
Looking at the way Syria is going I can see us needing all the troops we have. Really feel for those that have their careers ended today after serving us so well.
Audere est facere.
Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
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#3
and 1 more stage to go,its getting diabolacal with all these mod redunacies.
Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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#4
I heard a bit about this on the radio and it seems it is all the experienced men who are getting the chop. Its a bit scandalous really, having served in terrible times, you then get shown the door in no uncertain terms. Something awfully wrong there with that philosophy. Like spat out when no longer needed..
The army need new fresh blood all the time..said the guy on the radio, so young new recruits are safe from the axe. Although people will be axed at the top end of the age scale, young blood will continue to be recruited.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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#5
But it may make them have second thoughts about joining up if they know they are going to be dumped on after a few years - short career path.
Roger
Guest 667- Registered: 6 Apr 2008
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#6
If it is those who have served us long term then I trust and hope they will be given help and advice when adapting to civilian life. Anyone who has been in the forces knows it takes a long time getting used to life outside. It is not easy and with the unemployment in the Country high it is going to be hard for them, they will need a lot of support and the Country owe them that support.
I just do not get this Government and its drastic cuts of our armed forces with so much military unrest around the world.
Guest 655- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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#7
I agree Harry - Defence is the most important job of government and the MoD was the only government department not to benefit from Brown's largesse. For those two reasons this is the only budget that not only should not be cut but needs to be increased.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
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#8
still they have 900 millon in euro grants to fall back on,all they have to do is to ask eric pickles for a few quid.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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#9
maybe there are strings attatched to these grants brian?
Guest 716- Registered: 9 Jun 2011
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#10
Looks like an accountants pen has been at work,experienced,more expensive personnel made redundant but less expensive
personnel retained.This is similar to other short sighted,short term damaging policies.Unfortunately we still have approx 90 %
of the deficit cuts to come.....Does anyone still believe we are all in this together ?
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
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#11
no strings howard,just ring fenced wiyk the uk stamped onit,just need to fill out the appropeat form/s.
Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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#12
I cannot understand how the services can afford to be without experienced personnel. Surely experience is the backbone of any good organisation. Sure, you need new blood to train no matter what business or organisation you might talk about, but as they say...there is no substitute for experience at the end of the day. You might need young legs to chase hither and tither but a wise head cannot be replaced by youth.
Painful to see returning veterans being handed their P45.
It shouldnt happen.
Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
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#13
Martin, looking the way Syria is going, it's best we keep well out of it.
The American Administration rule out military intervention.
We would be fools to go headlong into a war there.
Guest 745- Registered: 27 Mar 2012
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#14
Alexander
So many factions involved in this little cesspit best we keep well out,
If William hage is up for it he should go do the peacekeeping himself
You will never get democracy in these Arab places, all you'll get is the Muslim brotherhood
Guest 745- Registered: 27 Mar 2012
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#15
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Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
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#16
well so promises on the armed forces being protected all false
another nail in cameron's coffin
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