The Guardian: UK army combat units 40% below strength as recruitment plummets
Exclusive: Defence secretary Ben Wallace urged to turn ‘shocking trend’ around as matter of urgency.
Britain faces an army recruitment crisis, with frontline combat units operating as much as 40% below strength, figures obtained by the Guardian reveal.
Data released by the Ministry of Defence under freedom of information laws shows the number of soldiers in the British army’s infantry regiments has declined steadily over the past five years. There are more than 2,500 fewer personnel in frontline units than 2015, and all 16 regular regiments have shortfalls.
The figures have prompted criticism of the outsourcing company Capita, which signed a contract with the MoD to manage recruitment to the armed forces in 2012, for its “shambolic and chaotic” handling of the situation. There have also been calls for the defence secretary, Ben Wallace, to address the crisis urgently.
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WNU Editor: I guess this U.K. military Millennial recruitment campaign failed .... British Army Wants 'Snowflakes, Selfie Addicts, Gamers And Me Me Me Millennials' To Join-Up (January 4, 2019). This also does not help .... Poll: Third Of Britons Do Not Support The Military (June 26, 2019).
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Not the Britain I knew when I was growing up.
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