After Firing Thousands, The British Army Will Now Spend £1bn To Recruit New Soldiers

The Army is axing 12,000 soldiers in the next three years followed by a further 8,000 in 2020 Photo: Reuters

Army To Pay Civilian Firm £1bn To Recruit New Soldiers -- The Telegraph

The Army is to pay a civilian firm £1 billion to recruit soldiers at the same time as it is making 20,000 troops redundant, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.

Next year civilians will take over Army recruiting at a cost of £14,000 per soldier headhunted, equivalent to the salary of the most junior rank.

The decision has been described as “perverse” by serving officers who have been forced to sack 1,000 soldiers already this year.

The Ministry of Defence has put out a tender for civilian human resources and recruitment companies to bid for the contract.

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My Comment: The Ministry of Defense has no clue on what it is doing .... and no leadership at the top to give direction and purpose. But should we be surprised .... no .... their Defense Chief is preoccupied elsewhere.