Top General Warns Over 'Hollowed-Out' Armed Forces -- BBC
Britain is in danger of being left with hollowed-out armed forces, the UK's top military officer has warned.
Chief of the Defence Staff, General Sir Nicholas Houghton, said this would be with "exquisite" equipment but without the personnel needed to use it.
In a speech, he said training levels were being squeezed and manpower was increasingly seen as "an overhead".
The British armed forces are due to be significantly reduced in numbers by thousands of personnel by 2020.
The Army will lose 20,000 soldiers, the Navy 6,000 personnel and the RAF 5,000.
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