10,000 troops unfit for frontline duty
MORE than 10,000 British soldiers are unfit for frontline duty as the pressure of supplying troops for years of conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan takes its toll on the army, British newspaper The Sunday Telegraph reported.
The newspaper said the Ministry of Defence admits that 8500 soldiers from the 59,000-strong "Field Army" - units such as tank, artillery and infantry regiments- are classified as unfit to serve at the front.
When other soldiers classified as unfit from the overall 101,800-strong army are taken into account, the total figure is likely to exceed 10,000, said the newspaper, which is traditionally close to the armed forces.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,23903784-401,00.html?from=public_rss
10% of the British Army is unfit for duty if this is to be taken at face value. Now I'm not sure they havn't fudged the statistics and included desk pilots in this survey, but this is a pretty high proportion in any case.
What happened to the UK ? Where did the POME of the old days go ?
Patrick Mercer, a lawmaker from the opposition Conservatives and a former army officer, told the Sunday Telegraph that British soldiers were exhausted.
"The problem is that incessant operations are wearing down the troops' resilience," he said.
W T F ?
You're contributing somewhat less then 1/50th of the resources that the USA is and you're STILL ****ING BITCHING !!!!!!!
WHERE IS THE UK ? Who hid them ?
"They are not being given the time between operational deployments to catch their breath, let alone to recover from the effects of exhaustion, illness and wounds.
"There are not enough combat troops in the army for the job they are being asked to do."
.... oh FFS .... HIRE MORE you bunch of wankers. You're just lucky the USA is around to provide your military (save your ass again) for you .. again...
