Navy And RAF Forced To Sack Hundreds As Few Volunteer For Redundancy -- The TelegraphMore than 1,000 Royal Navy and RAF personnel will be forced out of their Service after fewer than half the numbers expected agreed to voluntary redundancy, a senior officer has disclosed.
Compulsorily redundancies will now be forced on 1,600 servicemen and women - nearly all of whom have served on dangerous operations abroad.
The Navy’s head of personnel has described the situation as “sad” and the sackings will mean a “very difficult period” as the military comes to terms with shrinking numbers.
His words come after the Ministry of Defence announced a dramatic cut of a further 11,000 soldiers from the Army that will shrink it to 84,000 troops.
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My Comment: Everyone knows that this is just the first wave .... that more firings are expected in the near future.