Part-Time Troops On The Front Line

Photo: In danger: : A member of the First Battalion, Green Howards in east Kabul

Part-Time Troops On The Front Line: Government To Replace 17,000 Professional Combat Soldiers With Reservists -- Daily Mail

Thousands of regular soldiers are to be replaced on the front line by part-time reservists to save money.

Defence Secretary Liam Fox will today set out controversial plans for combat units to become heavily reliant on the Territorial Army as 17,000 regular soldiers are cut.

Ahead of an anticipated backlash, Dr Fox was forced to insist the nation’s security would not depend on a ‘Dad’s Army’, but his plans will see the country’s 36,000 reservists – who hold down civilian jobs when they are not on duty – pushed into increasingly dangerous service.

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My Comment: Replacing 17,000 regular soldiers with part-time soldiers .... does this make sense? Hmmm ..... I have my doubts.

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