Almost half of UK military personnel are ready to leave the forces, a Ministry of Defence survey suggests.
Some 47% of Army and Royal Navy respondents and 44% of those in the RAF said they regularly felt like quitting.
Among the concerns raised by the 9,000 servicemen and women surveyed were the frequency of tours, levels of pay and the quality of equipment and housing...
A FORCES exodus has left top brass struggling in the Iraq and Afghan wars, warns a shock report. Overworked and undervalued troops are leaving in droves, sick of overseas tours, poor pay and slum housing. That has created gaping shortages in key personnel — such as submariners, medics, pilots, mechanics and engineers. The Commons Defence Committee found there are alarming gaps in 86 trades — 30 in the Army, 31 in the RAF and 25 in the Navy...
This is really sad; not just because we happen to be fighting the same war but from the viewpoint of soldiers. A country shouldn't throw away its best like this.
