1200 jobs cut across the Channel. Soldiers worried
(B2) To say that the British military grumbles would be an understatement. With the government's latest project to cut 1200 posts out of the 4500 that make up the civil and military administration of the Ministry of Defence, the military are speaking out in the press.
A delay for the equipment of operations
Witness this Sunday, in the Sunday Times. The general Figgures Andrew, vice chief of staff for materiel procurement, says he doesn't see how the cuts can be " fully implemented, as long as the current operational tempo continues ". With the handling staff reduced by a third, this makes " more difficult » the support of troops engaged abroad.
A single manageable operation in the future?
General Peter Wall, Deputy Chief of Staff in charge of operations, warns: the British operations headquarters which currently controls two main operations, in Iraq and Afghanistan will not be " more able to handle more than one crisis at a time in the future ». « There is a risk that the cuts will lead to a number of failures in the organization” and of " reduced capacity for contingency planning”.
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