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AN EXODUS of armed forces personnel is leaving frontline troops stretched and risking their ability to meet key operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence has been warned.
Retention and recruitment of troops has reached a ten-year low, with short-term cuts in "manpower" threatening to be "impossible to recover from", MPs on the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) said. Frequent overseas deployments, heavier workloads and the difficulty of combining service with family life were among the reasons for large numbers leaving some parts of the armed forces early. Shortages were worst among specialist personnel such as mechanics, linguists, nurses and armourers.See the full content of this document
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Frontline Troops Left Stretched
Edward Leigh, chairman of the ...
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