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British Army forced to rely on foreigners and contractors
Telegraph – The Defence Secretary will say that reforms in the Army structure due soon will focus the shrinking force’s resources on its combat units. The Army’s “combat service support” operations including logistics will increasingly be provided by other organisations, he will say. Reforms will also mean that regular Army units will always deploy to the frontline with troops from an enhanced Territorial Army.
The British Army is being cut from 102,000 soldiers to 82,000, with the latest round of redundancies due to be announced next week. As well as shedding personnel, the Army is also restructuring, meaning that “some units inevitably will be lost or will merge,” Mr Hammond will confirm. Read Article
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