Originally Posted by
Bing
I think the reason the Army is struggling to recruit is spelt Capita. Sorry, Crapita.
I think it is because many young people now see the Army as a rather ignoble career, as they have grown up seeing it losing pointless campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan. I have a nephew who (in my day) would have been prime Army officer material - graduate, excellent rugby player, skilled equestrian, into mountaineering, skiing, travelling. Despite my best efforts he is not the slightest interested in a military career, and non of his contemporaries are either.