What a sad and indeed silly way to go. There are absolutely no winners ........ the army is a reputational loser, and the principle of CEA is bound to come under scrutiny. The whole family suffers and their comfortable future is in doubt, as the usual jobs for retired VSOs will disappear..
A sad day, and I dare say a fair number of servicemen and women are gently revising their living arrangements .......... there was some obvious jiggery-pokery to be seen during school holidays, with wives arriving back at JHQ at about the same time as the offspring clambered off the lollipop specials..