pr00ne happy to accept you in the current job
The 52200 was indeed the total number of personnel - in training included but when the question was posed earlier today the answer of 41000 included untrained as well as trained personnel so there has been an overall cut of 11200.
Whilst I agree that the aim of the 'efficiency' savings is to plough it back into the Defence budget, I have the sneakiest inkling that they will be taken back to the treasury, as they were this year. I know, call me a bluff old cynic but I've found it to be the most accurate source thus far.
