The MOD is simply applying the rules to which the service personnel agreed on joining.
When you join the Army you are not told or warned in writing or in any other way about Manning Control. you are not told during your service. If you bother to read the information on the site. you will see that the policy was being abused by the system. there are a number of ways of cutting "dead wood" at any time during a soldiers career. why waste the Army's time the soldiers time in keeping him/her for 11 years before telling them "sorry you can not cut the mustard" but in the same breath offer a short term contract. Would that not be keep the "problem"?
When this policy abuse was first "properly" exposed it was suspended and so far over two years down the line, no other soldier has been subject to the policy abuse. that is very odd if it was such a legitimate Manning tool, don't you think?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...2Fnsquad29.xml
"Where is the problem"
undermanning,overstretch I could go on
However if you read what happened to one family and the soldier that stood up to the policy abuse, a tad harsh don't you think?
http://pages.123-reg.co.uk/eve3-3732...ite/id134.html
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