I think what the UK military needs now, from the top down, is to work together to ensure a joined up approach to the budget cuts rather than a willy waving competition as to who has the most stringent fitness test or AT programme
Why cant the mil leaders, faced with unprecedented financial pressure do the same as a civilian CEO would. Get together with the executive team & make the tough choices, then go to the the budget holder with a properly costed & agreed shopping list showing how much they need for each present and future project/programme and make it simple that if the money is not there then the mil
cant afford & wont continue with that project or programme. Then the politicians need to decide what they want the mil to do within the realms of what they can afford & pay accordingly...Hey we do this sort of shopping exercise with primary children when teaching them basic math & money lessons and they seem to grasp it fairly quickly...
Even more important now the leaders have adopted a zero tolerance to risk taking in light of recent enquiries etc. Not taking risk costs money. There is no money. Therefore the do more with less strategy WILL fail. Simple....isn't it?