Spare a thought for the poor souls who have been made redundant at our few remaining overseas locations. If you are in Germany, for example, your transition/resettlement has to be done in-country - or you pay to fly back to the UK. Fine if you want to do a basic plumbing/plastering/brick-laying course with a bunch of young squaddies, but rubbish if you want to follow a professional career.
Then there is all the hassle of getting repatriated to the UK - posted, nominally, to a UK unit, possibly via quarters. Some units are happy for you to simply slope off and get on with your life, others insist that you attend and submit leave passes etc and are given 'projects' to complete within your remaining days in uniform.
And don't start me on with the new, global, Agility Movements contract. Major software problems with the on-line form, abusive staff and a bunch of sub-contractors with the geographical understanding of, well, a mover. Gone are the days of hiring a van and humping and dumping it yourself. Simply not possible. Have I just caused thread drift?