Originally Posted by
Dengue_Dude
Frees the guys and girls up to be made redundant by a 'grateful nation'.
I know we all got paid while we were in, but it does smack of being kicked in the goolies having just done a good job.
Bit like WW1 and WW2 where the war time armies were reduced drastically to peacetime levels. While many in WW2 were only too pleased to be demobbed there were many others that would have wished to stay.
In other words, sad though it may be, force reductions always follow a 'successful' outcome. IIRC GW2 also saw redundancies even as Afg was ramping up. Same with the other conflicts post FI and CW.