JTO
You have a point of course - but it's interesting that the numbers vary (especially for the Army) by so much - somewhere I think I have some longer term numbers.
I can't ever remember the Forces being happy about the numbers leaving and understand why - even if they aren't the brightest and the best you still have to keep training new recruits. Same as any business TBH
there's always a perception that "it's a crisis" - the numbers suggest it isn't but it's part of the ebb & flow of the whole employment economy