As a patriotic civilian with huge respect for the military, I find all these cuts completely illogical. Obviously I'm not privy to anything in service life but everything I read suggests the services are already over stretched.
What possible justification is there for yet more cuts in an age when the threat to national security has probably never been higher?
There must be other ways to save money; less foreign aid, more effort to recoup tax from businesses using loopholes to avoid it, less handouts to fat wasters who can't be bothered to work, no HS2 trainline ... and I'm sure there must be a myriad others.
It must be soul destroying sometimes for those risking their lives to constantly have the rug pulled from under them while the risk goes up.
Bloody good show to all of you and thank you for keeping us safe despite the best efforts of politicians with their heads firmly in the sand or up the arses of accountants.