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2023-06-20 Britain

Britain could be left with a military reliant on conscripts and Wagner Group-style mercenaries if it doesn't improve pay, housing and weaponry for dissatisfied and unhappy soldiers, official review finds

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Posted by Skidmark 2023-06-20 07:27|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 However, you consolidated and disbanded Gurka units.

Posted by Procopius2k 2023-06-20 08:58|| 2023-06-20 08:58|| Front Page Top

#2 If you don't improve pay, You won't have mercenaries.
Just sayin'...

Posted by ed in texas 2023-06-20 10:27|| 2023-06-20 10:27|| Front Page Top

They're are not looking that far ahead. Foreign veteran pools have previously been used, sometimes with tragic results.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-06-20 10:35|| 2023-06-20 10:35|| Front Page Top

#4 I think Mr. Kipling had a few words to say on this subject.

You talk o' better food for us, an' schools, an' fires, an' all:
We'll wait for extry rations if you treat us rational.
Don't mess about the cook-room slops, but prove it to our face
The Widow's Uniform is not the soldier-man's disgrace.
For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an` Chuck him out, the brute! "
But it's " Saviour of 'is country " when the guns begin to shoot;
An' it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' anything you please;
An 'Tommy ain't a bloomin' fool - you bet that Tommy sees!

Posted by AlanC 2023-06-20 11:51|| 2023-06-20 11:51|| Front Page Top

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