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The Mirror1y
'Crazy' British Army Fortnite recruitment drive cost £100k before it was scrapped
The Army has a recruitment crisis after numbers fell from 79,139 to 75,983 last year. Article continues below General Sir Patrick ... adding: “The British military has a proud position of ...
Daily Mail1y
Army moves hundreds of troops from front line to recruitment offices because force is shrinking too quickly after falling by more than 3,000 troops in last year
General Sir Patrick Sanders, the outgoing head of the Army, said recruitment ... to bail out their failing recruitment drive. 'We need the best in our British military and ministers must get ...
UK looks to military gap years to boost recruitment in the face of growing geopolitical tension
The UK government recently endorsed proposals in its strategic defence review to consider the creation of military gap years ...
Opinion
As an ex-army captain, I’d back national service. But conscription? No way...
Phones in the box. Stand by your beds. Pile your plate high at breakfast with whatever food is on offer – you’ll need the energy for 18 hours a day of basic training, warns veteran Mike Crofts ...
UPI1y
British army ditches no-beard rule for enlisted men, officers amid recruitment drought
March 29 (UPI) --Enlisted men and officers in the British Army were granted ... will make the army a more appealing option amid a crisis of recruitment. Defense Secretary Grant Shapps, in an ...
The Mirror10mon
British Army poster woman receives apology after 'years of racist and sexist abuse'
A black soldier who was the face of British Army recruitment campaigns was subjected ... The army’s director personnel Major General, Sam Humphris, admitted Ms Knight had experienced “racist ...