Oh good Lord:
Nearly one in five British army troops cannot perform full combat duties because of illness, injuries or other reasons, news reports from England said. Of the 18,000 active-duty troops affected, only about 10,000 could only take part in certain combat operations.
With traditional (but waning) British understatement:
"I think these figures are very worrying," [Conservative MP, Andrew] Bowie told The Independent.
You think?
This is what Putin stands on a stool and yells "eek!" about when his people drone on about the fantasy NATO threat to Russia?
UPDATE: Related news in continued Royal Marine shrinkage:
[Early] retirement of the RN’s two LPDs, HMS Bulwark and HMS Albion , and a reduction in the strength of the RM by 1,000 was being considered in the review.
That's wonderful.
