Around 10,000 troops are held at “higher readiness” in case of a civil emergency and this figure will be doubled in the effort to support public services amid the coronavirus outbreak.
The department announced on Thursday that it would redeploy troops to the UK after pausing a training mission in Iraq for 60 days due to the global pandemic.
Around 10,000 troops are held at “higher readiness” in case of a civil emergency and this figure will be doubled in the effort to support public services amid the coronavirus outbreak.
The department announced on Thursday that it would redeploy troops to the UK after pausing a training mission in Iraq for 60 days due to the global pandemic.
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