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Removing the option to join the army reduces chances of employment and training.
All 16 year olds should have the option of further training without committing to 6 years service.
The Army has no interest in retaining or training soldiers who really really don’t want to be there and will let them go.
Then they should change the contract and give minors the absolute right to leave.
jellybaby
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The Army should (but doesn’t) reflect society as a whole so yes those coming in at the lowest level tend to be from the less advantaged. Removing the option to join the army reduces chances of employment and training.
The Army has no interest in retaining or training soldiers who really really don’t want to be there and will let them go.
We have a highly trained and motivated professional army not Wellington’s scum of the earth flogged into battle.