Friday, 1 February 2008

Combat training CUTS

Latest news on St Athan - MOD short of money - cuts are being made everywhere and staff numbers are being reduced. Not the rosy picture John Smith and Rhodri Morgan paint?

MoD denies combat training is being cut Feb 1 2008. The Guardian today says...The army and marines are so stretched that exercises and what defence sources call "non-essential training" are being scrapped. However, the Ministry of Defence yesterday denied a report that combat training for new recruits bound for Afghanistan was being cut by half.

Ministry of Defence Annual Report and Accounts 2006-07 HC 61 on Monday 28 January 2008.

MPs warn of spending cuts for hard-pressed forces The report, by the Commons defence committee, says the cost of ambitious weapons projects continues to rise, while Britain's soldiers and pilots are finding it increasingly difficult to cope with the demands placed on them.

Part of St Athan defence training centre is dropped PART of a huge £15bn defence training academy earmarked for St Athan in the Vale of Glamorgan is being ditched, the Ministry of Defence said yesterday. ...

Plans for £15bn St Athan academy are hit
ic Wales - PART of a huge £15bn defence training academy ear-marked for St. Athan in the Vale of Glamorgan is being ditched The two-part project would have seen all UK ...

Factsheet Defence Training Review – Breakdown of sites - what is supposed to be moving to St Athan

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