ARMY RESERVES
Armed farces
AN independent review of the British Army Reserve led by retired Major General Simon Lalor last month described the reserve force as “hollowed out” and continuing to decline. But how does it look from the inside? ‘Soldier Blue’, who wrote in
Eye
1544 in 2021 about trying to join the regular army, joined the reserves a year ago…
"HAVING battled outsourcing company Capita’s system just to get into the military (Eyes passim), I’d imagined that the worst of the runaround was in the past. In hindsight, this was hopelessly naive. Budget cuts, inefficiency and poor-value contracts seem everywhere in the army. As a reservist for over a year now, those thinking of signing up may find it useful to know what I’ve discovered thus far.