DEFENCE / ARMED FORCES: Increase in Army reservists: Philip Hammond speech

DEFENCE / ARMED FORCES: Increase in Army reservists: Philip Hammond speech; Philip Hammond MP (Defence Secretary) speech SOT - As part of the SDSR implementation process, the Prime Minister set up an Independent Commission to provide an authoritative picture of the state of our Reserves and recommendations for optimising their use in the context of modern threats. The report they published in July last year makes for sobering reading. / They found that individual Reservists had made, and continue to make, an essential contribution to national security. / At their peak, Reservists made up 20% of our Forces in Iraq and 12% in Afghanistan. / The best trauma unit in the world – the Camp Bastion Hospital – has been staffed, on average, 40% by Reservists and has nearly 50 Reservist medics currently on its staff. / Some 25,000 Reservists have deployed on operations overseas in the last 10 years. / 29 have paid the ultimate price, with many more injured, sometimes seriously. / And, given that this is remembrance week, I would like to take this opportunity to pay tribute to all those who have sacrificed so much to preserve our national security and protect our national interests – serving and veteran; regular and reserve. / But despite the amazing efforts of individual Reservists to make a difference, and the hard work of many unsung Reserve Units up and down the country from all the services, the Commission found an organisation in institutional decline. / Getting smaller, getting older, less well trained, less motivated; / Not matched to the new security environment - with major units of the TA still configured to provide mass reinforcements to counter the Soviet threat; / Not able to be mobilised for routine deployments – with the legal position not supporting the use of Reserves for standing tasks; / Not matched to the new configuration of the regular Armed Forces; / Forming too small a part of our overall military capability, both in comparison to our clos...
DEFENCE / ARMED FORCES: Increase in Army reservists: Philip Hammond speech; Philip Hammond MP (Defence Secretary) speech SOT - As part of the SDSR implementation process, the Prime Minister set up an Independent Commission to provide an authoritative picture of the state of our Reserves and recommendations for optimising their use in the context of modern threats. The report they published in July last year makes for sobering reading. / They found that individual Reservists had made, and continue to make, an essential contribution to national security. / At their peak, Reservists made up 20% of our Forces in Iraq and 12% in Afghanistan. / The best trauma unit in the world – the Camp Bastion Hospital – has been staffed, on average, 40% by Reservists and has nearly 50 Reservist medics currently on its staff. / Some 25,000 Reservists have deployed on operations overseas in the last 10 years. / 29 have paid the ultimate price, with many more injured, sometimes seriously. / And, given that this is remembrance week, I would like to take this opportunity to pay tribute to all those who have sacrificed so much to preserve our national security and protect our national interests – serving and veteran; regular and reserve. / But despite the amazing efforts of individual Reservists to make a difference, and the hard work of many unsung Reserve Units up and down the country from all the services, the Commission found an organisation in institutional decline. / Getting smaller, getting older, less well trained, less motivated; / Not matched to the new security environment - with major units of the TA still configured to provide mass reinforcements to counter the Soviet threat; / Not able to be mobilised for routine deployments – with the legal position not supporting the use of Reserves for standing tasks; / Not matched to the new configuration of the regular Armed Forces; / Forming too small a part of our overall military capability, both in comparison to our clos...
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