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Reactions to the Government's Service Personnel Command Paper
Reactions to the Command Paper from BAFF - and from serving and ex-service personnel on community websites like the Army Rumour Service - have been broadly positive so far.
(18 July) MoD neglecting early leavers, MPs claim
The Ministry of Defence is failing to help early army leavers to adapt to civilian life, MPs have said.
The claim comes a day after the MoD released its service personnel command paper to encourage people to stay in the armed forces.
But according to the public accounts committee (PAC), the army is falling short on its responsibility for people who leave the armed forces ahead of schedule.
Committee members said the resettlement support offered by the MoD was well-received by career soldiers.
"But it is the younger service personnel leaving early who often cannot find work or somewhere decent to live," PAC chairman Edward Leigh explained...