According to official statistics, three out of ten soldiers from all branches of the Armed Forces are not completely prepared for battle.
The largest issue with medically unfit soldiers is seen in the Royal Air Force, where 32.9 per cent of its 29,010 troops suffer from physical or mental health issues.
In the meantime, 28.2 per cent of the 74,110 troops in the British Army have medical issues that may prevent them from participating in front-line operations.
Just 25.9 per cent of the Royal Navy’s 29,220 personnel have reported health issues that mean they may not be fit for service.
According to the Sunday Telegraph, 38,033 out of the 132,340 total personnel in the Armed Forces—or 28.7 per cent—are not completely prepared for battle.
The crisis will put pressure on Defence Secretary Grant Shapps at a time when Britain is struggling to retain its global influence due to recruitment problems.
The total number of regular troops and voluntary reserves across all branches of the military in December was 184,865, which is 7,440 fewer than the previous year and the lowest since the 19th-century Napoleonic Wars.
Last year, Lord Dannatt, the former chief of staff of the United Kingdom, issued a warning that the country could no longer conduct concurrent operations, such as battles in Afghanistan and Iraq.
The £3 billion aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth was unable to support operations against the Houthi rebels in Yemen, who were sponsored by Iran, due to the fact that its support ship, RFA Fort Victoria, only had a skeleton crew. This revealed concerns over operational preparedness.
Former Army intelligence officer Colonel Phil Ingram said: ‘The Ministry of Defence has serious recruitment problems – they can’t recruit enough to replace those leaving and it seems a large percentage of those they keep in are not fit to fight.
‘This is a clear indication of a broken system and the MoD needs to realise this and come up with a plan to fix it quickly.
‘Otherwise, in a world growing more unstable by the day, our very national security could be compromised because we might find ourselves in a situation where we need a large number of troops very quickly and we haven’t got them.’
Out of those who were demoted from frontline operations, 13,727 had musculoskeletal ailments from battle or training.
Back in the day, you were let go if you weren’t medically fit. You were let go if your basic fitness test resulted in a failure and if you were found guilty of a crime.
The regulations of our military have drastically altered, recruiting is now open to everybody, and everything has gone to pot. Removing the standards demoralised the military and, to be honest, the recruiting process.
Regretfully, wokeism has permeated every aspect of life. It resembles an incurable sickness, or cancer if you will.
Our troops’ core has been shattered, and now nobody wants to enlist in the military. To battle for what? A country that despises you. No, it’s time to move aside and make room for variety.
The good old days are over; allowing the weak to join the military results in zero combat power.
Once, getting in was a challenge. The process of selection was exhaustive. A rigorous medical examination was conducted, and a 6-week recruit training schedule assessed fitness. You were denied entry if your test results were poor.
Recruiting is now simple. Our military is accepting everyone from wherever, and scores are low as well as medical standards.
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