Britain's Best Soldiers Are Being Forced To Retire

SAS's Best Soldiers Forced To Retire By 'Bean Counters' -- The Independent

Anger as nearly 40 of the most experienced fighting men are told they must leave elite regiment early.

Britain's special forces have been dealt a devastating blow that has seen the number of elite Special Air Service (SAS) personnel on active duty slashed.

The move was condemned last night by leading SAS figures as "madness" which will result in the loss of some of the country's most experienced and senior special forces personnel.

The dozens of soldiers axed – who were informed last week – include some of the SAS's best men, whose efforts have been crucial in a series of successful missions to kill or capture senior Taliban commanders in Afghanistan.

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My Comment: You spend oogles of money in training a soldier to be the best of the best .... and when they have reached that point .... they are then retired.

This is a devastating blow to the morale of the SAS, and I am sure that it will impact UK special operations in Afghanistan.