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Britain's child soldier disgrace
STEVEN WALKER details the mental health problems facing child recruits to the army
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NEWS that the government is targeting vulnerable working-class children in social media campaigns to lure them into joining the British army is another sign of the desperate state of affairs at the Ministry of Defence (MoD).
Last spring the MoD revealed that it was understrength by 4,000 personnel. With an increasingly poor image, the army has never been seen as a more unattractive career choice.
The adverse publicity over the culture of bullying and suicides at military training establishments, such as Deepcut, revealed a tiny, previously hidden glimpse of what many vulnerable young people may also be subjected to on a routine basis once they enter the service.
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