Quote Originally Posted by Wigferth Ironwall
They'll need a draft to fight Iran. We in Blighty may need national service to just made the Forces afforable. At the moment we're hemmeraging men as soon as they get home, and you can't just keep throwing money at them.

At the moment being married is probably enough. Unless we're in Iraq in another five years still in a war situation I'd relax.
We're not throwing money at them. They're paid pennies.

That's why they leave. You serve with a bunch of Americans who are paid loads more than you, have better conditions, and better equipment, and you get annoyed.