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I really hope they plan to use the seniors in UK based support positions - not on the field in Ukraine or somewhere else abroad.
Madness.
New rules to make it easier to call up reservists for war
3 hours ago
Henry Zeffman,Chief Political Correspondentand
Jennifer McKiernan,Political reporter
The government is to announce new powers making it easier to mobilise tens of thousands of former armed forces personnel to prepare for war.
New rules will mean reservists remain on call for an extra decade, and lower the threshold for them being called into service.
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McFadden told MPs the nation was "in an era in which we face confrontation with those who are threatening security" and pointed to Russia's war against Ukraine as "the most obvious and pressing example of this".
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Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the election of US President Donald Trump have put pressure on the government to ramp up defence spending and readiness for action.
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Currently, the age limit for the strategic reserve is 55. This will change to 65.
The threshold for members of the strategic reserve to be mobilised will change too.
Under existing rules they are called upon in the scenario of "national danger, great emergency or attack in the UK".
That threshold will be lowered to "warlike preparations", which is already the threshold for reservists who have left active service in the past few years.
more... https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4grjxl4w06o