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Should the British Army cease recruitment of 16-and-17-year-olds?
"The 'outdated' practice of recruiting 16-year-olds into the [British] Army is wasting up to £94m a year and should stop, two human rights groups have said.
"Child Soldiers International and ForcesWatch claim it costs the Ministry of Defence twice as much to train a 16-year-old as it does an adult."
"The MoD said it did not recognise figures in the report and it 'ignores the benefits' for young people."
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- rickmanLv 58 years agoFavorite Answer
Oh dear and there I was thinking that Australia was all warm and fuzzy over their youth seems you have the same problem there .
Apart from the fact the young recruits can learn a trade 16 to 17 being the ideal age for apprenticeships they are paid a living wage and can do quite well for themselves in the forces .
Without soldiers there would be no wars but also there would be no protection services either the warm and fluffy brigade can't have it both ways .
- 8 years ago
If the human rights groups are only interested in the cost I'd say no. 16 & 17 year olds join of their own free will, and it's what they want to do. Why should they be denied this. What about their human rights?
- Anonymous8 years ago
What a load of rubbish these so called human rights groups talk they have no idea of the real world if we took notice of everything they said just about everything you can think of would be against our human rights
