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Desertion in the Army

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06.10.08 | 15:57

Via

French Politics

, an

article

ties together several recent stories highlighting growing morale and desertion problems in several groups in or preparing to go to Afghanistan. Besides increasing "sick" leave and the like, a French unit prepared to deploy in country was replaced by another, supposedly because 34 troops had not even returned from pre-deployment leave. This comes on top of a recent

Dutch mutiny

, in which several soldiers simply refused an order.

American troops have not been immune, with

desertion rates

through the roof over the course of the Iraq War, though for context's sake, one must take into account that many of these men endured multiple tours of duty in what was then one of the hottest combat zones in the world. The Afghan related desertions are not helped by low public support, but considering the allegations of lack of equipment, ammo, and other mishaps, it's no less likely that low budgets, bad officers, or lack of training and professionalization are the culprit.

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