I’m now looking forward to the next stage of my army career,” a number of young men and women were quoted as saying. The Guardian revealed last year that the army had been specifically targeting young people from working-class backgrounds in a glossy television campaign. Rachel Taylor, the director of programmes at Child Soldiers International, said: “It has always been evident that army recruitment campaigns portray an unrealistic and highly edited version of military life. The Plaid Cymru MP Liz Saville Roberts said: “The armed forces have a duty, like all public organisations, to be transparent. The UK government must urgently review its policy on enlisting children.”The army is embarrassed at being caught out.

Source: The Guardian May 06, 2018 09:23 UTC