Redefining reinforcement

摘要

If the recommendations of the 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) and the recent 'Future Reserves 2020' study are implemented, the proportion of reserve troops in the armed forces will have increased to the point that, by 2015, approximately every fifth serviceman or woman will be a reservist.~1The reserve forces have a long and proud tradition of service to the UK; there are numerous examples where they have served alongside their regular counterparts with distinction. Currently, over 20% of Defence Medical Services are reservists,~2 either individual augmentees or formed units; on Operation Herrick, reservists fill over 40% of the hospital-based liability.