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U.K. Publishes First Strategic Review Of Reserve Forces

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Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

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A Strategic Review of the U.K.'s Reserve Forces to determine how the reserves can be better organized, trained, equipped and supported was published yesterday. "This comprehensive Reserves Review provides a crucial blueprint for the future of Reserve Forces and recognizes the vital contribution they have made and will continue to make," Armed Forces Minister Bob Ainsworth said in a statement to the Houses of Parliament. The review, the first ever focused specifically on U.K. reserves, produced seven central findings, including…

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