http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspap...356648,00.html

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THE number of infantry regiments could be cut drastically under the most radical option now being examined by Army chiefs.

The Black Watch, serving in Iraq, is one of the regiments of the Scottish Division that are expected to be combined INTO phpbb_a new super-regiment consisting of five battalions.

However, defence sources said that one option was to use the same formula for English regiments, which would mean merging far more of them than had previously been realised.

At present, 19 regiments in Scotland and England have only one battalion each, and all have been put on notice that they are to be formed INTO phpbb_larger regimental units, with at least two battalions each.

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We won't need English regiments when our troops are fighting for an EU army. It's coming, and if UKIP don't get their act together soon, we could see President Blair of the EU ordering our troops to fight in some other unjust war. The difference this time is we won't be able to remove him at the ballot box. *shudders* :cry:
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Flashback

http://www.eursoc.com/news/fullstory...n_EU_Army.html
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OH well, I supose we can console ourselves with the thought that the new regiments will have at least two full battalions. The way things are going we'll be lucky to have regiments with two full platoons in ten years time.
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