By Victor Duda
Ten years ago, the British Army softened the rules and allowed tattoos on the neck and hands, but body and face on the head and face are still "unacceptable". Tattoos depicting "sexual intercourse, violence or drugs" are also prohibited, the same applies to a piercing that "changes appearance. Since 2018 in the UK, 12,000 servicemen have not enough. At the same time, 126,000 people have been abandoned at the same time.
With data published in accordance with the legislation on freedom of information, the main reason why the recruits did not pass the selection - medical. Such are 70,000. Britain lose staff faster than attract a new one. "We lose personnel. A few years later, there will be problems in operations, " - said former Minister of Armed Forces Mark François. The head of the recruiting firm Capita called on the army to weaken strict medical rules that do not allow people to replenish army benches.
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