Thousands of 'overworked' soldiers leaving the Service
It paints a ``grim picture'' of an overstretched military in which numerous battalions are not up to strength, equipment projects are over budget by hundreds of millions, and thousands of overworked soldiers are leaving the Services.
MORE than 10,000 British soldiers are unfit for frontline duty as the pressure of supplying troops for years of conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan takes its toll on the army, the Sunday Telegraph reported.