beancounters
So, in summary, soldiers are too busy attempting to stay alive to fill in the correct forms.
Government auditors have accused military planners of running wasteful and inefficient systems that have cost taxpayers millions. A report from the National Audit Office said the Ministry of Defence was unable to account for £155m earmarked for a radio communications system for British troop in Afghanistan. MoD officials told …
"This is an asset tracking issue and does not mean equipment is missing,"
You can't track an asset ... ie. it is missing.
If I wasn't currently reading, "Perverting the course of Justice," I might actually have given the statement the benefit of the doubt; but now it stands no chance. Sack the pratt.
Why not just criticise them for fighting a war in a foreign country that isn't fully supported by the British people and have done with it. Everything else surely naturally follows.
Slightly more seriously, this just sounds like when your parents tell you off for not washing the pots or emptying the bins or for leaving your clothes all over your room. If they're that bothered, go in and replace the accounting department, head over to Afghanistan and do a proper stock count.
"This is an asset tracking issue and does not mean equipment is missing,"
Or in the hands of the enemy? Have they tried CQ'ing them?
Perhaps the administrators should be made to swap roles with the squaddies for a few weeks - it might give them some perspective. Those that survived, that is...