Charity Warns Of Mental Health Problems Among TA Officers In Iraq
The influential head of a Scottish veterans’ charity has warned that a disproportionate number of Territorial Army officers returning from duty in Iraq are suffering mental health problems. Clive Fairweather, a former SAS colonel and the appeals director of Combat Stress, revealed that TA troops form a quarter of those seeking help from the charity, yet they make up only 10% of British troops in Iraq. The campaigner – who is also the former chief inspector of prisons – said the TA was the Ministry of Defence’s ‘cheap option’ in the Middle East, and called for better funded support for part-time soldiers.
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