Options for a major restructuring of the British Army, involving extra swingeing reductions in the service's future force structure, equipment procurement plans, basing infrastructure and training areas, will be ready within weeks for consideration by senior officers. As if to reflect the army's under-fire approach, one imbedded source drew comparisons between the review and Germany's desperate attempts to protect military expertise when denuded of manpower and equipment after the First World War. Major General Nick Carter, the British Army's Director General, Land Warfare, is heading up the review, which will herald the service's biggest restructuring since the end of the Second World War, according to army officers familiar with its work. It is expected Gen Carter's review will be presented to the Executive Committee of the Army Board (ECAB), the army's highest decision-making body, in "late 2011", according to a notice placed on the British Army website.
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