The 2010 foreword promises to renew the military covenant covering service personnel, their families and veterans. It also commits to providing the equipment, training and support needed before sending forces into battle. Such assurances recur across defence reviews, with successive governments promising to repair neglect inherited from their predecessors. Repeating that claim weakens its reassurance when earlier governments have made the same commitment.
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The 2010 military covenant and repeated promises of support
The 2010 promise to restore the military covenant repeats a familiar claim that the new government will repair earlier neglect of service personnel.