Exodus of officers could affect Defence Forces operations
That’s the warning from the Representative Association of Commissioned Officers (RACO), the organisation representing commissioned officers in the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps, which says so far this year 48 applications are being processed for early retirement, on top of the current 90-plus officer vacancies.
Last year, 76 officers quit the Defence Forces early, many being tempted into higher-paying private sector jobs, and it looks as though even more will bail out this year.
