Defence Forces will struggle to fill overseas missions due to quarantine, officers warn

RACO has described the non-payment of allowances for the time the military are quarantining as “shameful.” File Picture.

The Defence Forces will struggle to get volunteers for overseas missions because they're not being compensated for spending an additional two weeks away from their families due to Covid-19 quarantine requirements.

This prediction has been made by RACO, the association which represents the country's military officers, which has described the non-payment of allowances for the time they are quarantining as “shameful.”