Letters to the Editor:  Defence Forces  battling to retain staff because of poor  prospects

Empty seats in the grandstand during the flame unveiling ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics at Komazawa Olympic Park. Picture: AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko

Re your article Irish Examiner, July 9 ('No let-up in Defence Forces exodus, as 236 quit in five months'), I served in the Defence Forces from 1985 to 2017 (32 years). 

In 1994, the first of the new so-called contract soldiers were enlisted. Their terms of engagement gave these personnel poorer service entitlements than those of us on previous contracts.