Because the army is Projected on a 3 yearly cycle training, ops and the third year is coming off ops and is used for promotional courses exchanges with other nations etc ... 85 percent of troops called up have either just come off ops so have been away for 6 months and are owed leave or are about to go on ops which means they will have worked nearly every weekend up to their leave date prior to going on ops ... Leave in the army is a privilege and many of these troops will missing out on leave and I,portent time with their family's to act as a glorified security guard so they should be financi