Today will be the first day in 38 years where the British army, under the code name “Operation Banner“, will be free to deploy their troops to any other part of the world. The troops number 5,000 and in total 300,000 troops served in the north in the 38 years. 3,000 full & part-time troops have been signed off (military for made redundant ??), at a cost of STG £250 million. [source]
and here are some bloggers view on the move read UnitedIrelander & ElBlogador.