UNFIT TO SERVE More than 13,000 members of the Armed Forces not fit for frontline service, government figures reveal thesun.co.uk

It means one in ten of all armed forces is classed as “medically non-deployable”. Defence minister Louise Sandher-Jones revealed 40 per cent of the sick notes – some 5,376 personnel – were suffering from “musculoskeletal disorders” such as broken bones or ligament damage.