some of the comments posted are awesome.sidster bro i really do support ur views but it doesnt mean that comments posted by others are worthless......imi bro u ve done a good job in this........... .......my point is that as sidster said we shud outspread the workforce that is ideal within the barbed wires of barrack to other sector.let the army go dig well or facilitate some rural community with education and health care. everybody doesnt need to be a doctor to provide health care to people.most of the emergency paramedics in USA are not even doctors but they do the jobs to the finest. why dont we have army personals in paramedics....or how bout firemen.instead of buying millions worth of choppers and armour proof vehicles why dont we get rescue choppers or ffire trucks or ambulance ......or troppers patroling the highways..or how bout assigning them the job of protecting the beautiful habitat for the rare endangered wild life we have in nepal. instead of having ideal why dont we add them to the police force to ensure all the civilian lives are safeguarded.......these are the only few options that i could think of to cut the number of army...we r not taking about cutting the job but we can outsource the skills they have............does it have to be thousand engineers to build a road ?i dont think so.....a handful would be enought...........and i dont think our army is incapable of producing a handful of em ...provided the right opportunity......instead of buyin sophisticated M-16 rifles or AK47s we can train them the right skill.....we definitely need army in our country because there are a lot of things that army can do that a normal citizen cant do because they r trained so.....i only option would be downsize it .............................. peace and jai nepal