In its place, a far more limited EU force popped up, with one-third of the budget, fewer vessels and manpower, and crucially a mission statement that does not extend to search-and-rescue.
The knock-on effects are felt across the economy, from the jobs created and the cheaper costs of manpower to foreign direct investment that pours in from countries enticed by getting a foothold in the world's richest consumer market".
The spokesman said: "This agreement will not impact on the baseline defence budget, manpower numbers or current operations.
The Muslim Brotherhood's political arm, took five portfolios: information, housing, higher education, youth and manpower.
"There is a huge trained manpower that they will not know what to do with and this will unleash acts of terror and we are a good target," the officer said.
At the start of the conflict, Kiev's army was short on manpower, modern equipment and knowhow.
"Yeah, I've been called antisemitic and I got so much shit for speaking out against the Iraq invasion, but it was a huge waste of material resources and manpower".
The conflict in the east created a still greater need for manpower even though time and resources for training were scarce.
There's more CCTV, less manpower," said one practitioner.
First, by having the gumption and the manpower to reveal wrongdoing.
Saddam Hussein, Iraq's war-mongering president, regularly exhorts his citizens to breed to swell the nation's manpower.
