 The new Acholi leadership promptly began to use their new power to disempower and exploit other ethnic groups including Langi, resulting in the collapse of discipline and order among many military units.From then on, the UNLA gradually devolved into "marauding bands" and declined in numbers to about 15,000 troops by late 1985.On 23 August, the 196 North Korean military advisers to the UNLA were flown out of Uganda.