International Women’s Day 2021 – Wavell Room #choosetochallenge
International Women’s Day (IWD) 2021 seeks to inculcate a global challenge culture and raise awareness of the problems that still exist for women. In Defence,...
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Trawls – The Power of the Military Volunteer in a Market Economy
Trawls – The Power of the Military Volunteer in a Market Economy The COVID-19 crisis demonstrated the power of the British Public to volunteer their...
A Captive Audience; Recruiting From Prison
This article argues that the British Armed Forces should recruit from the prison population. It would provide benefits for the individuals, the nation and the...
Is it time to rethink Army contracts?
The article aims to spark debate and seek feedback because these contracts, and wider issues of service, are being examined by Programme CASTLE; in which...
Does Diversity Dilute the Warrior Ethos?
The British Army faces an increasingly complex operating environment, in which soldiers are ever more responsible for actions whose impact will go beyond the reach...
The Value of the Specialist
I once served with a Warrant Officer who worked as a technical supervisor within an operational military team. Highly qualified and self motivated he did...
Welfare or Warfare?
The provision of military welfare is a charged and controversial topic. Should the British Army continue to resource existing welfare facilities in their current shape...
Army Officer Career Management
A 2015 article in ‘The Atlantic’ magazine https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/11/us-military-tries-halt-brain-drain/413965/ laments the poor retention of talented officers within the US military and identifies their rigid and archaic career...