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Combat soldiers more likely to commit violent crimes: study
15/03/2013 Reuters

British soldiers who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan - particularly young men and those who have seen active combat - are more likely to commit violent crimes than their civilian counterparts, according to research published on Friday.

recruitment age, risks
Recently... on 'moral injury' and armed forces suicides in the US and UK
15/02/2013 ForcesWatch comment

2012 was the the first year 'in at least a generation' in which a greater number of currently-serving US Army soldiers killed themselves (177) than were killed in active duty (176).

risks, suicide
US military struggling to stop suicide epidemic among war veterans
01/02/2013 The Guardian

Last year, more active-duty soldiers killed themselves than died in combat. And after a decade of deployments to war zones, the Pentagon is bracing for things to get much worse

risks, suicide
Fifty troops commit suicide after Iraq and Afghanistan tours
19/12/2012 The Telegraph

More than 50 members of the UK Armed Forces have committed suicide since serving in the recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, figures suggest.

risks, suicide
The suffering of veterans
14/12/2012 Owen Everett, ForcesWatch

A play about and starring injured veterans, and recent government data and policies, highlights their suffering.

risks, veterans
Bullying 'seen as acceptable in Army' as survey reveals every woman questioned was victim of unwanted attention
29/11/2012 Telegraph

Bullying is perceived as “acceptable” among some in the Army, according to an internal report that found every single woman questioned said they had been the victim of unwanted sexual attention.

risks, sexual harassment/assault
"It's not a game"
26/11/2012 Owen Everett, ForcesWatch

Each of the episodes from both series of Our War focuses on a different platoon or company, with varying missions during their tours in Helmand Province (which dated from between 2006 and 2012). Common themes to each of them include the youth of those involved, and the gravity of what is being asked of them.

culture, risks
Judge fears 'Deepcut' culture remains after 'cover up' of army recruit sexual abuse
26/11/2012 Telegragh

Military staff have failed to learn the lessons of the Deepcut Review and continue to turn a blind eye to the bullying and abuse of young recruits, a judge has claimed.

equality, risks
Critical portrayals of life in the armed forces in two West End plays
19/10/2012 Owen Everett, ForcesWatch

There are two plays on in London's West End currently that depict life in the UK military, and they do so critically. Our Boys', by Jonathan Lewis, at the Duchess Theatre is a revival, having first been performed in 1993. Sandi Toksvig's Bully Boy is at the St James Theatre. There is considerable similarity in the themes of the two plays: why young men join the armed forces, how they are often neglected when injured, and the horror of contemporary war in general.

culture, recruitment, risks, veterans
Recently...sexual assault and bullying in the armed forces
17/09/2012 ForcesWatch comment

A parliamentary question reveals that during 2011 there were 228 allegations of bullying or harassment reported to the Service Complaints Commissioner. Another parliamentary question has identified that 'Over the past two and a half years, there have been 53 reported rapes and 86 reported sexual assaults in the Army, the Navy and the Air Force (one per week). Labour MP Madeleine Moon said she was concerned there was a 'culture of silence', with hundreds of victims never reporting attacks.

risks, sexual harassment/assault

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