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FUTURE ARMY 2020: Defence Committee increases pressure to MoD to raise enlistment age to 18

05/03/2014

Child Soldiers International press release

The Defence Select Committee has increased the pressure on the MoD to stop enlisting minors, in a report published today.


News

‘We need more wars’: Head of controversial private outsourcing firm blames lack of conflict for spectacular collapse in Army recruitment since it took charge

28/11/2013

Independent

The head of a controversial private outsourcing firm accused of presiding over a collapse in Army recruitment has attempted to blame a lack of war for its failure to sign up new soldiers.


Comment article

The Poppy

07/11/2013

David Gee, ForcesWatch

When I was about seven, my dad took me to the local Remembrance Day memorial. Neatly turned-out elderly men were stood in equally neat rows while The Last Post was played. I wondered why everyone looked so sad. Dad said it was because their friends had been killed in the war; this day was to remember them. I wore a poppy then and I am glad that I did. Β 


News

In praise of the white poppy

05/11/2013

Ekklesia

Jill Segger considers the growing appeal of the white poppy


Resource

The Last Ambush? Aspects of mental health in the British armed forces

October 2013

This report from ForcesWatch, shows that young soldiers recruited from disadvantaged backgrounds are substantially more likely than other troops to return from war experiencing problems with their mental health. It calls for the policy of recruiting from age 16 to be reviewed so that the greatest burden of risk is not left to the youngest, most vulnerable recruits to shoulder.


News

War trauma hits young soldiers hardest: new report

27/10/2013

ForcesWatch press release

Young soldiers recruited from disadvantaged backgrounds are substantially more likely than other troops to return from war experiencing problems with their mental health, says a wide-ranging report published today by human rights group ForcesWatch.


News

MoD study sets out how to sell wars to the public

07/10/2013

Guardian

Families angry at proposal to lower profile of repatriation ceremonies


News

War crimes in video games should be punished, ICRC says

03/10/2013

NBCNews.com

The International Committee of the Red Cross have called for video games to punish crimes committed in battle by adhering to real-life international war conventions.


News

Anti-war activists battle to get their voices heard in WW1 centenary events

01/10/2013

Guardian

Campaigners challenge 'glorious conflict' narrative and plan to highlight treatment of conscientious objectors


News

ForcesWatch response to the Ministry of Defence’s statement, 22 August 2013

22/08/2013

ForcesWatch

In response to the paper, β€˜Young age at Army enlistment is associated with greater war zone risks’, published by ForcesWatch and Child Soldiers International (August 2013), the Ministry of Defence have issued a statement. Here we respond to their points.