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Public poll on minimum age of armed forces recruitment
11/09/2018
The nationwide survey found 72% of people who expressed a view believed young people should not be able to join the army until they are 18.
UK army minimum recruitment age should be raised to 18 – survey
10/09/2018
ICM survey was commissioned by campaigners against child soldiers
British army ‘explicitly targeting’ working-class recruits, say critics
Recruitment drive focuses on teenagers seeking adrenaline, says Child Soldiers International
Arms industry spends millions to promote brands in schools
Defence groups sponsor lessons that promote building and sale of military hardware
Girl Guides defend controversial new deal with British army
Petition launched after members claim partnership with military runs counter to the Guides’ peace ethos
Warrior Nation: war, militarisation and British democracy – films
13/08/2018
These presentations were recorded at the launch of the report Warrior Nation: war, militarisation and British democracy by Paul Dixon (published by ForcesWatch) in June 2018 in London.
- Warrior Nation: war, militarisation and British democracy, by Professor Paul Dixon
- Military Britain by Professor Joanna Bourke
- Militarism in public life in the UK, Emma Sangster, Coordinator of ForcesWatch
Notes on attending the inquest into Sean Benton’s death at Deepcut barracks
24/07/2018
Last week the Coroner at Working Coroner’s Court delivered the findings into the circumstances of Sean Benton’s death at Deepcut Barracks in June 1995. Sean was the first of four soldiers to die there between 1995 and 2002. ForcesWatch have been monitoring the inquest; this article shares our records from the inquest and notes on the final findings.
Parliamentary mental health inquiry shows youngest military recruits and those from disadvantaged backgrounds face greater mental health risks than others in the forces
The Defence Select Committee recommended that the Ministry of Defence ‘conducts or commissions further research into female personnel, early Service leavers and recruits under 18 to determine the extent to which they are at higher risk of developing mental health conditions.’
Deepcut – another verdict; still more questions….
18/07/2018
Today is a significant day in the Deepcut tragedy. We explore some of the problems that allowed the toxic environment of Deepcut to develop and continue to persist today and why raising the age of recruitment would provide a significant part of the solution.
Misguided aim of weapons show
14/07/2018
The following letter was sent to the Sunday Times and a version is published here.
The concerted effort to increase the power of the military across society must be challenged
30/06/2018
As support for the military is paraded in streets across the UK at Armed Forces Day events, politicians charged with fighting the military’s corner are waging their own war on public and political opinion.
This article was published in The Morning Star on 2 July 2018
Warrior Nation – ‘the hidden power of the military’
29/06/2018
The apparent threat by the Defence Secretary to bring down the Prime Minister should she fail to stump up more billions for the armed forces formed the background to the launch of a major new report on 25 June.
Warrior Nation: War, militarisation and British democracy examines the relationship between recent conflicts and the wider power of the military in society and politics.
War Hurts Everybody
Leicester for Peace report on their ‘War hurts everybody’ vigil at Leicester Armed Forces Day on was 23 June.
Warrior Nation: War, militarisation and British democracy
25/06/2018
This report explores how the ‘Militarisation Offensive’ which started in 2006 to improve public recognition and support for the armed forces failed to produce majority support for the war in Afghanistan but deepened the militarisation of British politics and society. Since 2006 the military have broken constitutional convention and made public attacks on politicians, leading to the most severe tensions in political-military relations since the Second World War.
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