The inescapable psychological cost of conflict
ForcesWatch comment
Unpacking ‘recruitment’: what does the MoD mean when it says the armed forces do not run recruitment activities in schools?
ForcesWatch comment
US military struggling to stop suicide epidemic among war veterans
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
Fifty troops commit suicide after Iraq and Afghanistan tours
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.
Recently… on ‘moral injury’ and armed forces suicides in the US and UK
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Charities pairing ex-military staff with disadvantaged pupils get £1.9m
The Guardian
Extra education cash for charities is part of Michael Gove's ambition to boost military ethos in schoolchildren
‘Remembrance Day poppies should be white’
Telegraph
White poppies should be worn on Remembrance Sunday rather than the traditional red poppy to commemorate civilian victims rather than Britain's military dead, actor Mark Rylance has said.
When soldiering gets sexy: the militarization of gender equality and sexual difference
openDemocracy
How does militarism change social and cultural expectations of gender roles and relations? This is a huge question. This article by Vron Ware considers three areas.
Bullying ‘seen as acceptable in Army’ as survey reveals every woman questioned was victim of unwanted attention
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.