Fifty troops commit suicide after Iraq and Afghanistan tours
15/02/2013
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
15/02/2013
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).
ForcesWatch comment
Charities pairing ex-military staff with disadvantaged pupils get £1.9m
18/01/2013
Extra education cash for charities is part of Michael Gove's ambition to boost military ethos in schoolchildren
The Guardian
When soldiering gets sexy: the militarization of gender equality and sexual difference
19/12/2012
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.
openDemocracy
Bullying ‘seen as acceptable in Army’ as survey reveals every woman questioned was victim of unwanted attention
19/12/2012
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.
Telegraph
Army discipline rules are ‘bullies charter’
19/12/2012
The rules on handling discipline and complaints in the British Army have created a 'kangaroo court' system and act as a 'bullies charter' for senior officers, an Army officer has reportedly claimed.
Defence Management
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.
Concern over Government schemes promoting ‘military ethos’ in education
07/12/2012ForcesWatch press release
The organisation ForcesWatch (1), which monitors the way young people are recruited into the military, have expressed concern about the announcement made by Education Secretary Michael Gove of four projects which promote 'military ethos' in order to improve achievement among pupils disengaged with education
We shall reach them in the classrooms: promoting a ‘military ethos’ in schools
28/11/2012
Earlier this month the Department for Education published a statement on their website outlining their ambition to promote a military ethos in schools across the country. Through developing projects such as Troops to Teachers and expanding schemes such as the cadets and other alternative military provision in schools (such as Challenger Troop), the government is now actively encouraging schools, especially newer Academies and Free Schools, which tend to exist in more disadvantaged areas, to foster a military ethos. This article was originally published on Bright Green
ForcesWatch comment
Militarising Education
27/11/2012ForcesWatch comment
This article was originally published on openDemocracy
The incursion of the military into the British education system will mean that alternatives to war and peaceful ways of resolving conflict will be more difficult for young people to explore. In the long term we will all pay a heavy price.
