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Army urged to stop using armed teenagers to guard barracks
16/12/2015The Guardian
The Guardian
ForcesWatch report calls on UK military to stop recruiting minors altogether, as armed forces bill due for third reading
New report shows that important duty of care recommendations have not been implemented by the armed forces
16/12/2015ForcesWatch press release
ForcesWatch press release
Ahead of the House of Commons debate on the Armed Forces Bill on Wednesday 16 December, ForcesWatch has published a new report calling for a change in the law ending military recruitment under 18 years of age.
ForcesWatch welcomes Welsh Government stance over military visits to schools
23/09/2015ForcesWatch press release
ForcesWatch press release
The Welsh Government has been praised by ForcesWatch over a “groundbreaking” decision to support in principle more research into how the armed forces operate in secondary schools in Wales.
Armed forces not required to offer soldiers aged 16-17 the same standard of education that is required in civilian life
30/06/2015Child Soldiers International
Child Soldiers International
Compulsory education for 16-17s: research reveals that the armed forces are not required to give child soldiers the same minimum standard as civilian institutions. The minimum attainment requirement of the Army (which has the vast majority of children in the armed forces) is shown to be very low.
British Veterans Made Some Dark Films to Protest the UK Army’s Recruitment of 16-Year-Olds
30/06/2015Vice
Vice
An article on the context of the striking new short film from Veterans for Peace UK, Action Man: Battlefield Casualties , which presents a new range of war-traumatised action men.
6 veterans per day seeking post-traumatic stress help – military charity
21/04/2015RT
RT
Experts warn the “floodgates” of post-traumatic stress are about to open, as a top armed forces charity claims mental health issues among military personnel have risen 26 percent over the last year.
How did Britain let 250,000 underage soldiers fight in WW1?
2014
A BBC resource. Includes a final section on 'could this happen today'? At the outbreak of war in 1914, the British Army had 700,000 available men. Germany’s wartime army was over 3.7 million. When a campaign for volunteers was launched, thousands answered the call to fight. Among them were 250,000 boys and young men under the age of 19, the legal limit for armed service overseas.
British armed forces suffer record levels of alcohol abuse
13/05/2014The Guardian
The Guardian
More than 1,600 service personnel required medical treatment in the past year
Drone Wars: Pilots reveal debilitating stress beyond virtual battlefield
13/05/2014livescience.com
livescience.com
"To extinguish a person's life is a very personal thing. While physically we don't experience the five senses when we engage a target — unlike [how] an infantryman might — in my experience, the emotional impact on the operator is equal."
Rape and sexual assaults in the military need more than ‘kangaroo court’ justice
05/03/2014The Guardian
The Guardian
Informal and unaccountable 'in-house' procedures mean hundreds of allegations go unquestioned