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Raising the age of recruitment: an open letter and a cautious welcome of the MoD review
08/11/2013
ForcesWatch are among 24 signatories of an open letter to Mark Francois MP, Minister of State for the Armed Forces which calls for an end to the recruitment of under-18s.. The signatories include the Church of Scotland, the Church in Wales, the Unitarian Church and Catholic, Baptist, Methodist and Quaker groups and Child Soldiers International. The letter notes that as the centenary of the outbreak of World War One approaches, the recruitment and deployment age of British soldiers is lower now than it was a century ago. The signatories call on the Ministry to raise the recruitment age to 18 as a “fitting memorial” to the thousands of young soldiers killed in World War One.
The Poppy
07/11/2013
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.
Camouflage Kids: How the military affects young people’s lives
A ForcesWatch poster showing policy, cultural and other recent developments affecting the extent of military influence in young people’s lives.
Journeys in the Spirit: Quakers and the military
The youth edition of Journeys in the Spirit (number 19) provides a range of ideas to use with 12–18 year olds in a Quaker context.
The Last Ambush? Aspects of mental health in the British armed forces
27/10/2013
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.
Militarisation in everyday life in the UK
19/10/2013
This event, held in London in 2013, brought together academics, writers, activists and campaigners who are researching, writing, campaigning on, or just concerned about the implications of the militarisation of everyday life in the UK.
The military’s influence in UK education
08/10/2013
by Emma Sangster in Sowing Seeds: The Militarisation of Youth and How to Counter It, War Resisters International, 2013
‘Catch them young before the army loses them’
by David Gee in Sowing Seeds: The Militarisation of Youth and How to Counter It, War Resisters International, 2013
MoD study sets out how to sell wars to the public
07/10/2013
Families angry at proposal to lower profile of repatriation ceremonies
On Army’s importance, differing views among young and old
03/10/2013
As the British Army struggles to recruit new soldiers, YouGov polling finds that Britons tend to think less of the army’s importance the younger they are
War crimes in video games should be punished, ICRC says
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.
Should gamers be accountable for in-game war crimes?
The Red Cross has told the BBC that it wants military-themed video games to adhere to real-life international laws
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