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Anti-war activists battle to get their voices heard in WW1 centenary events
01/10/2013
Campaigners challenge ‘glorious conflict’ narrative and plan to highlight treatment of conscientious objectors
Young soldiers ‘more likely to die’
22/08/2013
ForcesWatch response to the Ministry of Defence’s statement, 22 August 2013
In response to the paper, ‘Young age at Army enlistment is associated with greater war zone risks’, published by ForcesWatch and Child Soldiers International (August 2013), the Ministry of Defence have issued a statement. Here we respond to their points.
Young age at Army enlistment is associated with greater war zone risks: An analysis of British Army fatalities in Afghanistan
16/08/2013
This paper, published by ForcesWatch and Child Soldiers International, indicates that the risk of fatality in Afghanistan for British Army recruits aged 16 and completed training has been twice as high as it has for those enlisting at 18 or above.
The Armed Forces Covenant in Action? Part 4: Education of service personnel
18/07/2013
A new House of Commons Defence Committee report calls for improvements in service education and asks for further information is needed on why the Army is so dependent on recruiting personnel under the age of 18 years compared to the other two Services, and whether steps are being taken to reduce this dependency.
Almost 40% of army recruits have reading age of 11, MPs warn
Almost two-fifths (39%) of recruits to the Army have the reading ability of an 11-year-old or lower, MPs have warned.
Ex-troops without degrees to train as teachers
16/07/2013
Former armed forces personnel without degrees will be fast-tracked into teaching in England under a new government programme.
ForcesWatch submission to Defence Select Committee Future Army 2020 inquiry
08/06/2013
ForcesWatch’s submission to the Defence Committee’s inquiry Future Army 2020, which recomments an evaluation of the case for an independent review of the minimum age of recruitment into the Army with a view to recruiting only adults (aged 18 and above) in the future, looking at five reasons why the time is right for this.
Last of the boy soldiers? Bid to end centuries of tradition by banning the Army from recruiting under-18s
21/05/2013
Sir Nick Harvey describes policy is ‘increasingly anachronistic’; Believes 16 and 17-year-olds more likely to die or be seriously wounded; Also claims millions of pounds is wasted due to high drop-out rates
Conscientious objector Joe Glenton on being jailed for refusing to fight
Joe Glenton, a former soldier in the British army, has served his country and risked his life in Afghanistan. He’s also been called a coward. The reason? After returning to Britain after his first tour of Afghanistan, he became a conscientious objector (CO) and refused to go back.
Alex Cunningham MP: Stop armed forces recruiting children
Ahead of his debate today, Labour MP Alex Cunningham argues that the UK’s “routine” practice of recruiting 16 year olds into the armed forces has to stop.
Recruiting British soldiers at 16 isn’t just morally wrong. It’s bad economics
25/04/2013
The Ministry of Defence wastes £94 million every year training minors for army roles which could be filled more cost-effectively by adult recruits, says a new report launched today by human rights groups Child Soldiers International and ForcesWatch.
One Step Forward: The case for ending recruitment of minors by the British armed forces
22/04/2013
This report published by Child Soldiers International and ForcesWatch outlines the numerous ethical and legal concerns related to rhe recruitment of under-18s, including the disproportionately high level of risk they face and long-term consequences for their employability, as well as detailing how much more it costs than recruiting only adults.
Ministry of Defence statistics
08/04/2013
The Ministry of Defence publishes statistics on a range of defence related topics.
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