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Before you sign up

If you are thinking of enlisting into the armed forces, or someone you know is, look at the information below to help become fully informed. If you only look at one thing, check out Before You Sign Up which is an independent website looking at the pros and cons of joining the army and answers … Read more

Selling the military: A critical analysis of contemporary recruitment marketing in the UK

04/03/2019

This report, written by ForcesWatch and published with the public health charity Medact,  analyses the way the armed forces market their careers to adolescents and young people, creating powerful messages that which exploit developmental vulnerabilities and social inequality, risking the health and well-being of recruits. Narratives of camaraderie and self-development also serve to promote an uncontroversial and depoliticised idea of the military more widely which promote self-fulfilment in the context of conflict.

New report calls for regulation of military marketing that targets young people

27/02/2019

A report published today (27 February 2019) critiques the armed forces’ marketing practice in selling their careers to vulnerable adolescents. This comes in the wake of the Army's controversial new 'Snowflake' recruiting campaign.

War School film

22/02/2019

A film about recent militarism and the battle for the hearts and minds of young people in the UK. The film follows the stories of Ben Griffin, former SAS soldier and founder of Veterans for Peace UK, and Quaker activist Sam Walton, and features the work of ForcesWatch and partner organisations. See war.school and related learning resources.

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17/02/2019

Sexual assault continues to plague women in the military

14/02/2019

We look at the Lost Heroines campaign by specialist lawyers Bolt Burdon Kemp which highlights some of the issues facing women in the military, with a particular focus on sexual harassment.

Historical allegations: fact vs fiction

11/02/2019

With the recent reporting about relaxed rules of engagement in Iraq and Afghanistan, we take a quick look at some of the key questions around the allegations of abuse and killing by UK troops.

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