Unbalanced – Yes or No
One of the accusations leveled at the UK armed forces is that when compared to its peers, it is unbalanced. Afghanistan, it is said, has produced land force centric military…
Can We Have Our Bridge Back Now Please
When I looked at military bridging in august last year the Mabey Logistic Support Bridge was used as an example of the semi permanent bridge types used by military engineers.…
Afghanistan – 10 Lessons to Learn
I know we are still some way off ceasing operations in Afghanistan and the future is still unclear but what lessons can we take from this conflict? My off the…
Car Crash Ahead
Coming as no surprise will be the news of rumours of yet more cuts, reductions in Army numbers post 2015 and Tornado’s being the headline grabbers this week. As the…
A Nation of Shopkeepers
Napoleon was said to have called the English a nation of shopkeepers and with a story appearing in the Sunday Telegraph today he may well have been right because if…
The Military Covenant – An Opinion
In the last few days the issue of the military covenant has been high on the news agenda with the issue of pensions, email sackings and deporting ex service personnel…
Container Handling
With the Army still thinking about a DROPS replacement, wondering what to do with the EPLS UOR after Afghanistan and my ongoing fetish for containers I thought a post on…
A Maritime Nation
I know I often lament the 'we are an island' mentality when used as a justification for CVF but we really are an island with a 7,500 odd mile coastline,…