Regular v Reserve Costs
Slipped out without a great deal of fanfare in March. From the MoD; The cost comparison analysis looked at 5 types of army regular and
July 20, 2015
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Short-form opinion, updates and information.
All Change for the Army Reserve
The Chief of the General Staff, General Sir Nicholas Carter, recently gave a widely reported lecture at Chatham House. Many outlets concentrated on the 77th
February 25, 2015
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Future Reserves 2020 – Planned v Current Manning
Before anyone gets over excited about the numbers it is important to remember that the planned column is for 2020, or more accurately April 2019.
August 12, 2014
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The Extra £1.8 Billion Budget for the Reserves
Whenever the MoD (or any Government department for that matter) wants to inflate the pitiful amount of money allocated to a project they call it
April 26, 2014
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A new model TA
A guest post from Phil In this article I aim to put across some of my ideas for how a new model TA might manage
April 29, 2013
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An Alternative TA Model
A guest post from Phil… This explores a possible model for the TA of the future. It is based on the SDSR Army model of
March 6, 2012
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