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 reserve sub-units. It identified the…
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 Brigade aspects but I think…
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. The table was in response…
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 a ten year plan and,…
MoD Personnel Quarterly Report – The Army Reserve Edition
In the news today will be lots of wailing and gnashing of teeth about the fall in Army reservists http://news.sky.com/story/1168669/army-reserve-numbers-drop-in-blow-to-mod The data itself though will be mostly ignored Read it…
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 to bridge the risks inherent…
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 2 light intervention groupings and…