The Six Ps of the Military Recruiting Mix
The Defence Secretary recently announced he intends to “scrap 100 outdated policies that block people from joining” the Army and both the Defence Select Committee
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Wavell Room’s Christmas Recommendations 2024
Wavell Room’s Christmas Recommendations 2024 ‘Tis the season for giving…knowledge! Take a look at our curated mix of intellectual nutrition and thought-provoking ‘wildcard’ offerings, recommended
The Battle for Vovchansk (May – August 2024)
It is now five months since Russia launched its cross-border invasion of Kharkiv province. In all this time, Russian forces have failed to advance beyond
The Defence Innovation Theatre
“Yeah, yeah. It’s time to call bullsh*t.” “Bullsh*t on what?” “On every f***ing thing!” This striking and not-so-subtle conversation is between two key
Threat Level Rising: Climate Change, National Security and UK Political Action
Introduction In November, the world came together at COP29 in Baku. For a brief period, the world’s media ran yet more stories about ice caps
The Strategic Reserve: What it is, and why it could be you.
The term Strategic Reserve has become common parlance across Defence, including explicit reference in the latest Command Plan. However, it exists without an official definition,
Pride and Fall
Pride and Fall tells the story of the British Army and Royal Marines (and more broadly Defence) campaign against the Taliban in Afghanistan 2001-2014. It
The Citizen Tri-Service Reserve Force
BLUF: This paper proposes the creation of the structures and conditions required to train, lead and deploy a cost-effective Citizen Tri-service Reserve Force at scale
Will Traditions Hold us Back?
Tradition can be defined as an inherited, established and customary pattern of thought or action that can be transmitted from generation to generation due to
The Utility of Reserve: The Royal Navy and the Maritime Reserve.
“The Reservist is twice the citizen” – Winston Churchill Genesis The Royal Navy (RN) has the Maritime Reserve (MR), a 1* led Fighting Arm (FA),