What Happened to Retention?
I recently attended the Infantry Manning Forum at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and was struck by the lack of time given to retention, in favour...
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There is no Accounting for Time
This article proposes that the Armed Forces account for people’s time in a new way. Instead of looking at years served it should look at...
Proposal: Armed Forces Officer Internships
The Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst said recently ‘there are a number of people with very good degrees out there, but what you...
Closing the Personnel Gap; Robin Hood and Sacred Cows
The British Armed Forces should scrap their current pension scheme and pay junior ranks 20% more. This article presents a cost neutral proposal....
Maximising Talent: Rhetoric or Reality?
Here we go again, the Army, this time under the guise of Programme CASTLE “is rethinking career structures, learning and development and talent management”. In...
Retention – ‘Improving the Offer’ in Three Easy Steps
The issue of retention in the Armed Forces is currently being debated both in official circles and on blogs, twitter and online forums. One hears...
What does the Army Leadership Code tell us about what the Army values?
THis article questions if the Army Leadership Code drives the right behaviours for military leadership...
Attack of the Drones – Information Terror, Hot Takes & Hybrid Warfare
As of Boxing Day 2018, motivation and responsibility for the Gatwick Drone attacks are still both unknown. However, one thing is clear. On 19 December...
Ethics: Starting at the Beginning
The word ‘Ethics’ is tossed around a great deal in our society, often with a variety of contradictory meanings. Sometimes it refers to legal rules...
The First Female Defence Chief will be from the RAF
Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart Peach, gave a wide ranging interview on his departure from the role of Chief of Defence Staff. One of his...
