Hurry up and wait: The challenge of mobilising Britain's Strategic Reserve
Retired Commodore Steve Prest asks what a Strategic Reserve recall would mean for former service personnel and how prepared they are to ...
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Tri-Service The Strategic Reserve: What is it? Are you in it? And would you even know?
If you’re a former serviceman or woman and you think the answer to that is "no" or you’re not sure, you might want to double-check
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Veterans Veterans and reservists a boon for UK labour market but skills not well understood
Rand Europe warns veterans may find themselves underemployed in their roles during their move from the military into civilian life
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Cyprus From Center Parcs to Cyprus: Reservist swaps civvy manager day job to become sapper
Royal Engineer reservists are helping the British Army prepare for conflict by joining the Operation Tosca deployment
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Politics It's not a Dad's Army, the reserves are a real capability, Afghan veteran says
Jonny Ball said that a 'national conversation' has been started on defence as it has become part of the mainstream after the DIP's release
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Tri-Service Strategic Reserve age limit rising to 65 so more can be recalled should war loom
Armed Forces Minister Al Carns explains a number of changes are being made to bolster the UK's reserves and simplify the recall process
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Army Going underground: Army Reserve medics set up field hospital below street level
Instead of setting up traditional large hospital tents, reservists from 215 (Scottish) Multirole Medical Regiment try something different
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Nato Finland aims to boost reservist numbers to a million - by raising upper age limit
Finland already has a large reservist force that it can call on, and the new move, which takes effect tomorrow, will make it larger still
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Reserves Reserve forces on the rise: How Europe's reacting to the threat posed by Russia
Europe is scrambling to increase its reserve forces after watching how reserves are impacting the Ukraine-Russia war
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Reserves SDR pledged growth in reserves and cadet forces, yet questions linger on if targets are realistic
A new Committee of Public Accounts report found 'significant obstacles' in increasing numbers of reserves and cadets as outlined in the SDR
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Football Army Reserves dominate in second-ever fixture against Maritime Reserves
The Army Reserves men's football team claimed a 6-0 victory over the Maritime Reserves in the second fixture of its kind in Portsmouth.
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Army Health of Army Reserve is poor and in decline, report by retired general concludes
Major General Simon Lalor's study finds only seven out of every 100 applicants to the Army Reserve actually end up joining,
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Army British Army would be wiped out in six to 12 months in large-scale war, Carns warns
Al Carns, a reservist himself, said the UK needs to think more like its Nato allies when it comes to placing greater emphasis on reserves.
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Reserves Reservists must become even more lethal to double the Army's fighting power by 2027
The new commander of 19th Light Brigade says reservists are needed now more than ever and should be upskilled to become more lethal.
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Football Watch again: 6 Scots take on 1 Mercian in Army Super Cup Final 2024
The England v Scotland battle was shown live on the BFBS Forces News YouTube channel.
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Army Ex-RAF commander drops rank to join Honourable Artillery Company as trooper
Despite his former high rank, Andrew Turner enters the oldest regiment in the Army like everyone else - the equivalent of a private.