Conflict “has the potential to wrestle morality” from soldiers, a senior officer has said, as the army expands mental health resilience training to prevent ‘moral injury’. Brigadier Paul Tedman, Deputy Commander of the MoD’s Joint Helicopter Command, said the army was working hard to bring moral training “to a really fine edge”. “The challenges of…
Category: Random musings
How the Brexit document BREAKING NEWS could have looked…
The RAF has flown the Brexit deal document from Brussels to London for Boris Johnson’s signature. I have it on reasonably average authority that the choice of an aircraft from 32 Sqn (The Royal Flight) was only one of a number of options considered… We join an urgent Zoom call between Sara Oizys (SO, a…
Lessons from the Hanoi Hilton: ‘Lockdown breakers’ risk social backlash, says author of study into American POWs in Vietnam
Neighbours who failed to stick to Covid-19 isolation rules could be shunned when lockdown is over, the author of a research paper about Prisoners of War has suggested. Lessons from a new study of American captives from the Vietnam conflict suggest there could be a backlash against members of society judged to have endangered the…
Artificial intelligence ‘could be worth a thousand Napoleons’ to the military
Artificial intelligence can be worth “a thousand Napoleons” for the armed forces – as long as military chiefs understand how to use it, a senior officer has said. Advances in technology and the benefits of machine-learning systems offer great potential for the military, provided commanders are able to keep pace with the data produced. Dr…
Former Royal Marine dog handler says treating injured animals with hydrotherapy helps “fill the void” of losing his own dog on active service
On a training exercise in 2014, Royal Marine dog handler Scott Candlish was working as usual with his animal, Max. Both veterans of the war in Afghanistan, Scott and Max were an inseparable team and had complete confidence in each other. However, on this training serial something went wrong and both, unfortunately, were left badly…
Dreaming of a Red Christmas
The scene is set for the Labour Party’s Christmas Carol Service in Party HQ. Jeremy Corbyn is on stage. Jeremy Corbyn: Welcome comrades to the Labour Party Christmas party; so good they named it twice! Silence around the room Jeremy Corbyn: Tories out! All: TORIES OUT!!! {general cheering} Jeremy Corbyn: Yes, as I…
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