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Rules of engagement are there for a good reason, and any soldier deploying to NI was well drilled on them. If there are ongoing legal challenges, they likely center on whether the RoE were properly followed or not. Of course, the bad guys know this too and work the system like crazy to exploit...

When in doubt, drop the standard ;)

Dear USA...

The eternal search for consistency across the Reserves in terms of annual training standards has been an amazing odyssey to behold over the years. The FORCE test/ BFT and PWT were about the only two things that have ever been able to be enforced. If they want to increase the ability of more...

The Great Game enters the chat ;) The Great Game was a rivalry between the 19th-century British and Russian empires over influence in Central Asia, primarily in Afghanistan, Persia, and Tibet. The two colonial empires used military interventions and diplomatic negotiations to acquire and...

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Hmmm... Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down In an undercover operation last year, the FBI recorded Tom Homan, now the White House border czar, accepting $50,000 in cash after indicating he could help the agents — who were...

How's the PBI doing these days?

i found the '1 day a month' thing was helpful for those who had a really busy life for a couple of months, like a new baby while working full time etc. There were very few 'undesirables' who used that policy just to hang on by their finger nails. Although there's likely some data out there to...

Yeah, we could call it the "Warrior Program'. That model worked really well...

Their motto: 'Last one to die is a sissy!' ;)

Welcome to Phase 1 of the Russian War against Europe...

Now there's a task that we, I don't think, have really figured out yet in the context of a near peer/ peer level conflict. You'd probably be looking at a battle group task in some circumstances, I'm guessing, with all the bells and whistles plus additional enablers - like LLAD ucomd - as...

'Dismounted' Infantry, yes. Light Infantry? Not without extensive support, as the 'Blackhawk Down' episode showed us. Even in Northern Ireland, a classic light/COIN role, in the cities we had armoured vehicles to deploy the troops and to protect them while they were on the ground.

Or, you know, because it was Thursday ;)

Here’s an interesting consequence from an inability to protect troops from vexatious claims: https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/former-us-army-boss-says-vexatious-claims-against-uk-veterans-risk-weakening-special-relationship

Hoo boy... Rob Shaw: B.C. NDP promise of a balanced budget turns into cringe comedy The government’s shifting narrative risks turning fiscal policy into political theatre with little payoff for voters...

Ontario is 'top of the pops'.... Toronto's unhoused population reaches 'crisis' level, more than doubling in 3 years: survey Street Needs Assessment says homeless population estimated at 15,400 last fall, calls situation a 'crisis' Toronto's 2024 Street Needs Assessment homelessness survey, a...

Economic forces are doing more damage than drones, it seems, but the damage is helping disrupt production... Russia's Oil and Gas Revenues Face Significant September Decline Russia's oil and gas revenues are expected to fall by 23% in September year-on-year due to declining international...

The trials go on, and on... British army veteran stands trial on two Bloody Sunday murder charges Ex-paratrooper accused of killing James Wray and William McKinney, and attempting to murder five others An army veteran will stand trial on Monday charged with murder in relation to Bloody Sunday...