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[Kirkhill]

Our adversaries do not observe the Geneva Conventions; they regard war crimes as tactics.

Comment from de Bretton-Gordon re British Army readiness

"Another change is that advanced casualty care under fire is no longer optional. We cannot rely on rapid helicopter evacuation of the wounded as we did in Afghanistan. Every soldier must be highly trained to assist wounded comrades, as is already the case in the special forces. Medical facilities and personnel must be hardened and protected because the Russians deliberately target them.

"This is the brutal reality of modern war. Our adversaries do not observe the Geneva Conventions; they regard war crimes as tactics. We will continue to fight within the laws of war, but we cannot be bound by the laws of civil society: this is war-fighting, not policing. Our political leaders must have the moral courage to back their soldiers, not sacrifice them to lawyers at the first hint of controversy.

The British Army is learning the bloody lessons of Ukraine. But it needs money, not lies

Creative accounting over defence spending is cynical and pointless when we want our soldiers to succeed in modern warfare

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The British Army is learning the bloody lessons of Ukraine. But it needs money, not lies​

Creative accounting over defence spending is cynical and pointless when we want our soldiers to succeed in modern warfare
Hamish de Bretton-Gordon

27 January 2026 2:58pm GMT

 

[Kirkhill]

Duplicate post

 

[Kirkhill]

Starmer assisted the IHAT investigations and actively promoted putting the British Army under ECHR jurisdiction because he felt the UN and the Geneva Conventions were inadequate and had been manipulated by the US and the UK to their advantage.

Keir Starmer led witch hunt against UK troops for free

Sir Keir Starmer's past legal work has resurfaced, revealing a controversial role in a case that changed the legal landscape for British soldiers.

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[Halifax Tar]

Starmer assisted the IHAT investigations and actively promoted putting the British Army under ECHR jurisdiction because he felt the UN and the Geneva Conventions were inadequate and had been manipulated by the US and the UK to their advantage.

Keir Starmer led witch hunt against UK troops for free

Sir Keir Starmer's past legal work has resurfaced, revealing a controversial role in a case that changed the legal landscape for British soldiers.

www.express.co.uk

And hes the PM lol

 

[Kirkhill]

Current/Not current

Lorna Smyth

54 years ago today - January 30, 1972 - Bloody Sunday happened. And it still matters. It matters because what now passes for “accepted history” is increasingly shaped not by evidence, but by...

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[Kirkhill]

I love Senator Kennedy
.... "he needs to go buy an emotional support pony"

161K views · 5.9K reactions | Sen. Kennedy slams UK Prime Minister | Jordan Rachel

Sen. Kennedy slams UK Prime Minister

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[Kirkhill]

BATUS

BATUS: Army's Canada training area put back in the spotlight by Defence Investment Plan

The Army is still using its vast training area in Canada, but longer-term decisions will follow the outcome of the Defence Investment Plan.

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[Colin Parkinson]

More Cadets than serving soldiers. 70 million more monies, records show, faster promotion and longer service by previous Cadets. Also interesting is how they plan to turn Air Cadets into drone operators.

7.4K views · 202 reactions | Teen cadets now outnumber British soldiers and government wants more following the Strategic Defence Review which has highlighted their role in the nations defence. The UK Strategic Defence Review 2025 includes plans to

Teen cadets now outnumber British soldiers and government wants more following the Strategic Defence Review which has highlighted their role in the nations defence. The UK Strategic Defence Review...

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[Colin Parkinson]

Clearly the MOD is doing a shyte job in recruiting them.

 

[daftandbarmy]

Clearly the MOD is doing a shyte job in recruiting them.

They've got more than that to worry about, and so do we...



Right now NATO could not win a war with Russia


In 2024, reflecting a popular Western belief, former Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said: “NATO is the most powerful and successful alliance in history.” Yet just two years earlier in 2022, after a 15-year campaign, NATO was defeated by the Taliban, a rag-tag group of poorly armed insurgents.

How can NATO’s humiliating defeat and Austin’s view be reconciled?

Of course NATO was never the most powerful military alliance in history — that accolade surely goes to the World War II Allies: the U.S., Russia, Britain, and the Commonwealth nations. Nevertheless, after 1945, NATO did its job, did it well, and those of us who served in it were proud to do so.

Since the Berlin Wall’s fall, though, its record has become tarnished. Satisfactory in Kosovo. Humiliated in Afghanistan. Strategic failure looming in Ukraine. Are we really sure NATO is up to the job of defending democratic Europe from a supposedly expansionist Russia in the doomsday scenario of a conventional NATO-Russia war?

The doomsday NATO-Russia war scenario is the defining way to explore this question. “Amateurs talk tactics, professionals study logistics,” and our strategic analysis needs to start all the way back in NATO’s logistics rear areas, then work forward to a future line of battle on the continent of Europe.

In summary, NATO is positioning itself as Europe’s defender, yet lacks the industrial capacity to sustain peer-to-peer warfighting, is wholly dependent on U.S. forces for the remotest chance of success, is unable satisfactorily to defend its sea lines of communication against Russian submarine, or its training and industrial infrastructure against strategic ballistic bombardment, is comprised of a diverse mix of un-bloodied conventional forces, and lacks the capacity to think and act strategically.

An easy NATO victory cannot be assumed, and I am afraid that the opposite looks far more likely to me.

Right now NATO could not win a war with Russia

Are the allied forces helping or hurting the prospects of a sustainable peace? This retired Royal Navy commodore has some thoughts.

responsiblestatecraft.org

 

[daftandbarmy]

300... but not the ones you're thinking of...


More than 300 Army instructors court–martialed over 'disgusting' abuse and grooming of vulnerable teenage recruits
By SEAN RAYMENT

More than 300 Army recruit training instructors have been court–martialed or faced severe disciplinary action for abusing recruits, theft, and drug–taking, the Mail on Sunday can reveal.

The soldiers were all working with some of the youngest and most vulnerable recruits serving in the armed forces who, because of their age, are still classed as children.

In some cases, the instructors responsible for 16–year–old male and female recruits were charged with child pornography offences.

Over 300 Army instructors court-martialed over teenage recruits abuse

The soldiers were all working with some of the youngest and most vulnerable recruits serving in the armed forces who, because of their age, are still classed as children.

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[Kirkhill]

More Cadets than serving soldiers. 70 million more monies, records show, faster promotion and longer service by previous Cadets. Also interesting is how they plan to turn Air Cadets into drone operators.

7.4K views · 202 reactions | Teen cadets now outnumber British soldiers and government wants more following the Strategic Defence Review which has highlighted their role in the nations defence. The UK Strategic Defence Review 2025 includes plans to

Teen cadets now outnumber British soldiers and government wants more following the Strategic Defence Review which has highlighted their role in the nations defence. The UK Strategic Defence Review...

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Those Cadets can enroll in the Junior Soldiers program at age 16.
They cannot be sent into combat until they are 18.

Is piloting a drone in Ukraine from their local armouries combat?
How about a jet powered One Way Attack Drone over Moscow?

 

[medicineman]

Those Cadets can enroll in the Junior Soldiers program at age 16.
They cannot be sent into combat until they are 18.

Is piloting a drone in Ukraine from their local armouries combat?
How about a jet powered One Way Attack Drone over Moscow?

I guess the question is should the 16 yo be tried as a juvenile or as an adult if they accidentally on purpose flew a death and destruction drone into the Kremlin?

 

[Kirkhill]

I guess the question is should the 16 yo be tried as a juvenile or as an adult if they accidentally on purpose flew a death and destruction drone into the Kremlin?

Operating under adult supervision. The adult is up for corrupting the morals of a minor.

 

[OldSolduer]

Starmer assisted the IHAT investigations and actively promoted putting the British Army under ECHR jurisdiction because he felt the UN and the Geneva Conventions were inadequate and had been manipulated by the US and the UK to their advantage.

Keir Starmer led witch hunt against UK troops for free

Sir Keir Starmer's past legal work has resurfaced, revealing a controversial role in a case that changed the legal landscape for British soldiers.

www.express.co.uk

A c&nt at best and useful fool.

 

[daftandbarmy]

A c&nt at best and useful fool.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2018358306918601021

 

[daftandbarmy]

Ouch


A member of the Household Cavalry found hanged at his barracks at one point feared he was facing an £11,000 bill for missing kit, an inquest has heard.

Trooper Jack Burnell-Williams, 18, felt he had been "accused of stealing" when pieces of uniform and a set of scales vanished.

The hearing was told yesterday how Trooper Burnell-Williams became "pretty stressed" by the incident, which saw the scales - which hold together front and back breastplates on uniform - as well as a tunic and cloak disappear.

Weeks later, the young serviceman was found hanged by his roommate Jake Robinson at Hyde Park Barracks in Knightsbridge, central London on September 28, 2022 - nine days after he appeared alongside other members of the Household Cavalry at the monarch's state funeral, watched by 29 million people in the UK.

On the second day of Trooper Burnell-Williams' inquest on Tuesday, a fellow soldier described how recruits felt they were "being treated worse than the animals" during their time at Hyde Park Barracks.

Corporal Nathan Lomas said he knew Trooper Burnell-Williams "very well" after moving to the barracks in June 2022.

Speaking at the inquest at Inner West London Coroners Court, Cpl Lomas said his friend had been upset because he thought he'd been accused of theft in relation to the uniform incident.

Trooper Burnell-Williams also feared one of his superiors was still pushing for him to be charged over this, the court heard.

Cpl Lomas said: "He was an 18-year-old lad looking at an £11,000 bill which for anyone would be quite a weight on their shoulders."

Cpl Lomas said Trooper Burnell-Williams, originally from Bridgend, south Wales, had never told him why the scales were in his room. No further explanation was given in court.

Previously, the inquest heard from other colleagues of Trooper Burnell-Williams, who said the Household Cavalry's mounted regiment was known as "suicide regiment".

Trooper Alfie Rogers, who shared a room with Trooper Burnell-Williams for 12 weeks, said: "If I knew how bad it could be, I wouldn't have gone."

He added recruits felt they were "being treated worse than the animals."

At the time of his death he was a member of the Blues and Royals, part of the elite Household Cavalry, with duties including guarding the monarch.

The inquest previously heard he had been stressed by the number of hours he was working and how hard he found cleaning his ceremonial kit, which had to be pristine.

The hearing is expected to run for most of this week and will hear from some of the youngster's British Army colleagues and superiors, in front of Assistant Coroner Bernard Richmond KC.

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