British Military Current Events

[Kirkhill]

From the DIP

"a new doctrine of fighting by recce-strike at all levels"

"Land lethality:
Over £20bn to rapidly multiply the Army’s
lethality by ten times through autonomous
systems, long range missiles, AI, and
armoured vehicles, underpinned by a new
doctrine of fighting by recce-strike at all levels.
This investment will contribute to our
longer-term commitment of a transformed
Strategic Reserve Corps for NATO."

Sound like "infantillery" (pace @OldSweat ) over bayonets.

 

[OldSolduer]

SKYNET is rearing its ugly head

 

[Kirkhill]

My overall view of the UK's DIP is: all the right things being said but speed and numbers (in the ense of mass today) are missing.

 

[GR66]

My overall view of the UK's DIP is: all the right things being said but speed and numbers (in the ense of mass today) are missing.

I see both Ukraine and Russia striking each other a lot over the last four years and tons of strikes against Iran this year, but I don't see much ground being taken.

Precision strike definitely has an important role but it won't win a war and it won't take or hold ground.

 

[Kirkhill]

I see both Ukraine and Russia striking each other a lot over the last four years and tons of strikes against Iran this year, but I don't see much ground being taken.

Precision strike definitely has an important role but it won't win a war and it won't take or hold ground.

But it seems to prevent losing wars. And I am unsure about the "holding ground". A large part of holding ground is breaking up enemy assaults and UxVs together with Situational Awareness seem to be highly effective in that regard.

I agree with you on taking ground but if your enemy is willing to exhaust themself running onto your bayonets without you exhausting yourself eventually your enemy presents you with opportunities. And not necessarily on the conventional battlefield.

 

[Kirkhill]

UK launches paid military ‘gap year’ to aid recruiting

Young people will be offered a year of paid experience and training in the Armed Forces under a new 'Gap Year' Foundation Scheme modelled on the Australian Defence Force programme.

ukdefencejournal.org.uk

Like the RCN's programme? A year of no commitment experimentation followed by the opportunity to pack up, join the regs or join the reserves.

Designed by Erica Jong? Zipless?

 

[daftandbarmy]

P Company test week has commenced. Prepare for a 20% pass rate …

Upcoming next week we have a Recruit P Coy and an All Arms P Coy. Below is a run down on the P Coy Test Week events.

P Coy Mission Statement - “To test physical fitness, determination and mental robustness, under conditions of stress to determine whether an individual has the self discipline and motivation to serve within Airborne Forces.”


Day 1
10 Mile Loaded March 1 hr 50 mins.
Carry out rapid troop movement from DZ to Rally Point
MTP trousers, t-shirt (smock or base layer and gloves during cold weather), 35lbs bergan + weapon and 1 ltr of water, boots. Clothing can be changed/adapted depending on weather conditions.
.
Trainasium
The Trainasium is an aerial obstacle course designed to replicate the mental pressures of parachuting. It tests a student’s ability to react to orders instantly in conditions of uncertainty, apprehension and stress.

Day 2
1.9 Mile Log Race No time limit on test however under 20 mins should be aimed for.
Provide mission critical resupply as part of a team.
MTP trousers, t-shirt (smock or base layer and gloves during cold weather), webbing, and helmet, 1 ltr of water, boots. Clothing can be changed/adapted depending on weather conditions.

Steeplechase 19 mins, 1.9 miles.
Demonstrate fitness to escape an en pursuit over unknown terrain at speed)
MTP trousers, t-shirt (smock or base layer and gloves during cold weather), 1 ltr of water, boots and helmet. Clothing can be changed/adapted depending on weather conditions.

Day 3
Loaded March – 2 Miler 18 Mins
Carry out rapid tactical advance behind Forward Line of Enemy Troops or in other operational area.
MTP trousers, smock, t-shirt (smock or base layer and gloves during cold weather), 35lbs bergan + weapon and 1 ltr of water, boots and helmet. Clothing can be changed/adapted depending on weather conditions.


Day 4
20 Mile Loaded March 4 hr 30 mins
Carry loads over rugged and unfamiliar terrain for a prolonged period without resupply to enable the ability to sustain offensive operations.
MTP trousers, t-shirt (smock or base layer and gloves during cold weather), 35lbs bergan + weapon and 1 ltr of water, boots. Clothing can be changed/adapted depending on weather conditions.


Day 5
5 Mile Stretcher Race No time limit on test however under 50 Minutes should be aimed for.
Carry out CASEVAC from point of wounding to RAP.
MTP trousers, t-shirt (smock or base layer and gloves during cold weather), webbing, weapon and helmet, 1 ltr of water, boots. Clothing can be changed/adapted depending on weather conditions.


Milling 60 second bouts.
Demonstrate controlled aggression and will to fight.
students will wear issued t-shirts, PT shorts and trainers. Students will carry 1ltr of water in an issued water bottle, a towel, and a moulded gumshield. During each bout candidates will wear an ABA head guard and a set of 18oz ABA boxing gloves.

Beret Parade

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[OldSolduer]

P Company test week has commenced. Prepare for a 20% pass rate …

Upcoming next week we have a Recruit P Coy and an All Arms P Coy. Below is a run down on the P Coy Test Week events.

P Coy Mission Statement - “To test physical fitness, determination and mental robustness, under conditions of stress to determine whether an individual has the self discipline and motivation to serve within Airborne Forces.”


Day 1
10 Mile Loaded March 1 hr 50 mins.
Carry out rapid troop movement from DZ to Rally Point
MTP trousers, t-shirt (smock or base layer and gloves during cold weather), 35lbs bergan + weapon and 1 ltr of water, boots. Clothing can be changed/adapted depending on weather conditions.
.
Trainasium
The Trainasium is an aerial obstacle course designed to replicate the mental pressures of parachuting. It tests a student’s ability to react to orders instantly in conditions of uncertainty, apprehension and stress.

Day 2
1.9 Mile Log Race No time limit on test however under 20 mins should be aimed for.
Provide mission critical resupply as part of a team.
MTP trousers, t-shirt (smock or base layer and gloves during cold weather), webbing, and helmet, 1 ltr of water, boots. Clothing can be changed/adapted depending on weather conditions.

Steeplechase 19 mins, 1.9 miles.
Demonstrate fitness to escape an en pursuit over unknown terrain at speed)
MTP trousers, t-shirt (smock or base layer and gloves during cold weather), 1 ltr of water, boots and helmet. Clothing can be changed/adapted depending on weather conditions.

Day 3
Loaded March – 2 Miler 18 Mins
Carry out rapid tactical advance behind Forward Line of Enemy Troops or in other operational area.
MTP trousers, smock, t-shirt (smock or base layer and gloves during cold weather), 35lbs bergan + weapon and 1 ltr of water, boots and helmet. Clothing can be changed/adapted depending on weather conditions.


Day 4
20 Mile Loaded March 4 hr 30 mins
Carry loads over rugged and unfamiliar terrain for a prolonged period without resupply to enable the ability to sustain offensive operations.
MTP trousers, t-shirt (smock or base layer and gloves during cold weather), 35lbs bergan + weapon and 1 ltr of water, boots. Clothing can be changed/adapted depending on weather conditions.


Day 5
5 Mile Stretcher Race No time limit on test however under 50 Minutes should be aimed for.
Carry out CASEVAC from point of wounding to RAP.
MTP trousers, t-shirt (smock or base layer and gloves during cold weather), webbing, weapon and helmet, 1 ltr of water, boots. Clothing can be changed/adapted depending on weather conditions.


Milling 60 second bouts.
Demonstrate controlled aggression and will to fight.
students will wear issued t-shirts, PT shorts and trainers. Students will carry 1ltr of water in an issued water bottle, a towel, and a moulded gumshield. During each bout candidates will wear an ABA head guard and a set of 18oz ABA boxing gloves.

Beret Parade

P Company Official | Upcoming next week we have a Recruit P Coy and an All Arms P Coy | Facebook

Upcoming next week we have a Recruit P Coy and an All Arms P Coy. Below is a run down on the P Coy Test Week events. P Coy Mission Statement - “To test physical fitness, determination and mental...

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I think I’m dead….Day 1 killed me

 

[daftandbarmy]

I think I’m dead….Day 1 killed me

This is Week 3/3 for the All Arms Course, Weeks 1 and 2 are the 'beat up' for Test Week and includes alot of time spent being beasted on the mountains in Wales etc.

It used to be Week 12 for the Recruits, not sure what week it is now but it was a fast ramp up for troops who'd been civvies less than three months before.

 

[OldSolduer]

Sometimes that’s the best way

 

[daftandbarmy]

Whoa...

Sanction authorised for MoD after two soldiers died in tank explosion​

Two other soldiers were injured, including one who was left with life-changing injuries.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) said it had authorised a Crown Censure of the MoD and the prosecution of defence contractor Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land Ltd.

Neither the authorisation of criminal charges nor a Crown Censure represents a finding of guilt, HSE said.

Neilson from Preston, Lancashire, was the tank commander and was thrown from the turret, while Hatfield, a father-of-one, from Amesbury, Wiltshire, was loading ammunition, an inquest previously heard.

They were both members of the Royal Tank Regiment, based in in Tidworth, Wiltshire.

Crown Censure authorised for MoD after Castlemartin soldier deaths

Cpl Darren Neilson and Cpl Matthew Hatfield died on a Challenger 2 tank at Castlemartin Range.

www.bbc.com

 

[Czech_pivo]

Interesting read from the CBC (?!) on the UK's attempt to plan to hit 3.5% and the current roadblocks to do so.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/defence-spending-canada-uk-nato-9.7266431​

The spark that lit the fuse was the presentation of the U.K. defence investment plan, which was intended to set the stage for the NATO summit in Ankara on Tuesday, where allies were expected to lay out their plans to get to five per cent.

Most of the criticism of the U.K. plan was directed at the military portion, which pledged to hit the target, but the supporting numbers either didn't add up or don't exist.

At best, the U.K. could hit three per cent "sometime in the next Parliament," Savill said.

Roughly £15 billion was expected to be added to the U.K. defence budget over the next four years, "which takes us to 2.7% by the end of the decade," he added.

"What that means is, not only is there not a detail on a pathway, I think there is some doubt about whether there is a credible pathway because it requires a fairly significant spike after 2030. I don't think it passes the credibility test."

Unlike Starmer, Carney's government is not in a credibility crisis — at the moment. That's because beyond the high-level, eye-popping numbers, it has kept a tight lid on the specific figures and estimates.

Last year's federal budget proposed an $81.8-billion investment in the defence department, with only $17.9 billion earmarked for core military capabilities. The rest went to pay increases, building northern bases and improving cyberware infrastructure, among other things.

Over the next decade, there's a pledge to inject $540 billion into defence. It is at that point where credibility begins to be tested.

In a departure from tradition last fall, the federal budget did not lay out a five-year defence spending projection, and the Department of National Defence has steadfastly refused to release supporting year-by-year information.

People can't argue and critics can't lambaste you if they don't have the numbers.

Carney's transparency pledge​

The stakes have only increased in the last few weeks, with Canada committing to opening negotiations with contractors to spend tens of billions of dollars on new submarines and early warning surveillance planes.

And with that in mind, Carney made a quiet but significant commitment in Ankara to be more transparent on defence spending in the upcoming fall budget.

"We will lay out in the budget an update with the decisions we're taking, where the fiscal track is, where the defence spending is, how we're spending the one and a half percent on defence related expenditures, resilience expenditures," Carney said at the close of the summit.

"That's the right time to do it."

Carney also pointed out that NATO will review the five per cent spending target in 2029 and take into account the "evolving strategic global threat environment."

In his speech announcing the submarines on Monday, the prime minister also predicted Canada would be at four per cent overall (2.5 per cent direct military spend and 1.5 per cent defence infrastructure by the time the review takes place).

That means achieving the last one per cent, which would all be spent directly on the military, won't happen until after 2030. And arguably, it will be the toughest fiscal lift, one that might require hard choices.

The government has quietly ruled out tax increases. At one point during this week's NATO summit, Defence Minister David McGuinty suggested a rising economy would take care of the bill.

"We're growing our economy, we're making major investments in the defense sector to generate more wealth, create more jobs, and provide the resources we need to accomplish this goal," McGuinty said.

My comments/thoughts on the last 2 paragraphs.

I've pointed out previously on here in other threads that the realty of income taxes and salary levels here in Canada is that only 20% of the population accounts for over 65% of all income taxes paid here in Canada and that the salary level to reach that level is approximately 81k/yr.
By substantially increasing the compensation of the CAF back in April (20% increase for privates to 8% for Colonels and above) and by increasing the overall size of the CAF going forward, this will move a thousands of individuals into that 20% bracket, effectively increasing the size of the pool of individuals who contribute to the coffers. By looking to increase the size of the defense industry (and oil/gas/mining industries), here in Canada to the tune of potentially hundreds of thousands of new jobs, this in turn will lead to an increase in the number of individuals who contribute to the government coffers in a net positive manner.

If Carney is successful in the overall growth in the size of the defense industry (along with oil/gas/mining/utilities), and the overall size of the CAF, then it stands to reason that the slice of the pie that actually pays the vast majority of income taxes in Canada can potentially grow from 20% of the population to 25% or 28% or even 30% of the pie, which leads to a greater amount of overall government revenue AND a more equitable tax burden here in Canada. Instead of 40% of the population paying effectively no income taxes, maybe that number can finally move down to 35% or 30% or maybe even 28% and again, less burden is place on the 1 in 5 people who now pay 65% of federal taxes collected.