From where the armed forces are deployed around the world, to the kit they have for the job, and how they’re looked after, the government has launched a “root and branch” defence review.
Two people who’ve been hands on with past reviews, Lieutenant General Sir Nick Pope and Sitrep’s Professor Michael Clarke, explain what will be different about this one and the job that it has to do.
Sian Grzeszczyk-Melbourne has been talking to Defence ministers and gives us some insight into their thinking on accommodation problems and a new Armed Forces Commissioner, who’ll be an access-all-areas advocate for service personnel and families.
And one of the RAF’s first female fighter pilots, Mandy Hickson, tells us how dogfighting on two-wheels was the moment that made her.
Kate Gerbeau presents, with expert analysis from Professor Michael Clarke.
00:00 – On Sitrep this week
01:35 – The Defence Review explained
16:04 – Accomodation and improving Armed Forces retention
19:52 – Repealing the Northern Ireland troubles act
21:42 – The Armed Forces Commissioner explained
34:01 – The Moment That Made Me – dogfighting on bikes
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