A Ridiculous Request from DCGS

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You can’t make this up: the Deputy CGS (read: one of the most important people in Defence) spent his time last week sending an adorable letter to officers across the Forces, asking them to ensure their people urgently review memberships to male-only clubs. Yep, that’s right. We’ve got war in Ukraine, we’ve got terrorism on our streets, we’ve got soldiers deployed every minute of every day - and the big thing on the agenda is…an urgent review of club memberships.

Bet our adversaries are bricking it.

To help plug the recruitment gap, the government has pledged to bring back military gap years before 2029. Rather than finding yourself at some tragic full moon party in Thailand or getting off your tits on shrooms, you can actually do something useful. We’re all for it - but don’t stop there: bring back National Service and stop mucking about.

When asked for specifics, Defence Secretary John Healey said, “We’re working on details now.”

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor will be allowed to keep his military medals, including those from the Falklands War, despite being stripped of the last of his military titles. Irrespective of what Andrew has done since leaving the RAF, he did serve for 22 years and legitimately earned those medals - and the veteran community agrees.

Big events from the past, covered in brief and probably inaccurately.

At 11am on 11 November 1918, the guns fell silent and the Armistice between the Allied powers and Germany came into effect, bringing an end to fighting on the Western Front after more than four years of war.

Signed in a railway carriage in the Forest of Compiègne, the agreement marked the collapse of the German war effort and the beginning of the end for the Central Powers. What followed was a period of uneasy peace, political upheaval and the redrawing of borders across Europe.

While Armistice Day is (rightfully) a time of remembrance, its origins lie in pure exhaustion - armies, economies, literal countries pushed to their absolute limit by industrial-scale warfare never before seen on earth until that point.

Changing things up? This is where we briefly look at career options from across the civvy world - everything goes here so expect some absolute drivel. Sometimes Forces Assist can help place you, sometimes we can’t. Either way we can offer advice.

Boring, but important. We break out how to get your CSCS quickly. Edge of seat stuff this.

We talked about this in detail on our Insta:

Over at Forces Assist we’re always looking for qualled up drivers nationally. If you have driving qualifications and are looking for work then head to forcesassist.com to start conversations.

We’ll also give you £500 if you have a mate who drives and puts your name on the application (and keeps the job past probation).

Cheers,

Team Forces Assist