Massive MOD blame game

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The rot at the core of the MoD and government has been laid bare over the past few weeks. As the UK weighs up what it can realistically do to help in the Strait of Hormuz, a major blame game is unfolding in London.

The head of the Navy, Sir Gwynn, feels his service has been outmanoeuvred by well-placed senior figures from the Army and RAF, while sources in the MoD have been scathing about the head of the military, saying: “He should have been flagging a month earlier that the US armada was building up, what are the options?” Others said he is “the best bureaucrat in the building, but he is supposed to be the Prime Minister’s military adviser.”

Getting sassy in Main Building. Pass me a beer.

AJAX IS BACK! All safety tests have been passed and there are no more foreseeable problems…said literally no one (except military procurement) ever.

Anyway that’s the gen apparently - Labour are green-lighting the programme (again) because it’s not considered a good look to bin 700 jobs at General Dynamics in Labour heartland.

TL;DR: the military don’t have a clue where people go after service, so can’t realistically use them if everything goes bang.

Al Carns has been trying for a while to get the Armed Forces Bill through the Westminster soup and, during a really exciting committee meeting, laid bare just how shambolic data collection is across the military and veteran community.

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

On March 20, 2003, the United Kingdom, under Blair, joined a US-led coalition in launching the Iraq War. The invasion was justified on the grounds that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction and posed an immediate threat, claims that would later prove untrue. British forces were heavily involved in the early stages of the campaign, particularly in the south around Basra, where they were initially welcomed but soon faced a growing insurgency.

What began as a rapid victory evolved into a prolonged and complex war, with British troops remaining in Iraq for another eight years. The war remains one of the most controversial foreign policy decisions in modern British history.

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.

Running a big ol’ explainer series on the ‘gram about getting into driving. Start learning the lingo and you’ll look really cool on your first day.

Bored of asking - they’ll love Despatches and we’ll love them.

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