Ministry of Defence

Stories

• Five serving SAS soldiers are under investigation over an incident involving allegations of potential war crimes in Syria.
• A 26 year old translator relocated from Afghanistan to the UK by the Ministry of Defence distributed drugs and raped a 14 year old girl within months of arriving.
• Describing yourself as a patriot is an extreme right wing view.
• Using the term Islamofascism is an extreme right wing view.
• Describing towns as "lost" is an extreme right wing view.
• Becoming increasingly angry at perceived injustices or threads to national identity is an extreme right wing view.
• Referring to people challenging their views as being "indoctrinated" is an extreme right wing view.
• Making generalisations about Islam is an extreme right wing view.
• Claiming immigration is the root of injustices against vulnerable people is an extreme right wing view.
• Involving colleagues in closed social media groups is an extreme right wing activity.
• Referring to political correctness as a left wing or communist plot is an extreme right wing view.
• Making inaccurate generalisations about "the left" or government is an extreme right wing view.
• Soldiers told to avoid Christian "elements" in Acts of Remembrance.
• Armed Forces spending on diversity staff doubles to nearly £2m.
• British Army’s Race Action Plan commissioned by the Ministry of Defence described as "wicked" by 12 former senior military officers.
• The number of military personnel working solely on diversity and inclusion more than doubled from 20 at the start of 2019 to 50 in 2023.
• More than £7 million has been spent on the salaries of diversity and inclusion personnel since 2019.
• British Army recruitment drops 38% from 2019.
• Some Afghan asylum seekers brought 150 "family members" with them as dependents after data leak scandal.
• Details of spies and special forces exposed in "Afghan" data leak.
• Soldiers prevented from practising signal jamming because of data protection regulations.
• Soldiers prevented from flying drones weighing more than 250g during training.
• 19,000 Afghan refugees have been relocated into Britain, many into hotels, with a potential 34,000 more to come.
• Two thirds of homes for service families need extensive refurbishment or rebuilding to meet modern standards.
• British Army offers "menopause yoga" as mental health becomes top cause of absence.
• Military documents found spilling out of a bin bag in a public area.
• Temporarily misplaced multiple F-35B Lightning II aircraft.
• 13,000 personnel in the UK armed forces are not medically deployable.
• British soldiers forced to undergo consent, misogyny and "incel culture" training.
• British Army falls below 73,000 personnel for the first time since the Napoleonic era.

Competence

• Trident missile test fails 2016.
• Trident missile test fails for second time in a row in 2024.

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