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🇬🇧 Dragoon (& very average staff officer). Interested in: leadership, history, military matters, food. Expert in: nothing. Personal views only.

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@FrontRowBro3 @thinkdefence Jacko now under CESSAC’s management.

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@ca13rawler @dieworkwear @seanhannity Dege & Skinner of Savile Row regularly visit the US. I’d imagine they would make you one if you asked (and paid) nicely.

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@tiredobserver1 @BenWallace70 @Arron_banks 1. Military personnel rotate through appointments, CS provide stability

2. Mil tend to be generalists, CS allows specialisation in non-combat areas (e.g. finance, procurement, research)

3. CS are cheaper to recruit, train and maintain

On intelligence, you have a mix of mil/civ

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@NoContextBrits Invitation is the noun and invite is the verb. Don’t send me an invite…

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@wutangclan98 @untried_sam @PicoPaco17 @RichardHanania The lyrics are about the AfD (Alternativ für Deutschland) which are RW.

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@LogisticThinker @WHearnshaw Agree with that: I think AHEP + MA/MSc gives a good balance between degree, attraction and cost.

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@LogisticThinker @WHearnshaw The problem with 3-year continuous study is funding - I don’t think the benefit to the taxpayer is there for a full 3-year degree…in the current climate I just can’t see the desire being there for DEU-model defence universities.

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@LogisticThinker @WHearnshaw “Bang for buck” a single year continuous study programme could be more beneficial, especially considering the AHEP already being there.
Degree after passing RMAS/Cranwell/Dartmouth (although the Army would then need to re-look at RSBs), as the Bundeswehr do.

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@LogisticThinker We do already have the AHEP for officers, I just don’t think we advertise it enough.
It’s not internally delivered, but considering the complications with degree certification that feels like an easier solution than generating our own system. However, it is a bit generic.

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@thinkdefence Not across the alliance. I did some work on UK-DEU workforce comparisons about 18 months ago.

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@EODHappyCaptain British: 1678-present: tea
Scottish: 1901-present: Irn Bru

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@HeleneBismarck The castle, especially the regimental museums and the Scottish War Memorial.
There’s also loads of great food in Edinburgh

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@rcolvile @CPSThinkTank Not only do you have Kindergeld in Germany, but also far better employment support for new parents and, crucially, heavily subsidised childcare. In Hamburg we paid c. €400 pcm for a 50-hour nursery week.

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@LivFaustDieJung Glasgow.

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@pinstripedline I enjoyed the blog post, amazing how often people overlook the complexity beneath the ORBAT.

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@HeleneBismarck It wasn’t the Chancellor’s best moment…

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@MotivatedManta @combat_boot It’s very much seen as a degradation of the offer on my patch, and will be a big factor on whether I stay or go on the next move.

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@HeleneBismarck I prefer a good old “umm”

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@93vintagejones The lack of sensible childcare provision in this country is astonishing. It’s a huge drag on the economy and on individuals’ (normally women) careers, as well as child socialisation.
It’ll be a vote winner, even if parents loathed most other policies.

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@HeleneBismarck @RUSI_org Congratulations!