Many Pacific islanders would likely not feel exploited serving in a foreign army; they would see it as an honourable duty that comes with economic benefits to improve their lives.
Ukraine’s Territorial Defense Forces is a newly established volunteer branch of the armed forces.
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New research suggests the partners of UK military personnel may experience greater levels of depression and binge-drinking compared to women in the general population.
The army’s latest recruitment campaign was mocked for its political correctness.
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The British nuclear weapon tests on Kiritimati (or Christmas) Island had profound and lasting cultural consequences for both atomic veterans and local islanders.
Despite prolonged combat missions and a bigger than expected death toll in operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, soldiers are a resilient bunch when it comes to mental health – and especially those in elite…
Mobile coffins: dozens of British service personnel have been killed in the army’s Snatch Landrovers.
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The recent Supreme Court decision to allow families of British personnel killed in Iraq to sue the government for negligence set up a barrage of cries about the judgment making it impossible for our armed…