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Thursday 30th September, 2010
Upgrading our Armed Forces
Research Fellow to the Director James Norman writes on Conservative Home about latest Policy Exchange report Upgrading Our Armed Forces which recommends significantly increasing the size and role of the Territorial Army.
"In Upgrading our Armed Forces, a report published today by Policy Exchange, two recently retired senior officers, Lt. Col. Richard Williams and Lt. Gen. Sir Graeme Lamb, identify the key challenges faced by the Armed Forces and lay out some possible solutions.
For example, a significant increase in the size and role played by the Reservists would allow the Armed Forces to unlock the whole of the nation’s military potential and free up regular troops currently trained to use tanks and artillery for operations abroad. In the UK our use of Reservists is far lower than in other Western countries. Just 19% of our Armed forces are Reservists, compared to 38% in Australia, 41% in Canada and 49% in the US."
