The Armed Forces aren’t big enough to fight a war. How they could grow, quickly

Britain’s military needs to expand – but just as Gen Z is most needed, experts say that the barriers to recruitment and proper training remain a major concern. Defence experts at the Royal United Services Institute (Rusi) said on Wednesday that the UK’s regular and reserve armed forces are not large enough to play their part in a protracted war alongside others. They gave a raft of recommendations on how to recruit and train them in a new report. “A perception exists that today’s youth is apathetic towards service,” the co-authors, Nick Reynolds and Paul O’Neill, said. Yet it may […]