This means that every year several hundred young people, having left education early to join up, find themselves immediately out of a job and out of education. Carol Monaghan, a Scottish National party MP who obtained the figures about complaints of sexual assault, said they were likely to under-represent the reality, as women in the armed forces were less likely to raise service complaints.
The armed forces bill , which aims to implement measures such as enshrining the armed forces covenant in law, and to help service personnel and veterans access services, will be considered by MPs on Wednesday. Among amendments being tabled is one from Labour which aims to ensure that certain serious offences, including child abuse, perpetuated within the armed forces would be dealt with in the civil justice system. And if your face didn't fit your life was hell. An MoD spokesperson said the armed forces offer "exciting and varied careers, with unparalleled opportunities to learn new skills such as leadership and teamwork".
Listen to Newsbeat live at and weekdays - or listen back here. Army urges young people lacking confidence to join. Strength of British military falls for ninth year. Army targets 'snowflake' millennials. Troops 'not getting help for mental health'. Racism 'prevalent' in armed forces, watchdog warns. Image source, Ryan Jenkins. Ryan says being in the Army was a "boring" job. Pros Reasonable accommodation, great friends. Cons Cold, wet and dirty Iv seen the world had some great experiences loved ever min.
Fun , exciting ,chatacter building Sargent sargent-combat signals Former Employee - World wide - 28 September Pros Good pay travel the world be part of a team good opportunities to advance. Cons Long hours at times, and on occasions do things you wouldn't dream of doing in a civilian life style. I was a paratrooper enough said tough place to be the best of the best only exception sas and there 80 percent para reg so as they say its not easy but nothing worth doing in life is good luck tip get fit before you applie it will save alot of intiall pain.
Jobs at The British Army. Army Reserve Officer. Chance to travel the world and every day is adventurous. Join the army and I can guarantee that you will never regret it. Everyday is a new day and exciting. I did really enjoy it and you will make lots of new friends at the same time travel the world.
Lots of opportunities to learn new things and get lots of qualifications. Good pay and holidays. To be honest I fell like going back to the army again. So till now one of tge best job I have ever done.
Pros Free accommodation. Thanks for all the staff at Pirbright - made to feel so welcome by all. A fantastic experience I will carry with me through my life I had a brilliant time.
Pros Great team and staff given many responsibilities made to feel like one of the lads. Cons Nothing really, maybe too much traffic getting home. The hardest bust most rewarding time of my life. If you are prepared to put the army first and your happy to work long shifts with no notice, If your happy to cancel your time off or holidays with less than a days notice then join up.
Of course it's not all bad, you experience situations and events that civilians will never experience. Your part of a team and will never be alone, you will make friends for life.
Pros Unique experiences, part of the most professional fighting force in the world. You really are part of a family. Cons Low pay, long shifts, leave cancelled with no notice. Very outdated, treated like a child, go away alot! Overall it isn't worth it, the only good thing is you can save a decent amount of money due to little outgoings. Pros Easy to save money. Cons Treated bad, low wage. When I first joined, I was happy and had a lot of job satisfaction.
Over the years the job changed and promotion became competitive as opposed to merit and qualification based. With this the culture changed and people stoped caring about those around them and would stab you in the back at any opportunity in order to boost their own platform. This for me was against everything a joined and I lost the satisfaction and admiration I once had. Pros Struggling to think of any. Lord Rawdon as his second in command. A few months later he was wounded at the Battle of Breeds Hill.
Died in the family estate in Yorkshire 5 years later aged Waste of a life when he had everything going for him. Then I watched it all over again.
So I am sitting here trying to understand why these people took the stands that they took. It was said that the Patriots fought for their country and the British fought for the King. People have become rich off war while innocents die. Anyway, these are just my thoughts. The series was amazing and I highly recommend watching it twice! I was sad to see it end. Hoping there will be more episodes. Nationalism as such may not have been a motivation in fighting colonists who were seen as British, as opposed to the French, a traditional enemy.
The war was fought just on the edge of the age of nationalism, ushered in by the French Revolution. The war in America was not particularly popular at home in Britain, with the parliamentary opposition questioning the need for it. Excellent article — as one would expect from the splendid Don Hagist.
There is, however, one statement with which I would take issue. At that time, the literacy rate in Lowland Scotland was far higher than in England or Ireland and this fact is well attested to by historians such as T.
Smout, who is a leading authority on 18th Century Scottish social history. The middle to late 18th Century represented the high water mark of Scots enlisting in predominantly non-Scottish regiments. In this period, you could not attain the rank of sergeant unless you could write to a reasonable standard and it has been speculated that there may have been a tendency for Scottish Lowlanders to choose to enlist in units that were mainly non-Scottish, where fewer of their comrades would be literate and where they would therefore have a better prospect of promotion.
Thank you for this thoughtful and detailed comment. Your email address will not be published. Tags from the story. More from Don N. You may also like. Straight up talk.
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