Abstract: Objective: The selection process to the British Army's Brigade of Gurkhas is rigorous, demanding and competitive. The ethos of recruitment to the Gurkhas is grounded in …
Abstract: Background: Appropriate nutritional intake is essential to optimise both general health and performance in military recruits. General nutritional knowledge is a …
Abstract: Introduction: Military deployment can have an adverse effect on a soldier's family, though little research has looked at these effects in a British sample. We …
Abstract: The British Army is a large complex organisation, characterised by power and authority. Although it is mainly white and male, approximately seven percent of its …
Abstract: This chapter features in the book 'Military Families and War in the 21st Century', which focuses on the key issues that affect military families when soldiers are …
Abstract: BACKGROUND:The British Army has over 100 career employment groups to which recruits may apply. The Infantry is one of these career employment groups; it accounts for 25% …
Abstract: This repository item is a video of an interview with Dr Jim McDermott, who conducted research into transition and the experience of military veterans. In Dr McDermott's …
Abstract: Homosexuality has always been deemed to be incompatible with military service and the British Armed Forces has enforced this policy with some rigour. STatistics for …
Abstract: This social and political history depicts a military community being shaped and defined in an era of revolutionary change: the French Revolution and the Napoleonic wars …