Occupational health screening during Gurkha central selection: A retrospective cohort study

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 …

Nutritional knowledge in British Army recruits during basic training

Abstract: Background: Appropriate nutritional intake is essential to optimise both general health and performance in military recruits. General nutritional knowledge is a …

Family Functioning Differences Across the Deployment Cycle in British Army Families: The Perceptions of Wives and Children

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 …

The Army Leadership Code An Introductory Guide

This guide details the British Army Leadership Code, which explores the core values that set the standards for the British Army.

The experience of foreign and commonwealth soldiers in the British Army: an exploration and methodological commentary

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 …

The British military family: The experiences of British Army wives before, during, and after deployment, their satisfaction with military life, and their use of support networks

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 …

Why do they fail? A qualitative follow up study of 1000 recruits to the British Army Infantry to understand high levels of attrition (UK)

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% …

Successful Military to Civilian Transition - A Video Interview

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 …

Uniform Identity? Lesbians and the Negotiations of Gender & Sexuality in the British Army since 1950

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 …

The British Army in the West Indies: Society and the Military in the Revolutionary Age

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 …