Research Paper Title Assessing the Implications of Possible Changes to Women in Service Restrictions: Practices of Foreign Militaries and Other Organizations. Executive Summary As part of its review of restrictions to women’s service in certain military occupations and assignments, the Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps asked CNA to examine the practices of foreign militaries and other physically… Read More
Research Paper Title 2016 Summary of the National Reports of NATO Member and Partner Nations to the NATO Committee on Gender Perspectives. Purpose This Report highlights actions taken by Nations regarding the implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 – Women, Peace and Security and integration of gender perspectives in the respective armed forces. You… Read More
The Royal Navy has a no mixed sleeping accommodation policy – with accommodation and messing discussed within the Queen’s Regulations for the Royal Navy (Chapter 81). This is further amplified in Ships General Orders: Right of Entry to Messdecks: Entry to messdecks (of which a sailor is not a member) allocated to the opposite sex… Read More
Research Paper Title The Experience of Former UK Military Personnel Re-Entering the Civilian World. Abstract This thesis focuses on the experiences of former UK military personnel from all three armed services re-entering the civilian workplace. There is a distinct lack of research in this area with only limited studies carried out which tend to focus… Read More
Research Paper Title The Impact of British Military Foreign Postings on Accompanying Spouses. Abstract In this thesis, Gillan Blakely reports an investigation into the psychological, emotional and social impact of British military foreign postings on accompanying spouses. An ethnographic methodology was adopted utilising a four phase mixed method approach consisting of one quantitative and three… Read More
The introduction of the Citizenship (Armed Forces) Act 2014 allows the home secretary to waive the requirement for foreign and Commonwealth personnel applying for naturalisation to be in the UK on day one of the five year qualifying period, provided they are serving overseas with the British military. However, applying for citizenship is not required for service in… Read More
The infantry of the British Army comprises some 25,000 soldiers in 17 different regiments (administrative units), containing one or more battalions (fighting units). They are often referred to informally as ‘cap-badges’ – as each has its own identity. In order to break down this large body of troops into more easily manageable elements, it is split… Read More
