Rules of Saluting in the UK Armed Forces

Who Do You Have To Salute? Saluting is a form of paying a compliment and, apart from the requirement to salute the individuals and the occasions mentioned in Queen’s Regulations’ and ceremonial publications for the single Services, it is rarely wrong for an individual to salute another individual. In a number of establishments it is… Read More

What is REDCAP?

Police forces of the UK Armed Forces, known as Service Police Forces, include the: Royal Military Police (RMP) of the British Army; Royal Air Force Police (RAFP); Royal Marines (RM) Police; and Royal Navy Police (RNP). REDCAP is the Tri-Service criminal records database utilised by the Service police forces to record the details of all… Read More

In Partnership: CIMSPA & the RAF School of PT

In October 2018, the Royal Air Force (RAF) School of Physical Training joined the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA) as a skills development partner. Consequently, the RAF has aligned its leading physical training to CIMSPA professional standards. The RAF believes the provision of Physical Education (PEd) by its Physical… Read More

How to Deal With Serious Obstacle Course Injuries

If you have been through intense obstacle course racing (OCR) training for quite some time now, you may have experienced several niggles or minor injuries here and there. Nothing a tab of Tylenol won’t fix! But you will have to admit that there are certain injuries that require more than just good old-fashioned painkillers. Sure… Read More

Why the Military Also Needs to Focus on Linguistics

When most people hear the term “linguistics”, the first thing they picture is an individual who is capable of speaking numerous languages and works at the UN as an interpreter. This is not right though. Linguistics focuses on much more than just an interpretation. It is all about the psychology, structure, and the use of… Read More

Being Surrounded…

“All right, they’re on our left, they’re on our right, they’re in front of us, they’re behind us … they can’t get away this time.” General Lewis B. Puller (1898 to 1971) Lewis Burwell ‘Chesty’ Puller was a Lieutenant General in the US Marine Corps who fought guerrillas in Haiti and Nicaragua and, as a… Read More