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Super garrisons - back to the drawing board?

The British Army has for some time been moving towards super-garrisons - large bases which concentrate units, some of which might even be in economically less well off regions of the UK from where it draws many of its recruits. But there seems to be backsliding on the idea.

In answer to a recent Parliamentary Question from Lord Lee of Trafford on 15th September asking how many troops will be based at the proposed West Midlands super-garrison Baroness Taylor of Bolton, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence, said "The Army aspires to quartering the majority of its units in fewer, bigger and better garrisons over the coming decades. Development of this approach is continuing with a range of possible options being considered. The location of such garrisons has not yet been decided."

Lipstick on a pig....

You can call a bunch of guys an army, but does saying so make it so?

Recently Jane's Defence Weekly quoted Britsh soldiers training members of the Afghan National Army in Helmand Province (that's the one where there's a lot of actions, our people are getting killed on a regular basis, and the ANA is supposed to be taking over from the USMC who've ousted the Taliban from that patch of wilderness)

The impact of the South Ossetian conflict on the North Caucasus

By Ekaterina Zatuliveter

The North Caucasus, the most troubled area in Russia, has always been taken into account by Kremlin in decision-making process. It could not have been an exception during the recent events in the South Ossetia. The Russian politicians have thought twice about the consequences of the South Ossetian conflict on the troubled areas in the North Caucasus before sending its troops as a response to the Georgian attack on the South Ossetian capital Tskhinvali. The calculation of all the negatives and positives has resulted in the Russian army going to South Ossetia to protect the local population and further on into Georgia.

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Super garrisons - back to the drawing board?

Lipstick on a pig....

The impact of the South Ossetian conflict on the North Caucasus

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