BFBS Radio Sitrep

Sandhurst’s radical process to modernise


Listen Later

The Army’s world-renowned Royal Military Academy Sandhurst is undertaking a radical process to modernise. It’s conducting what it calls a ‘Critical Mass Trial’ – huge efforts to ramp up the numbers of women in its platoons in response to a tragedy at the Academy. BFBS Forces News has been given rare and exclusive access to Sandhurst and has documented it in a new series produced by Rosie Laydon who talks to Sitrep. 

Something that’s really getting people fired up in the military is the prospect of paying 20 per cent VAT on private school fees from January. Some personnel are even threatening to leave the Armed Forces if the Government pushes ahead, whereas others claim it will put new people off joining in the first place. Sitrep talks to the RAF Families Federation and retired Army Officer Hamish de Bretton-Gordon.

 And former Tornado Navigator and bestselling author John Nichol talks to Kate Gerbeau about the history of the tomb of the unknown warrior and the painstaking efforts of finding, identifying and reburying the fallen, which he explores in his new book.

 

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

BFBS Radio SitrepBy BFBS Radio

  • 5
  • 5
  • 5
  • 5
  • 5

5

2 ratings


More shows like BFBS Radio Sitrep

View all
Moral Maze by BBC Radio 4

Moral Maze

79 Listeners

Politics Unpacked by The Times

Politics Unpacked

128 Listeners

The Briefing Room by BBC Radio 4

The Briefing Room

80 Listeners

Newscast by BBC News

Newscast

691 Listeners

WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk by Goalhanger

WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk

1,199 Listeners

Team Talk by BFBS Radio

Team Talk

0 Listeners

IFS Zooms In: The Economy by Institute for Fiscal Studies

IFS Zooms In: The Economy

3 Listeners

GRANBY: The Storm in the Desert by BFBS Radio

GRANBY: The Storm in the Desert

4 Listeners

Once Upon a Time on the Pitch by BFBS Radio

Once Upon a Time on the Pitch

1 Listeners

Global Security Briefing by The Royal United Services Institute

Global Security Briefing

14 Listeners

Tea & Medals by BFBS Radio

Tea & Medals

4 Listeners

One Decision by Situation Room Studios

One Decision

71 Listeners

MAVGEEKS: A Military Aircraft Obsession by BFBS Radio

MAVGEEKS: A Military Aircraft Obsession

4 Listeners

This Is Not A Drill with Gavin Esler by Podmasters

This Is Not A Drill with Gavin Esler

162 Listeners

The Rest Is Politics by Goalhanger

The Rest Is Politics

3,394 Listeners

Ukrainecast by BBC News

Ukrainecast

408 Listeners

Ukraine: The Latest by The Telegraph

Ukraine: The Latest

1,757 Listeners

Battleground by Goalhanger

Battleground

318 Listeners

Falklands 82: Stories from the South Atlantic by BFBS Radio

Falklands 82: Stories from the South Atlantic

0 Listeners

Leading by Goalhanger

Leading

922 Listeners

Serving with Pride by BFBS Radio

Serving with Pride

0 Listeners

The Rest Is Money by Goalhanger

The Rest Is Money

318 Listeners

Esports Live by BFBS Radio

Esports Live

0 Listeners

Near Death by BFBS Creative

Near Death

1 Listeners

The Culture Colonel by BFBS Creative

The Culture Colonel

1 Listeners

Great British Battle Commanders by BFBS Radio

Great British Battle Commanders

1 Listeners