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What's the Deal with This Super Racist British Army Forum?
And sexist, and transphobic, and... basically trigger warning for absolutely everything.
The British Army's Secret Plan to Keep South Africa's Ruling Party in Power
Also revealed: the army's links to a controversial mining company.
Britain Sends Troops to Helmand as the Taliban Closes In
Afghan forces are desperately trying to retain control of Sangin, a district capital in Helmand province, which is on the verge of falling back into Taliban hands.
Would the British Military Take Out a Jeremy Corbyn–Led UK Government?
Author Chris Mullin's 1982 novel about a coup toppling a left-wing government turned out to be disconcertingly realistic. We asked him how the establishment would deal with Jeremy Corbyn.
How the British Army Spread Rumors of Black Magic and Witchcraft in 1970s Northern Ireland
They wanted to smear paramilitary organizations and scare kids into staying indoors.
British Veterans Made Some Dark Films to Protest the UK Army's Recruitment of 16-Year-Olds
These ex-soldiers who have seen war want young people to know its true horrors to stop them signing up.
Photos from the Northern Irish Tour That Led Up to 1992's Coalisland Riots
Stuart Griffiths was posted to County Tyrone as a military photographer. Some weeks into the tour, a young British soldier lost both his legs to an IRA explosive device, triggering the Coalisland riots.
Inside Headley Court, the Rehab Estate for Injured British Soldiers
We spent a day touring the MOD's Surrey mansion, meeting soldiers undergoing treatment and talking about the effects of battle injuries.
Two Gunshots to the Head Couldn't Kill This British Soldier
Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart was the one-handed, eye-patched army officer whose story reads more like a Rowan Atkinson creation than a real serving soldier. He was an impossibly lucky—or unlucky, depending on how you see it—caricature of British resolve.
British Soldiers Take Drugs and Go to Raves, Too
Stuart Griffiths' new photo-book contains a lot of good stories.
An Interview with One of the British Army's Forgotten Soldiers
John Meighan served in Northern Ireland and Iraq and was sent to to prison to deal with his PTSD.
An Interview with Helmand Province's Longest Serving Point Man
Kenny Meighan comes from a long line of soldiers.