As the UK readies for possible military conflict, low numbers in the Armed Forces are pushing the British government to bring ...

The changes, part of a new Armed Forces Bill published in Parliament on Thursday, January 15, hope to draw on a larger pool ...

Even so, the announcement has raised big questions about who should be called up if the country faces a major conflict, ...

History buffs are no doubt familiar with the story of Shadrack Byfield, a rank-and-file British redcoat who fought during the ...

It might conjure up the image of Private Godfrey in ‘Dad’s Army’, but the Ministry of Defence’s announcement that the age at ...

Archival discoveries including a 19th-century autobiography transform our understanding of Shadrach Byfield, an English ...

The UK government has launched an innovative new initiative aimed at recruiting young people into a “gap year soldiers” ...

Jennifer Day turned to drink and drugs and ended up homeless - but has now been sober for four years ...

The Pentagon has ordered 1,500 US soldiers to prepare for a possible deployment to a state roiled by unrest over an ...

A surge in interest in joining the army cadets has led to the force’s Inverness operation laying on an extra weekly training ...

Workers and students have been speaking to the WSWS across the UK about the US invasion of Venezuela, the ICE (Immigration ...

German teenagers are set to be questioned about their readiness to defend their nation as the NATO ally initiates a new form of military service. The move, which was confirmed in November after months ...