Local Staff International (LSI), an international organisation campaigning for the rights and protection of locally employed personnel, has published comprehensive Guidelines for the Rights & Protection of Local Staff in International Missions.

A new photographic exhibition in Ukraine is highlighting a substantial but perhaps sometimes overlooked British military effort – the training of more than 67,000 Ukrainian personnel under the UK-led Operation Interflex.

Our recent Member Opinion on Sir David Davis MP’s Military Operations Bill raised a number of questions about the proposed new legal framework for military operations, including the extent of the duty to investigate allegations of serious wrongdoing.

Reform UK should clarify a potentially far-reaching proposal to give members of the Armed Forces immunity from prosecution for actions taken during combat operations.

The Afghanistan Inquiry has released further witness statements and transcripts.

The fullest media report at the time of writing is by Tom Ball in The Times - SAS called me Taliban apologist, officer tells Afghanistan inquiry.

The Independent Inquiry relating to Afghanistan has just released a large tranche of redacted/anonymised evidence documentation.

The Chair of the Independent Inquiry relating to Afghanistan has granted Core Participant status to five individuals "who held command roles or senior positions within UK Special Forces between mid-2010 and mid-2013."

I wonder why this has come to mind today. Maybe it's because I attended a recent ceremony marking the 35th anniversary of the end of active operations in the Gulf; Op Granby to the Brits, Desert Storm to our major allies.