The MOD Must Do More!

A recent article detailing the need for the army to stop "investigating" itself in respect of sexual harassment is not unexpected, and sadly this type of article, detailing abuse suffered by a female soldier by a higher-ranking individual, isn't new these days. A range of public sector bodies are being forced to look at the culture they foster and the way they allow their personnel to act.

The military, however, no matter how you look at it, is a wholly different environment, firstly because of what they are being asked to do in a professional capacity and secondly, because it's not the kind of profession that you can leave at the door as it were. As a rule, they don't go home after work at the end of the day, they go back to the 'block'. They live and work together. This doesn't, of course, negate that standards in that environment should be different. Of course, they shouldn't, but understanding the environment, wholly, is the only way that effective change will