BFBS Sitrep

Presenter TIM COOPER   Is the British army becoming a training force not a fighting force? The Ukraine training promise from the Defence Secretary. Op Shader one year on - has it made a difference? 70 years since VJ DAY - commemorations take place.   And why is JAPAN choosing now to look at changing its military engagement rules?

Presenter Kate Gerbeau Find out about MoD plans for a deployment to Libya.Concerns are raised over the forthcoming Defence Review.Plus, the Navy’s new Type 26 frigate goes into productionAnd 70 years on – the U.S. bombing of Hiroshima is remembered.

SITREP TRAIL THURS, 30th JULY   The US moves its front line from Germany to Turkey and the war against ISIS gets closer.   Mullah Omar, the man who invented the Taleban, is officially dead, or is he?   Plus: Robot Wars. What's the possibility of a Terminator - style conflict?   And Lord Richards, the former chief of the defence staff, reflects on 70 years of Forces broadcasting in Germany   --------------------------- PRESENTER THIS WEEK: Kate Gerbeau STUDIO GUEST:           BFBS defence analyst Christopher Lee   OTHER INTERVIEWS:    IS/TURKEY/NATO Shashank Joshi from the Royal United Services Institute   DEATH OFTALEBAN COMMANDER MULLAH OMAR Shashank Joshi from the Royal United Services Institute   UKRAINE TRAINING EXERCISE BFBS defence analyst Christopher Lee   ROBOT WARS Noel Sharkey, Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics at the University of Sheffield   Defence cuts BFBS defence analyst Christopher Lee   BFBS Germany - 70 Years BFBS reporter, Patrick Eade  & Lord Richards,former Chief of Defence Staff   THURSDAYS at 4:30pm UK TIME on BFBS RADIO 2 and at 6:30pm UK TIME on BFBS & UK Bases   You can listen on BFBS Radio 2 at 1630 (UK time) and at 1830 (UK time) on BFBS (via web, App & DAB in the UK and on FM in Scotland, Colchester, Salisbury Plain, Aldershot, Catterick & Blandford Forum) Sky Channel 0211   Alternatively listen again on the website, or download the Sitrep Podcast.

(First broadcast on Thursday 23rd July 2015 at 4.30pm)     SITREP TRAIL THURS, 23rd JULY   Are active IS units operating in a NATO country?   Find out why the Americans are saying that Russia is the No.1 enemy   And what the Defence Committee has to say in their latest report…   Plus, as millions of refugees escape conflict in the Middle East what can the international community do to help?     --------------------------- PRESENTER THIS WEEK: Kate Gerbeau STUDIO GUEST:    BFBS defence analyst Christopher Lee OTHER INTERVIEWS:    IS/TURKEY/NATO Former Liberal Democratic leader Paddy Ashdown   RUSSIA-US Michael Evans from The Times   DEFENCE COMMITTEE BFBS defence analyst Christopher Lee   REFUGEES Ariane Rummery from The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees      THURSDAYS at 4:30pm UK TIME on BFBS RADIO 2 and at 6:30pm UK TIME on BFBS & UK Bases   You can listen on BFBS Radio 2 at 1630 (UK time) and at 1830 (UK time) on BFBS (via web, App & DAB in the UK and on FM in Scotland, Colchester, Salisbury Plain, Aldershot, Catterick & Blandford Forum) Sky Channel 0211   Alternatively listen again on the website, or download the Sitrep Podcast.

A new Government with a new budget but is it really good news for defence & Nato?   And what’s the reaction from the USA?   Why does Greece commit so much to defence with its huge economic problems?     The IS media machine is in full swing, but how should the West counter it?   And find out how geography can dictate global security   PRESENTER THIS WEEK: Kate Gerbeau STUDIO GUEST:    BFBS defence analyst Christopher Lee OTHER INTERVIEWS:    BUDGET BFBS defence analyst Christopher Lee & to Malcolm Brown from Feature Story News in Washington   GREECE Tim Marshall, Former Diplomatic Editor at Sky News     IS PROPAGANDA Charlie Winter, Quilliam’s Senior Researcher on Transnational Jihadism   PRISONERS OF GEOGRAPHY by Tim Marshall(book review) 10 maps that tell you everything you need to know about global politics.      THURSDAYS at 4:30pm UK TIME on BFBS RADIO 2and at 6:30pm UK TIME on BFBS & UK Bases   You can listen on BFBS Radio 2 at 1630 (UK time) and at 1830 (UK time) on BFBS (via web, App & DAB in the UK and on FM in Scotland, Colchester, Salisbury Plain, Aldershot, Catterick & Blandford Forum) Sky Channel 0211   Alternatively listen again on the website, or download the Sitrep Podcast.

A new Government with a new budget but is it really good news for defence & Nato?   And what’s the reaction from the USA?   Why does Greece commit so much to defence with its huge economic problems?     The IS media machine is in full swing, but how should the West counter it?   And find out how geography can dictate global security   PRESENTER THIS WEEK: Kate Gerbeau STUDIO GUEST:    BFBS defence analyst Christopher Lee OTHER INTERVIEWS:    BUDGET BFBS defence analyst Christopher Lee & to Malcolm Brown from Feature Story News in Washington   GREECE Tim Marshall, Former Diplomatic Editor at Sky News     IS PROPAGANDA Charlie Winter, Quilliam’s Senior Researcher on Transnational Jihadism   PRISONERS OF GEOGRAPHY by Tim Marshall(book review) 10 maps that tell you everything you need to know about global politics.      THURSDAYS at 4:30pm UK TIME on BFBS RADIO 2and at 6:30pm UK TIME on BFBS & UK Bases   You can listen on BFBS Radio 2 at 1630 (UK time) and at 1830 (UK time) on BFBS (via web, App & DAB in the UK and on FM in Scotland, Colchester, Salisbury Plain, Aldershot, Catterick & Blandford Forum) Sky Channel 0211   Alternatively listen again on the website, or download the Sitrep Podcast.

(First broadcast on Thursday11th June 2015 at 4.30pm)     SITREP TRAIL THURS, 2nd JULY   Terror in Tunisia – after last week’s atrocities could the UK attack Islamic State in Syria?   Can anyone stop IS? And what do the lawyers say?   Find out what changes lay ahead for the British Army   It's back to The Somme - but what's the point in all these commemorations?     --------------------------- PRESENTER THIS WEEK: Kate Gerbeau STUDIO GUEST:    BFBS defence analyst Christopher Lee OTHER INTERVIEWS:    TUNISIA/IS THREAT & REACTION The new Chairman of the Commons Foreign Affairs Select Committee, Crispin Blunt, Hamish de Bretton Gordon, a chemical weapons expert working for NGOs in Syria and Iraq....and of course, BFBS Defence Analyst Christopher Lee.   POLITICAL REACTION BFBS reporter James Hirst   LAND WARFARE CONFERENCE BFBS reporter Rosie Laydon speaking to Director General of RUSI, Professor Michael Clarke   BATTLE OF THE SOMME CENTENARY EVENT BFBS defence analyst Christopher Lee   THURSDAYS at 4:30pm UK TIME on BFBS RADIO 2and at 6:30pm UK TIME on BFBS & UK Bases   You can listen on BFBS Radio 2 at 1630 (UK time) and at 1830 (UK time) on BFBS (via web, App & DAB in the UK and on FM in Scotland, Colchester, Salisbury Plain, Aldershot, Catterick & Blandford Forum) Sky Channel 0211   Alternatively listen again on the website, or download the Sitrep podcast.

SITREP TRAIL THURS, 25 JUNE   Nato ministers meet as Russia flexes its muscles. Defence Spending…can the UK have its cake and eat it?   And…the Victoria Cross?  Is it time for a rethink on why it’s awarded?     --------------------------- PRESENTER THIS WEEK: Kate Gerbeau STUDIO GUEST:    BFBS defence analyst Christopher Lee OTHER INTERVIEWS:      NATO TALKS BFBS Reporter Rob Olver   RUSSIAN STRATEGY BFBS Reporter Charlotte Cross   DEFENCE SPENDING Bernard Jenkin MP     VICTORIA CROSS Author Gary Mead (book review)       THURSDAYS at 4:30pm UK TIME on BFBS RADIO 2and at 6:30pm UK TIME on BFBS & UK Bases   You can listen on BFBS Radio 2 at 1630 (UK time) and at 1830 (UK time) on BFBS (via web, App & DAB in the UK and on FM in Scotland, Colchester, Salisbury Plain, Aldershot, Catterick & Blandford Forum)  Sky Channel 0211   Alternatively listen again on the website, or download the Sitrep Podcast.

Presenter Kate Gerbeau   Yemen – we hear from a reporter on the ground in the wartorn region Europe's Migrant Crisis deepens but what next for the Royal Navy's involvement? There’s a new man in the defence Committee Chair - but what will Julian Lewis bring to the job? The Afghan Appeal fund celebrates 10 years of building schools in Afghanistan.   And ...The 1805 battle of Waterloo, what does it mean for you?

This week's Sitrep comes to you from the hallowed turf of Lord's Cricket Ground where the Inter-Service T20 tournament is taking place.   We will talking about the importance of Sport in forces life as well as looking at the connections between Cricket and the military.   Rain may stop play but the usual discussion and debate about all things defence and foreign affairs will continue.    Kate Gerbeau is our Spin Bowler with BFBS Defence Analyst Christopher Lee behind the wicket.   THURSDAYS at 4:30pm UK TIME on BFBS RADIO 2and at 6:30pm UK TIME on BFBS & UK Bases   You can listen on BFBS Radio 2 at 1630 (UK time) and at 1830 (UK time) on BFBS (via web, App & DAB in the UK and on FM in Scotland, Colchester, Salisbury Plain, Aldershot, Catterick & Blandford Forum)  Sky Channel 0211 Alternatively listen again on the website, or download the Sitrep Podcast.