BFBS Sitrep

As Afghan forces take control of security in Afghanistan Britain’s most senior commander there tells Sitrep that the future of the country is in the hands of it’s people… The Supreme Court has ruled human rights do apply on the battlefield but what does that mean for future conflicts There’s been more army job losses – but what’s life really like for those who’ve taken redundancy? And the importance of  Exercise Askari Thunder in Kenya PRESENTER: Kate Gerbeau STUDIO GUEST: BFBS’s Defence Analyst Christopher Lee OTHER INTERVIEWS:  Deputy Commander of the international forces in Afghanistan, Lieutenant General Nick Carter BFBS reporter in Camp Bastion Geoff Meade  BFBS reporter Tim Cooper interviews legal commentator Joshua Rosenberg  Journalist Paul Osbourne discusses the impact of redundancies on those affected BFBS’s Ali Gibson reports from Kenya on  Exercise Askari Thunder ……………………………………………………………………………………… You can listen on BFBS Radio 2 at 1630 (UK time) and at 1830 (UK time) on BFBS (via webb, App & DAB in the UK and on FM in Scotland, Colchester, Salisbury Plain, Aldershot, Catterick & Blandford Forum)  Alternatively listen again on the website    Mary WiltonBFBS RadioOffice: +44 (0)1494 878712Mobile: +44 (0)7966 387318Email:    maryw@bfbs.com  DAB Digital Radio in the UKSky Guide Number 0211Freesat Channel 786 On-air around the Forces' worldor at www.bfbs.com/radio   >>> Mary Wilton 13/06/2013 14:57 >>>There’s more calls for international support in Afghanistan post 2014, and criticism from a former military intelligence officer who says Britain should never have gone.. What’s behind the protests in Turkey? As the humanitarian crisis in Syria deepens what more can the international community do? Plus: who’s been snooping on your emails?  Find out in Sitrep (later) today PRESENTER: Kate Gerbeau STUDIO GUEST: BFBS’s Defence Analyst Christopher Lee  OTHER INTERVIEWS:   Frank Ledwidge author of  ‘Investment In Blood’ - The True cost of Britain's Afghan War  Middle East expert Hazhir Temourian, talking about the trouble in Turkey and forthcoming elections in Iran Richard Norton Taylor who writes on defence and security affairs for The Guardian.……………………………………………………………………………………… You can listen on BFBS Radio 2 at 1630 (UK time) and at 1830 (UK time) on BFBS (via webb, App & DAB in the UK and on FM in Scotland, Colchester, Salisbury Plain, Aldershot, Catterick & Blandford Forum)  Alternatively listen again on the website

As the international community continues to agonise over Syria, find out about one man’s personal experience of the conflict. Is national security being but at risk by a Chinese telecoms company working in Britain? And Sitrep explores the relationship between defence and space & talks to European Space Agency Astronaut and former Army Pilot, Major Tim Peake  PRESENTER:  Kate Gerbeau STUDIO GUEST: BFBS’s Defence Analyst Christopher Lee OTHER INTERVIEWS:   Photo-journalist & former soldierPaul Conroy, talks about his new book on Syria. James Blitz, Defence and Security Editor at the Financial Times discusses Cyber warfare European Space Agency Astronaut Major Tim Peake ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… You can listen on BFBS Radio 2 at 1630 (UK time) and at 1830 (UK time) on BFBS (via webb, App & DAB in the UK and on FM in Scotland, Colchester, Salisbury Plain, Aldershot, Catterick & Blandford Forum)  Alternatively listen again on the website

There’s more calls for international support in Afghanistan post 2014, and criticism from a former military intelligence officer who says Britain should never have gone.. What’s behind the protests in Turkey? As the humanitarian crisis in Syria deepens what more can the international community do? Plus: who’s been snooping on your emails?  Find out in Sitrep (later) today PRESENTER: Kate Gerbeau STUDIO GUEST: BFBS’s Defence Analyst Christopher Lee  OTHER INTERVIEWS:   Frank Ledwidge author of  ‘Investment In Blood’ - The True cost of Britain's Afghan War  Middle East expert Hazhir Temourian, talking about the trouble in Turkey and forthcoming elections in Iran Richard Norton Taylor who writes on defence and security affairs for The Guardian.……………………………………………………………………………………… You can listen on BFBS Radio 2 at 1630 (UK time) and at 1830 (UK time) on BFBS (via webb, App & DAB in the UK and on FM in Scotland, Colchester, Salisbury Plain, Aldershot, Catterick & Blandford Forum)  Alternatively listen again on the website

Is the detention centre in Camp Bastion Britain’s Guantanamo Bay? How will the lifting of the EU arms embargo affect the Syrian conflict? Will the MoD meet the Treasury’s demands for cuts to the defence budget? Plus,  Henry VIII's flagship, the Mary Rose, comes to life in  a new museum in Portsmouth And …discover which toys were influenced by war over the last 200 years  PRESENTER: CLAIRE SADLER standing in for Kate Gerbeau STUDIO GUEST: BFBS’s Defence Analyst Christopher Lee OTHER INTERVIEWS:   BFBS Reporter Will Inglis reporting from Camp Bastion on the suspected Afghan insurgents. International Affairs analyst Martin McCauley from university College London discusses the Camp Bastion detainees and the Syrian conflict. BFBS Reporter Liz Mullen on defence cuts to the MoD police BFBS reporter Tim Cooper visits the new Mary Rose Museum V&A’s Museum of Childhood, curator Sarah Wood discusses the museum’s “War Games” exhibition…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. You can listen on BFBS Radio 2 at 1630 (UK time) and at 1830 (UK time) on BFBS (via webb, App & DAB in the UK and on FM in Scotland, Colchester, Salisbury Plain, Aldershot, Catterick & Blandford Forum)  Alternatively listen again on the website

After a British soldier was killed in Woolwich – today’s Sitrep programme analyses the terror threat ….were they lone operators or part of a more sinister group -  and what does this mean for our Service men and women?  PRESENTER: Kate Gerbeau STUDIO GUEST: BFBS’s Defence Analyst Christopher Lee OTHER INTERVIEWS:  PM David Cameron speaks to BFBS Reporter Claire Sadler Admiral Lord West, former minister for security and counter-terrorism Professor Michael Clarke, Director General of the Royal United Services Institute  You can listen on BFBS Radio 2 at 1630 (UK time) and at 1830 (UK time) on BFBS (via webb, App & DAB in the UK and on FM in Scotland, Colchester, Salisbury Plain, Aldershot, Catterick & Blandford Forum)  Alternatively listen again on the website

How longer tours of duty in theatre may be beneficial. If the UK left the EU what impact would it have on defence? Discover what it takes to be a great foreign secretary. What’s behind the spy story in Moscow? And a special report from Colorado Springs on the Warrior Games  PRESENTER: Kate Gerbeau STUDIO GUEST: BFBS’s Defence Analyst Christopher Lee OTHER INTERVIEWS:    Major General Patrick Sanders, the Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Operations), talks about extended tours of duty Alexander Nekrassov, former Kremlin advisor on spies.Jonathan Powell, who was Tony Blair’s Chief of Staff, discussing foreign secretariesThe BBC’s political correspondent, Rob Watson on EU & defenceBFBS reporter Tim Cooper reporting from the Warrior Games in the US. You can listen on BFBS Radio 2 at 1630 (UK time) and at 1830 (UK time) on BFBS (via webb, App & DAB in the UK and on FM in Scotland, Colchester, Salisbury Plain, Aldershot, Catterick & Blandford Forum)  Alternatively listen again on the website

Why the Defence Reform Bill plans to change the way military equipment is bought   Securing Somalia – the country’s top soldier talks about building his army from scratch.   Could drones spell the end for those magnificent men in their flying machines?   The mother of one of the four soldiers who died at the Deepcut Army barracks tells us why she’s pushing for a public inquiry.   And the 70th anniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic – why it was the longest continuous military campaign of the Second World War.     PRESENTER: Kate Gerbeau STUDIO GUEST: BFBS’s Defence Analyst Christopher Lee   OTHER INTERVIEWS:   James Blitz, Defence and Security Editor at the Financial Times discusses the Defence Reform Bill    BFBS reporter Laura Hawkins meets General Dahir Adan Elmi, Commander-in-chief of the Somali National Army   Douglas Barrie, Senior Fellow for military aerospace at the international Institute for Strategic Studies discusses the increased use of drones.   Yvonne Collinson Heath author of a new book "A Mother's War: One Woman's Fight for the Truth Behind Her Son's Death at Deepcut” which is published today…   You can listen on BFBS Radio 2 at 1630 (UK time) and at 1830 (UK time) on BFBS (via webb, App & DAB in the UK and on FM in Scotland, Colchester, Salisbury Plain, Aldershot, Catterick & Blandford Forum)   Alternatively listen again on the website

Ten years on how influential are the Taliban in Afghanistan?   Why Camp Delta in Guantanomo is giving President Obama a headache   How the battle lines are being drawn in cyber space   And UK veterans land in South Korea with war memories on their mind.     PRESENTER: Kate Gerbeau STUDIO GUEST: BFBS’s Defence Analyst Christopher Lee   OTHER INTERVIEWS:       BFBS Reporter James Hirst reports from Camp Bastion   Middle East analyst Hazhir Teimourian comments on the Taliban’s spring offensive & Al Qaida’s influence   Cyber specialist David Livingstone on cyber security.   BFBS Reporter Fiona Weir reports from South Korea on a new war memorial dedicated to veterans of the Korean War You can listen on BFBS Radio 2 at 1630 (UK time) and on BFBS Radio & BFBS UK Bases at 1830 (UK time)   Alternatively listen again on the website

As the Government prepares to tighten its belt further how safe is defence from more cuts and what impact would a cut in the counter-terrorism budget have on Britain’s security? Are chemical weapons being used in Syria? What does the future hold for Afghan interpreters post 2014? And ...... find out the definitive reading list for military minds    PRESENTER: Kate Gerbeau STUDIO GUEST: BFBS’s Defence Analyst Christopher Lee OTHER INTERVIEWS:   Professor Eric Grove, the Director of the Centre for International Security and War Studies at Salford University and Richard Norton Taylor who writes on defence and security affairs for The Guardian.  They discuss the forthcoming spending review and implications of a cut to the counter-terrorism budget. Tom Porteous, the program director for Human Rights Watch – looks at the claim that Syria has used chemical weapons. BFBS Reporter Rosie Laydon interviews ………………………Who are fighting for the right to live in the UK Christopher Lee and Eric Grove discuss the former CDS Sir David Richards' recommended reading list which You can view the full  list herehttp://www.da.mod.uk/recommended-reading You can listen on BFBS Radio 2 at 1630 (UK time) and on BFBS Radio & BFBS UK Bases at 1830 (UK time) Alternatively listen again on the website

As transition in Afghanistan’s continues there’s still concern over insurgency   The Syrian President’s Al Qaida warning to the West   North Korea says it is ready to talk but is China running out of patience?   Remembering the Iron Lady & her military legacy.   Plus there’s an exclusive look at the F35 Lightning Two jet simulator.     PRESENTER: Kate Gerbeau STUDIO GUEST: BFBS’s Defence Analyst Christopher Lee   OTHER INTERVIEWS:     Brigadier Bob Bruce discusses transition & insurgency in Afgfhanistan   Andrea Berger – from the Department of Peace Studies at Bradford University discussies North Korea and China   Major General Julian Thompson, who commanded the Marines during the Falklands campaign, shares his memories of Baroness Thatcher.’s funeral   BFBS Reporter Tim Cooper, goes to an excusive preview of the F35 Lightning, the new jet for the Aircraft Carriers. You can listen on BFBS Radio 2 at 1630 (UK time) and on BFBS Radio & BFBS UK Bases at 1830 (UK time) Alternatively listen again on the website