BFBS Radio Sitrep

In this week's programme....(19 June)
 
Iraq wants military help from America – but will they get it and what will it achieve?
 
Sitrep speaks to the former head of the British Army General Sir Mike Jackson about Britain’s legacy in Iraq.
 
Why the head of NATO has said ‘no’ to more defence cuts.
 
And the art of the military tattoo.
 
PRESENTER: Kate Gerbeau
STUDIO GUEST: BFBS defence analyst Christopher Lee.
 
OTHER INTERVIEWS: 
 
Professor Paul Rogers from the Department for Peace Studies at Bradford University on Iraq, Iran and Nato
 
Former Chief of the General SGeneral Sir Mike Jackson discussing the crisis in Iraq
 
BFBS reporter James Hirst interview with The NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen
 
Lieutenant Colonel Mike Shervington, the Commanding Officer of 3 Para, explaining the difference between civilian tattoos and military tattoos
 
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)
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THURSDAYS at 4:30 UK TIME on BFBS RADIO 2and at 6:30 UK TIME on BFBS & UK Bases

Obama's big foreign policy speech - where does Britain fit in? 

How much does it cost for the UK to go to war these days?

In Afghanistan, Sandhurst in the Sand prepares to welcome its first female recruits.

And it's D Day minus eight.  Counting down to next week's 70th anniversary.

This week, Sitrep finds out how three Generals are preparing for the future and Army 2020?

Could Syria have biological weapons and what impact could that have on the Geneva talks?

The State of the Union – what are President Obama’s plans for 2014?

Plus: a security warning to Britain’s Olympic athletes as they prepare for Sochi

PRESENTER: Kate Gerbeau

STUDIO GUEST: BFBS’s Defence Analyst Christopher Lee 

OTHER INTERVIEWS:  

BFBS Reporter, James Hirst, discussing the interviews with:

General Officer Commanding 1 Div, Major General James Chiswell

GOC Germany – John Henderson

Major General Nick Pope

weapons consultant and former commanding officer of the UK's joint chemical Biological radiological nuclear regiment Hamish De Bretton Gordon, on Syria

The BBC’s Diplomatic Correspondent Bridget Kendall, who has been following the Syrian talks in Geneva

Gena Turgel speaking to BFBS reporter Laura Hawkins about her time in various concentration camps, in the week the world remembers the Holocaust./

The final round of armed forces redundancies have been announced…so what shape does this leave our Army in?
 
The long road to peace in Syria – has the journey begun?
 
Why the EU wants to send troops to the Central African Republic
 
And ‘Row to Recovery’ -  how four British soldiers completed the gruelling three thousand mile row across the Atlantic.
 
PRESENTER: Kate Gerbeau
STUDIO GUEST: BFBS’s Defence Analyst Christopher Lee 
 
OTHER INTERVIEWS: 
 
BFBS Reporter James Hirst on redundancies
Professor Rosemary Hollis, Professor of Middle East Policy Studies and Director of the Olive Tree Scholarship Programme at City University.
 
BFBS  reporter Cath Brazier