Am I alone in wondering why, regardless of Brexit, we are looking for opportunities to extend the influence of our military around the globe?
Leaving aside the reasonably fundamental strategic question of whether we should be seeking to project military influence "around the globe", given the persistent indeed perennial underfunding of our armed services for the tasks at hand, it is patronising to the point of cruelty to ask officers to fritter their time away like this. I take it they will be allowed to write the essays whilst on duty, rather than in their own time....???