US EditionNew rules to make it easier to call up reservists for war
The UK aims to boost preparedness by expanding its strategic reserve to approximately 95,000 veterans and lowering mobilisation conditions to 'warlike preparations,' starting in spring 2027.
- The UK government will announce new powers to mobilise tens of thousands of former service personnel as part of the Armed Forces Bill, which extends the Strategic Reserve call-up age to 65.
- Facing shortages in trained personnel and a smaller regular British Army of just over 66,000, ministers frame changes as a response to a febrile global atmosphere including Iran and Ukraine.
- The mobilisation threshold for the Strategic Reserve is lowered to 'warlike preparations', applying to former service personnel and accompanied by technical renewal powers in the bill.
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UK to Raise Reservist Minimum Call-Up Age to 65 to Boost Military Personnel Capacity
The UK announced on Jan. 15 that it will increase the upper age limit for recalling veterans for duty to 65, under plans to make Britain better prepared for potential war. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said in a statement that measures being introduced through the Armed Services Bill will raise the call-up age of former military personnel from the current maximum of 55. The bill will also lower the threshold for recall to include “warlike prepar…
A bill aims to increase the maximum age of veterans who have become reservists, until now 55 years old, in order to deal with a possible future war.
The British are obviously supposed to prepare for a war – against Russia. In the future, even veterans can be drafted for military service until the age of 65. London is desperately looking for cannon fodder. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the readiness for war has been growing in Europe. There is talk of armament, preparation measures also in hospitals and that the Russians would want to attack NATO within this decade, even though the R…
On the proposal of the Minister of Defence Theo Francken, the Council of Ministers decided on Friday to increase the maximum number of reservists from 6,000 to 20,000, in order to continue the development of the reserve until 2040. ...
How 60-year-olds could be Britain’s best hope to prepare for war
It might conjure up the image of Private Godfrey in ‘Dad’s Army’, but the Ministry of Defence’s announcement that the age at which retired troops can be called up will increase to 65 also makes perfect sense, says defence expert Francis Tusa. In many ways, an older cohort might be even more effective
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