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Old 03-06-2017, 05:35 AM
 
Location: Great Britain
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Sweden and Finland are currently considering whether to joint the British Led Joint Expeditionary Force.

Sweden and Finland look set to snub EU army for UK-led coalition | UK | News | Express.co.uk

Sweden to consider military partnership with UK - The Local

Sweden Considers Joining UK Led Joint Expeditionary Force - Defense News

UK Joint Expeditionary Force - Wiki

Britain has traditionally played a significant role in NATO's Northern Flank with 3 Commando Brigade Royal Marines being committed to it's defence, however with the withdrawl of British Forces from Germany, a concentration of Brotain's efforts on the Northern Flank coupled with a Joint French Global Combined Joint Expeditionary Force, British led NATO Allied Rapid Reaction Corps and NATO Very High Readiness Joint Task Force mean forces can increasingly work together and deploy more quickly.

The Swedish and many other countries in Europe are improving their defences and increasing defence spending and this should be welcomed by other allied countries and the US.

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Old 03-06-2017, 06:04 PM
 
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All these countries where women are in a rush to serve in the army/don't mind the draft, didn't have the REAL wars for long-long time. They were spared from it. That's why women are so brave there.
But Russians were not spared, they know what the real war look like, even on their own territory, even the "defensive" war. That's why they don't have any illusions, and there is no draft for women.
Very good points. It's really bad women going to war knowing what would happen to them.
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Old 03-07-2017, 10:29 AM
 
Location: Södertälje
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Now wouldn't that have been wonderful to have had an equal number of women in our ranks during my time in our Army? It would have changed from being such bleak and wasted years, into a young man's dreamland. The young women would probably have really dug it, too.
You may have preferred to serve in Norway rather than Sweden then.

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/artic...ary-experiment
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