British troops to halt training for one day to reflect on ‘culture and inclusivity’

Chief of the General Staff, General Sir Mark Carleton-Smith, ordered a complete stop of non-essential, non-operational activity in order to consider and reflect on the Army’s culture and inclusivity.

UK soldiers will spend six hours undergoing group talks and lectures focused on “culture and inclusivity” within their units next Tuesday, all focused on getting the 82,000-strong fighting force to “think differently” amid a “complete stop” to normal training. The order was reportedly issued by General Sir Mark Carleton-Smith. 

“It is not the army being woke, it is the army addressing some of its unacceptable behaviors, “an army spokesperson told the Daily Mail on Tuesday, insisting that “we identify that we’re on a journey and a change of culture takes time and this [session] is part of that journey.” 

Retired British Army officer, Colonel Richard Kemp, criticized the plan which he described to The Sun as a “navel-gazing and virtue-signalling exercise.”

Army Director of Personnel Major General Paul Griffiths insisted that, far from showcasing their softness, the “tactical pause” would render the army a “more effective fighting force,” with an intensive focus on “developing the ideas and changes we all want to see in our service.”