Monthly Archives:: February 2012

Council to raise housing priority of armed forces

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A council has announced plans to give former members of the armed forces greater housing priority in recognition of their contribution to society.   Southwark Council said today that ex-service personnel who have been discharged from active service within the last three years before making a new housing application with the council, will now be [...]

What’s in a Game?

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The British military has had to radically improve some of its simulated training war games to keep the attention of recruits who have grown up in the Playstation and Xbox generation, a Ministry of Defence scientist has admitted. Troops are so used to playing high-quality commercial games set in combat zones that they tend to lose concentration unless the MoD simulations [...]