Chilimwe chatha, Tsiku loyamba la Gulu Lankhondo lidadziwika ku UK ndi zochitika zapagulu za 200 padziko lonse lapansi kuphatikiza gulu lankhondo ku Chatham, Kent komwe Prime Minister adakumana. Malinga ndi tsamba la boma la Armed Forces Day mwambowu "ndi mwayi wapachaka kuti dziko liwonetsere thandizo lanu kwa amuna ndi akazi omwe amapanga gulu lankhondo" omwe "akugwira ntchito padziko lonse lapansi, kulimbikitsa mtendere, kupereka thandizo, kuthana ndi anthu ozembetsa mankhwala osokoneza bongo komanso kupereka chitetezo komanso kulimbana ndi uchigawenga.โ
Ndipo komabe, kuti tifotokoze momveka bwino wafilosofi Michel Foucault, kulikonse komwe mphamvu imadzinenera pali kukana nthawi zonse. Chifukwa chake mu 2009 Peace News idakhazikitsa Tsiku la Gulu Lankhondo. Ntchitoyi idachitika tsiku lomwelo monga Tsiku la Gulu Lankhondo la Boma likufuna kukumbukira anthu - monga Martin Luther King, Mohandas Gandhi ndi Rachel Corrie - omwe adadzipereka ku kusintha kosachita zachiwawa.
Yakhazikitsidwa mu Epulo 2010, Forces Watch, bungwe lopanda phindu, likufuna kupitiliza njira zovuta monga Tsiku la Ankhondo komanso mfundo zolembera usilikali "zosagwirizana kwambiri". Polankhula ndi ine ku cafe ya kumpoto kwa London a Emma Sangster, Co-ordinator of Forces Watch, akuti kuwonetsa kosagwirizana ndi asitikali ndi "kuyesera kuthandizira zomwe zikuchitika ku Afghanistan ndi zomwe zidachitika ku Iraq." Amanenanso kuti "zimayimitsa mkangano uliwonse wokhudza njira zina zothanirana ndi nkhondo" ndipo amasokoneza dala nkhani "kotero ngati mukutsutsa kulembedwa kwa achinyamata azaka zapakati pa 18 ndiye kuti mukudzudzula mfundo zonse zakunja."
Sangster, wochita zamtendere wodziwa zambiri, amandiuza kuti UK ndi dziko lokhalo ku European Union lolemba ana azaka za 16, ndipo chikhalidwe cha EU chinali kuyamba kulemba anthu zaka 18. "Ngati wina alowa usilikali ali ndi zaka 16, atsekeredwa m'gulu lankhondo mpaka ali ndi zaka 22, ndipo ngakhale atatero ayenera kupereka chidziwitso kwa miyezi 12". Amayenerera izi pozindikira kuti wolembetsa watsopano amatha kuchoka m'miyezi yachiwiri ndi yachisanu ndi chimodzi ngati ali ndi zaka 18, koma zimakhala zovuta kwambiri pambuyo pake. "Ali ndi machitidwe oletsa ntchito. Ndi pati pomwe mungakhale mbali ya chinthu chomwe simunathe kuchisiya?
Pamodzi ndi Sangster, odzipereka ena anayi pano akugwira nawo ntchito ku Forces Watch kuphatikiza wogwira ntchito wakale ndi David Gee, mlembi wa Informed Choice?, lipoti lathunthu lokhudza kulemba anthu usilikali lofalitsidwa mu 2007.
"Cholinga chachikulu pakutsatsa zida zankhondo ndi ana ndi achinyamata", lipoti la Gee likutero. Izi zimaphatikizapo kuyendera masukulu, zolemba ndi zida zapaintaneti komanso magulu ankhondo amderali - zonse zomwe cholinga chake ndi "kulimbikitsa chidwi cha achinyamata popereka malingaliro osangalatsa a moyo wankhondo", malinga ndi Forces Watch. "Magulu ang'onoang'ono ndi ang'onoang'ono akuyang'aniridwa," akufotokoza Sangster, akulozera ku ziwerengero za anthu zamtundu wa 'HM Armed Forces' zothandizidwa ndi MoD zomwe zidakhazikitsidwa chaka chatha. "Amachokera ku Iraq ndi Afghanistan - amagulitsidwa ali ndi zaka 5!"
Kwa mwana wamkulu - yemwe ali ndi zaka 13 kupita m'mwamba - pali Camouflage, pulogalamu yomwe ili pamtima pa njira yotsatsira achinyamata. Omwe amalembetsa amalandira phukusi loyambira positi, magazini yanthawi zonse, kupeza tsamba lawebusayiti lomwe lili ndi masewera owomberana komanso khadi ya Khrisimasi yochokera ku ofesi yolembera anthu. Mukamaliza sukulu mumaitanidwa kuti mupite ku ofesi ya Army Careers kuti mukambirane. Pofika pakati pa chaka cha 2007 pafupifupi achinyamata 250,000 adalembetsa ku Camouflage - pafupifupi 15 peresenti ya omwe adzalembetse malinga ndi usilikali.
Mโchaka cha 2007, yemwe anali mkulu wa asilikali pa nthawiyo ananena mawu otsatirawa ponena za kulimbana ndi ana: โTiyenera kuthetsa kusamvana kwa anthu odziwika bwino mโgulu la asilikali. Chitsanzo chathu chatsopano ndi chodziwitsa anthu, ndipo izi zimatenga zaka khumi. Zimayamba ndi kamnyamata ka zaka zisanu ndi ziwiri kakuwona woyendetsa parachuti pawonetsero wamlengalenga ndikumaganiza kuti 'Zikuwoneka bwino.' Kuyambira pamenepo asitikali akuyesera kupanga chidwi ndi drip, drip, drip. โ
Komanso kuyang'ana ndi kulemba ana, Sangster akuti njira zolembera anthu ankhondo aku UK zikuyang'ana omwe akukhala "m'malo osowa zachuma", ndikulozera momwe ziwonetsero zankhondo zomwe zatsegulidwa posachedwa nthawi zambiri zimakhala m'malo ogulitsa m'malo osauka monga Dalston ku. East London. Kuyang'ana kwa achinyamata omwe ali ndi mwayi wocheperako sikungadabwitse aliyense amene amadziwa mbiri yankhondo yaku Britain, koma sichinthu chomwe gulu lankhondo likufuna kuvomereza. Komabe, Alistair Loudon, msilikali yemwe anali woyang'anira ntchito yolembera asilikali, adatulutsa mphaka m'thumba mu 2004, ndikuwuza New Statesman kuti asilikali akugwira ntchito m'madera ogwira ntchito kumpoto chakum'mawa, kumpoto chakumadzulo, Midlands ndi Scotland. . โMadokotala akuchokera kuti? Kodi alimi amachokera kuti? Onse amachokera kumadera osiyanasiyana. Ndi nkhani ya mphamvu zamsikaโ, adatero.
Pofuna kupatsa gulu lankhondo mwayi woyankha zotsutsa za Forces Watch, ndidalumikizana ndi Unduna wa Zachitetezo ndikufunsa kuti ndifunse mafunso ndi munthu wina yemwe akugwira nawo ntchito yolemba anthu. Tsoka ilo, chifukwa cha kusagwirizana kwa dipatimenti ya atolankhani ya MoD, sindinathe kuyankhulana maso ndi maso kapena kulemba ndi aliyense wa gulu lankhondo. Munthu woyamba yemwe ndidalankhula naye adayankha pempho langa lofunsa mafunso ndi zomwe adazitcha "funso la $ 64,000 - nkhaniyi indithandiza?" Ndidalimbikira ndikulumikizana ndi atolankhani kuti andilembe ntchito, yemwe atandiuza kuti "ndi wokondwa kuthandiza", mwadzidzidzi adatseka makalata athu pomwe ndidamutumizira mafunso anga. Nditadodometsedwa ndi kutembenuka kwadzidzidzi kumeneku, ndidatenga foni ndikuuzidwa mwachipongwe kuti "sitiyang'ana magulu enaake ndipo sitiyang'ana ana". Makamaka iye ananena kuti sanasankhe "choneneza" changa chofunsa chifukwa chake sipanatchulidwe kuti olembedwa usilikali angakhale opha anthu kapena pangozi yaikulu ya imfa kapena kuvulala m'mabuku aliwonse olembera anthu omwe ndinawerenga.
Kusafunitsitsa kwa atolankhani kuti ayankhe mafunso ofunikira ndi umboni wowopsa wa zomwe zikuchitika pano, monganso kukana kwake kulunjika kwa ana kapena magulu enaake a anthu poyang'anizana ndi umboni wochokera kwa akuluakulu oyang'anira ntchito pamwambapa.
Koma ngakhale kulembedwa ntchito mwachinyengo komanso mwachinsinsi kuli kotani, ndi anthu odzipereka asanu okha omwe amatsutsa makina olembera anthu okwana ยฃ80 miliyoni pachaka okhala ndi maofesi opitilira 125 komanso olembetsa olipidwa opitilira 1000, Forces Watch akutenga nawo gawo pankhondo ya David ndi Goliati.
"Tikufuna kuchita bwino kotero palibe chifukwa chotsutsana ndi kutha kwa asitikali," akutero Sangster. "Ndikofunika kukhala ndi zolinga zomwe zingatheke" kuti tigwirizane ndi anthu ambiri. Mwachitsanzo, akukhulupirira kuti "ndi cholinga chenicheni" kuletsa ku UK kulembera ana azaka 16. Malingaliro a anthu akuwoneka kuti ali ndi Forces Watch pankhaniyi, ndi kafukufuku wa Marichi 2009 ComRes anapeza 71 peresenti ya Britons akuganiza kuti zaka zochepa zolowa usilikali ziyenera kukwezedwa kuchokera ku 16 mpaka 18.
"Ndikuganiza za achinyamata omwe sanadziwitsidwe bwino, omwe mwina sanaganizirepo za makhalidwe abwino kapena momwe zidzawakhudzire m'tsogolomu," akutero. "Cholimbikitsa changa ndichakuti anthu ngati amenewo sakhudzidwa ndi dongosololi ndipo amamenya nkhondo za mdziko."
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