Sitrep 15th September 2016

SITREP TRAIL THURS, 15th September In Syria the cease-fire appears to holding, but will it make any difference long-term? There are fresh calls for a new European Army - but not everyone wants one. It's a hundred years since the first tank went into battle, do we still need them today And why the American military is facing an obesity crisis. PRESENTER THIS WEEK: Kate Gerbeau Studio guest: BFBS Defence Analyst Christopher Lee SYRIA CEASEFIRE Hamish de Bretton Gordon, a former Army Officer who now advises NGOs in Syria, and BFBS defence analyst Christopher Lee EU DEFENCE anthony King is Professor of War Studies at the University of Warwick. DEFENCE SELECT COMMITTEE REPORT ON RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA BFBS Defence Analyst Christopher Lee 100 YEARS OF TANKS David Willey is Curator of the Tank Museum FAT US TROOPS Former Royal Marine, triple amputee and now peak performance coach Mark Ormrod. THURSDAYS at 4:30pm UK TIME on BFBS RADIO 2 and at 6:30pm UK TIME on BFBS & UK Bases You can listen on BFBS Radio 2 at 1630 (UK time) and at 1830 (UK time) on BFBS (via web, App & DAB in the UK and on FM in Scotland, Colchester, Salisbury Plain, Aldershot, Catterick & Blandford Forum) Sky Channel 0211 Alternatively listen again on the website, or download the Sitrep Podcast.