Sitrep May 16th 2013

How longer tours of duty in theatre may be beneficial. If the UK left the EU what impact would it have on defence? Discover what it takes to be a great foreign secretary. What’s behind the spy story in Moscow? And a special report from Colorado Springs on the Warrior Games PRESENTER: Kate Gerbeau STUDIO GUEST: BFBS’s Defence Analyst Christopher Lee OTHER INTERVIEWS: Major General Patrick Sanders, the Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Operations), talks about extended tours of duty Alexander Nekrassov, former Kremlin advisor on spies. Jonathan Powell, who was Tony Blair’s Chief of Staff, discussing foreign secretaries The BBC’s political correspondent, Rob Watson on EU & defence BFBS reporter Tim Cooper reporting from the Warrior Games in the US. You can listen on BFBS Radio 2 at 1630 (UK time) and at 1830 (UK time) on BFBS (via webb, App & DAB in the UK and on FM in Scotland, Colchester, Salisbury Plain, Aldershot, Catterick & Blandford Forum) Alternatively listen again on the website