I think if you look at Hollywood as a whole and the type of content that they put out over the years, it's pretty homogeneous, right? They haven't done a really deep dive into a lot of stories of people of color. I don't want to say that there haven't been attempts, and there has been some great product that has come out over the years, but I think in 2016, we're in a world of struggle. It's not just about race, it's also about the LGBT community too and others.

Military operations cannot be tidy or free of friction - particularly in a coalition whose contributing nations see the campaign through national prisms.

Everything starts and finishes with the soldier.

Not much over £1,000 a month for the private soldier on operations is hardly an impressive figure.

It is absolutely bedrock to the British Army's philosophy that a commanding officer is responsible for what goes on within his command.

I understand all the problems for the Ministry of Defence, of course I do; working within a budget and trying to do so many things is not easy.

If you move between battalions, you are still within the same tribe.