The Armed Forces, the Civil-Military Gap and Civilian Support: the Impact of 21st Century Cultural Flux and Criminal Behaviour by Armed Forces Personnel

By LT Zoe Jones RN

Message from the Editor

The author sets out to investigate how a developing lack of trust in civic institutions, including the military, could impact the support that the military receives from the civilian population that it ultimately serves and protects. The Armed Forces need to do more to connect and stay relevant for the younger generations.

General (rtd) Martin Dempsey provided a foreword to the Summer 2021 issue of Strategic Studies Quarterly in which he suggested that now is an “opportune time” for an investigation into the state of civil-military relations, after the United States has been involved in fighting war as well as undergoing significant cultural and political change during the past 20 years.1Dempsey, M. (2021) ‘Civil-Military Relations: What Does It Mean?’ Strategic Studies Quarterly, 15(2). Summer 2021. pg 6 Noting similar cultural change taking place in the United Kingdom and an apparent surge in instances of ‘bad…

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