The Royal Wessex Yeomanry (RWxY) and Defence IQ will be hosting the first International Armoured Reserves Symposium (IARS) on the weekend of 17-19 October 2014.
The ground-breaking event is intended to support the development of thinking behind Reservist use of the most complex ground manoeuvre platforms in the world, focusing on both theoretical and applied aspects of capability. It comes on the hundredth anniversary of the conception of the tank and will be held at the world-famous Tank Museum in Bovington, Dorset, UK – home of the Royal Armoured Corps.
The event comes at a time when the increasing complexity of platforms is being matched by the escalating costs of the soldiers required to crew and manage them. In fact, the cost of human resources – especially in terms of training and investment – is now the major part of the financial burden, despite (and in part because of) increasing sophistication of equipment. In order to maintain capabilities, militaries need to think in new ways and embrace new models of employment, overcoming enshrined norms.
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