Military English

Here are some links which may be useful. 

 

Military language

• Military dictionaries   For an impressive list of online military dictionaries, click the link and then search the site for "military dictionary". 
• More military dictionaries   Click the link and search the site for "Defence Terminology Military Lexicon"
• Slang in the Royal Navy   

 

Military organisations

• The British Army
• The Royal Air Force
• The Royal Navy
• UK Armed Forces Defence Supplier's Directory
• NATO
• SHAPE

 

The United Nations

• The United Nations - Peace & Security

 

British government organisations

• The UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office
• The UK's Contribution to Peacekeeping (UK Mission to the UN)
• The UK's contribution to Peacekeeping (Foreign Office)

 

Military journalism

• Jane's
• The UK Ministry of Defence
• Soldier Magazine
• Special reports on The Guardian website.  Click the link and then search the site for "special report military".
• FAS Military Analysis Network

 

Listening

• YSJ Ebor lectures  Recordings of past lectures at YSJ, including the 2010-11 series on terrorism
• M15 lectures    The former Director-General of the UK Security Service (MI5), Eliza Manningham-Buller's BBC Reith Lectures 2011 focus on topics such as security, terrorism and freedom. 
• BFBS (British Forces TV and Radio)

 

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