And consider playing a stabilizing role in overseas conflicts to mysel words at the country should invest in the armed forces saying the u.k. Is at a pivotal moment having to choose between being a force for good or withdrawing to a more reactive footing writing in The Sunday Telegraph Mr Ellwood said increased funding for defense against cyber attacks should not come at the expense of old fashioned force ceremonies have been held in Paris 3 years since 17 people were killed in 3 days of terror attacks victims' families joined the French president outside the former office off satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo where the national anthem was played. Meanwhile defense will be high on the agenda when France's Emmanuel Marco makes his 1st presidential visits to Britain they say this month talks with the prime minister Theresa May will take place at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst Peter Russell reports the choice of Sandhurst as the venue for the 35th u.k. From Summit is aimed at underlining the enduring the strength of relations between the 2 countries despite Britain's decision to leave the e.u. These summits traditionally focus on defense and security cooperation as well as foreign policy matters speaking head of the meeting Mrs may describe France as one of the U.K.'s oldest and closest allies with military forces from both countries taking the fight to die in Iraq and Syria while closer to home security cooperation helped to foil terrorist plots on u.k. 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These Camera somewhere and my heart a very Happy New Year I'm feeling aware from our studios here and Northern Ireland now this year of course marks the same tain array of the end of World War One And in this farce forces life I thought we would look back at a 100 years of women and the present now back in 1917 women's roles within the military where fairly basic but no I stand shoulder to shoulder with their male counterparts and by 2019 all 70 year olds in the army will be open to women left telling Colonel Melissa. With the Intelligence Corps for 19 years and in the 1st of a series of special reports she's been chatting to Natasha Rana I'm currently the commanding officer of the intelligence school's initial trade training school but it's also part of the Joint Intelligence Training Group which is an establishment based in Bedfordshire which delivers foundation specialist training to the Army recruiting intelligence corps but other parts of the army to the rule afterwards and the Royal Navy as well and it's important we train together because one of the strengths of intelligence in defend. Is collecting everything the get the best quality information to the decision making. And what do you do on a daily basis I suppose the joy of that is it's really very and there are 2 elements because we're in a training establishment it's about making sure that we are delivering quality training that meets the needs of the operational units that we support in all 3 services and indeed some some civil servant environments while making sure that we do that in a safe and professional manner that our trainees are supported in their learning but also in their welfare and that we see that frost off as well and within that then the 2nd part is really looking after people a lot of us joined to do particulars commissioned officers but that's very much the same soldiers as well that one of the real juries being in the army and all of men and women you've been with the intelligence coffin for 19 years so have you been deployed anywhere yes I have and I think the intelligence coup is very highly deployed as account we all are at some points but because. To find out what is going on enable. The decision makers but frankly anyone who can be on the ground to understand the environment we need to be everywhere we need to be early and we need to be able to gather information and turn into intelligence so that people can make decent operational plans decent decisions so we do deploy all over the place in small pockets and in larger formations to myself I've been to Afghanistan a couple times 1st the start of the operation and secondly with the Australian Defense Force. I've been to Kosovo twice again in different roles in headquarters but also with a specialist saying I've been to Iraq and trained the Iraqi army to brace. For lesser facts. Recent deployment was with the un mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo you've had a fantastic career so far but what made you want to join the army she was my brother my brother joined all make sure that. The. Just what they were doing. Through the selection procedure they all made and I think I was attracted by the variety responsibility the ability to I suppose it's something that I was watching something on the television this morning that talks about there's no food job satisfaction and there's no way out for having a sense of belonging those are things you have to find an organization where you can get those things I was a massively attracted by the rioting and all of those things such as satisfaction has come up in so many different roles and whatever happens in the army we know we will leave I don't know how I will ever replicate that when I leave it so precious . Colonel Melissa and talking to. Costs. Play. Play And this is a force that's life and last year we celebrated 100 years of women and the army and from the basic duties expected of them back in 1917. Equal with their male counterparts. Who's been in the Army for 3 and a half years as a musician with the Scots Guards. Division we're pretty much responsible for all of the pomp and circumstance around the palace guards parade so we do things like changing the guard and we do trip in a Color Guards Parade we do the remembrance parade at the Senate every November at Windsor Castle that's pretty much the bread and how did you train to do your job so I did the normal training everybody does I went to Paris for that then you go. To the Royal Military. And you can be there anything from one to a year and a half 2 years just depends on your age your level your experience and here's what you do on a daily basis usually changing the guard. Sometimes . Even. In quintet for functions or you can he said I as a player to play the last post for remembered services funerals or things like that he's been with the Army for 3 and a hall but what made you want to join the army I didn't actually know that it was a job that musicians could do I think a lot of people aren't aware of as a job choice as a musician but one of my friends when we graduate from college he joined the band of the Welsh Guards and I. Want to get in on that as well as the best part of your job I love everything about my job I love being in central London it's a great city to be in the. Yeah I just love it I love all. You remind me still to come in this song are all forces like celebrating 100 years of women in the army we're going to meet a former teacher he's now a left tenant in the educational training service says. Katherine get your forces right you are. Us. Being all me me me. You need need. It. 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But. To. Me Alex Goen. To. Lead. The Lead. His Script ran in 2017 we celebrated 100 years of women and the British Army 2019 all 70 year olds in the army will be open to women last year for forces life Natasha some of the women who nice shoulder to shoulder with their male counterparts one of them as part. With 7 and a half year service under her belt She's currently the chaplain to the Welsh Guards I met expect chaplain for moral. Support and. The 3 main things about chaplain see that we do but actually the realities I'm just there for the guys to provide a listening ear and to just be that with them if they're having tough times to be alongside them so how did you train to do your. Originally which depending on which bit of the church you're from song from the Church of England so we training at college so I did a failing school degree which took a couple years and I went off and didn't like an apprenticeship which go to Keirsey in the Church of England and so I did 4 years of bad and that was in Basingstoke and then. The end of that training I went on a taster day for the Army chaplain thinking I was making up the numbers and I loves it had a great great time and I just really enjoyed meeting the people I met that day really challenged and it just ended up wanting to do and feel like God was asking me today what do you do on a daily basis no 2 days of the same which is a very lovely thing about my job but I think a lot of my role I mean some of it's just very like everybody else is meeting. But at the heart of my job is just being available to the guy sic trying to be in the right place at the right time and then to have a space where they can come and talk freely and confidentially and so I'm a support hopefully across the ranks and just sort of my role is to be there in camp but also if they're on exercise just to be where they are because that's kind of the core of what made you want to join the army you said it was God's calling but you know it was the 1st instance of taking on the course yeah I mean it's difficult because to explain to the people calling face. People tug of something that you just can't necessarily explain but you just love it and. I'm 44 and I look Kate's kid. But I didn't think I was that fair I'm very middle class and you're like oh crikey is this going to work but actually I just really sense that this is the right place for me to be at this time in my life and I think even though it's a huge challenge of women it's been wonderful and I love working alongside the guys that just fantastic it's a brilliant you know they've got such a great sense of humor and they are courageous. In a green honoring and it's such a privilege to work with them. And chatting with. I was in the front. Please. The Changing this is forces life coming to you from our studios in Northern Ireland I'm feeling aware and in this are we've been looking back at 100 years of women being employed by the British Army to mark the occasion women from a variety of his posts for a special commemorative photograph with the backdrop of the Royal Military Academy at the end of last year. And caught up with the organizer w.o.t. . Saying things on the major It's such a celebration the 100 years of women in the army obviously since 917 and I just have the vision in my head wouldn't it be great if we could get a photograph of every rank representing every cop in various types of uniforms uniforms How do quite big and not for example of the musician from the band of the scouting best going into Nick paramedic a doctor in screw ups. And I just thought it would show how much we've progressed since 917 what it was just. Today we employ fame in every role in the Army we've opened it up to infantry now the. And that's the main thing as you mentioned the role of women in the army has come a long way since 917 but why would you say it's important to celebrate because I don't think people are actually away all of how much it's evolved I've been coming up 26 years and it's changed massively there for the rules of when I remember in my basic training which was 1002 and we had to fish to 3 women to join the army as soldiers in my intake and look now hundreds of thousands of women are in the act so I do think it's important to say how it's evolved how much of an equal opportunity is to join the army because it doesn't matter who you are what you are what your background you are given an opportunity to do something based on your ability and because of what you can bring the photo as they lined up on the steps of the old college here it's. Absolutely fantastic just tell us what trades and cat badges were involved in the photo Ok source time from the Brigadier Sharon a Smith who was rolled signals but she's now General Staff 2 ladies who are colonels one was a call Colonel from the Raimi one nurse and obviously she's reached really high in her trade then I haven't curlews intelligence call to major pilot in the army I call the doctor in the role I mean medical corps then I had to captains out a partridge in a custom robes and our m.p. Captain she was in a vest then I had 3 because I realised when I 1st came up the idea I was trying everything down that we now actually have women in more than we do have than we have rung. So a friend of mine gave me the idea Why don't you get 3 out to be a ones because you could have a chorus them so I had the chorus of the one on the dental Corps regimental sounds from Asia from a Royal Artillery and. Because I know that one was on. 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Of the same as everyone else and you saw as a learning and development you go through your teacher training and. Then you start teaching soldiers education. Courses in an education center What do you do in a daily basis then so you should be in the classroom so you have a group of soldiers usually about 16 soldiers and they'll be dependent on which group teaching you might have. You might have seen. So really lucky in that we see every. Day. So what made you want to join the army it was a bit strange as I was teaching at a school beforehand teaching in a girls' boarding school. And I knew. I want to do something different. With the place so I thought well I'll just go in the Army and have a look. And I went to the careers office with that in mind I met someone who was educational in training services in the center and she told me about the job and I just fell in love for the immediately and I knew that was exactly what I wanted to I've always been interested in helping people be the best they can be and that's exactly what the. What would you say is the best part of your job the soldiers a genuinely get people who are really interested in being the best version that they can be and I think the education part of it is only a part you know the qualifications the Army officer is great but it's also the workplace learning the friendships they create and actually just seeing people push themselves to be better I think watching someone on not journey and being a really big part of it is really important and it really makes you feel like you've contributed something to them so if you've got anything coming up yes so I'm also trying to set up the British army intrapreneur so intrapreneur ship is for those who have entrepreneurial spirit and keen to get engaged but they work for a bigger organization and so the Army is currently looking really innovation and how we can embed that within our culture and that's. To do so we've got a couple of events coming up which are quite exciting so one next week looking at how defense innovate so really excited about that and I'm also luckily with a team of 2 others going to an event in Budapest which is being held by NATO looking at how we can problems within Defense across the services to find best solutions but solutions offered by service personnel themselves and gauging with industry and academia so really collaborative work if someone would like to perhaps take on this course how can they go about doing the internet as network is for anybody so service personnel or anyone interested in defense issues they can go through Twitter at brain underscore all. Me or just emailed brain on me told me she . Does not look at all come up on the turn we've really keen It's just got anyone who's interested in defense issues just talking to each other doesn't happen enough so keen to encourage collaboration possible. calling for the u.k. To be less risk.