Mike Jackson
Mike Jackson
Michael Jacksonwas an American singer-songwriter, dancer and record producer...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionSoldier
Date of Birth21 March 1944
trying ministry problem
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.
moving tribes stills
If you move between battalions, you are still within the same tribe.
war world dimensions
Intervention continues to be a prominent dimension of the post-cold war world.
world
Technology's become the great prism for what's going on in the world.
philosophy army goes-on
It is absolutely bedrock to the British Army's philosophy that a commanding officer is responsible for what goes on within his command.
lunch missing end-of-the-world
Missing your lunch is not exactly the end of the world.
america force command
Nations, not least America, retain full command of their national forces.
crazy world craziness
Look, we're living in a crazy time right now. There's a lot of craziness going on in the world and in the United States in particular.
soldier months operations
Not much over £1,000 a month for the private soldier on operations is hardly an impressive figure.
important profession
Soldiering is a very important profession, is it not?
people sentimental
The Russians are a very sentimental people.
controversial
A lot of networks don't want to touch controversial subjects, and especially stuff that deals with race and history.
people soldier mind
You cannot expect soldiers to change people's minds. That has to be done in other ways.
military campaigns operations
Military operations cannot be tidy or free of friction - particularly in a coalition whose contributing nations see the campaign through national prisms.