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Personnel from 111 Provost Company, 1st Regiment Royal Military Police (1 RMP), have been presented with their campaign medals after returning from a demanding six-month tour in Afghanistan.

Hundreds of people lined the streets of Salisbury in Wiltshire yesterday to cheer and applaud soldiers from 32 Regiment Royal Artillery (32 Regt RA) as they marched through the city.

6 Force Protection Wing (6 FP Wg), including 58 Squadron (58 Sqn) RAF Regiment, has returned safely to RAF Leuchars following a successful seven-month deployment to Afghanistan.

Personnel from the 3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery (3 RHA) C Battery have been presented with campaign medals after returning from a demanding six-month tour in Afghanistan.

Soldiers from 24 Commando Engineer Regiment have trained a team of Afghan National Army (ANA) troops to operate the heavy construction vehicles used in major infrastructure projects such as road-building.

The Minister for the Armed Forces, Nick Harvey, visited RAF Honington recently with the purpose of familiarising himself with the RAF Regiment.

Soldiers from 32 Regiment Royal Artillery were hailed as heroes for their work in Afghanistan by one of the players in England’s 1966 football World Cup-winning team, Geoff Hurst.

The Royal Gibraltar Regiment (RG) is running the latest military training course for Gambian soldiers outside The Gambia’s capital, Banjul, ahead of their deployment to Sudan.

Following their recent six-month tour of Helmand province, soldiers from 13 Air Assault Support Regiment, The Royal Logistic Corps (13 AA Sp Regt RLC), were presented with their Operational Service Medals at Merville Barracks, Colchester, today.

The streets of Oakham were packed with well-wishers last week showing their support for soldiers from 16th Regiment Royal Artillery and 104 Military Working Dog Support Unit who have recently returned home from Afghanistan.