Military Resettlement, Business, Training & Recruitment
The Prime Minister, David Cameron, has taken the salute at Britannia Royal Naval College as 68 cadets became the first to complete a newly-enhanced Initial Naval Training Course for officers, introduced in February 2012.
Royal Air Force personnel from IX (Bomber) Squadron, based at RAF Marham in Norfolk, have become the first to receive medals for their part in the NATO-led Libya operation last year.
The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has begun the tendering process with 10 shortlisted companies for the first of its regional framework arrangements for construction projects on the Defence estate.
The townsfolk of Wootton Bassett will be the first to benefit from £10,000 of funding from the new Community Covenant Grant Scheme.
Leading Aircrewman Sarah Christenson from 820 Naval Air Squadron, a Merlin helicopter squadron based at Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose, has become the first ever female to successfully complete the helicopter fast-roping instructors course.
RAF officer Rachael Cadman has run, swam and cycled into history as the first woman to complete ‘the most gruelling and most challenging endurance event known to man’.
30-year-old Flight Lieutenant Rachael Cadman from RAF Cranwell could soon be the first woman ever to complete the gruelling Enduroman Arch to Arc; starting in London and finishing, five days later, in Paris.
One of only two Royal Naval cultural advisors, reservist Lieutenant Commander Shah Esfahani’s deployment on the Cougar 11 tasking marked the first time either has been deployed in this role at sea.
One of only two Royal Naval cultural advisors, reservist Lieutenant Commander Shah Esfahani’s deployment on the Cougar 11 tasking marked the first time either has been deployed in this role at sea.
A brother and sister in the Royal Air Force have found themselves serving together for the first time, at Camp Bastion in Helmand province.
The Royal Navy’s flagship Type 45 destroyer, HMS Daring, has successfully fired her groundbreaking new air defence missile system for the first time.
British troops operating in one of the most contested areas of Helmand province are celebrating the success of the first major mission to be carried out, independently, by the Afghan soldiers they train.
Afghan National Army Gunners have marked the end of five months of training alongside British troops with the first multinational partnered live firing exercise to take place in Helmand.