Military Resettlement, Business, Training & Recruitment
Pilots and aircrew from the Commando Helicopter Force (CHF) recently got to see their helicopters from an enemy perspective when they were allowed to target aircraft with Taliban weaponry.
RAF weatherman Sergeant Karl Rhodes explains why temperature measurements are such a burning issue in Defence.
HMS Iron Duke has completed its final patrol of Iraq’s oil terminals, heralding the end of the Royal Navy’s eight-year involvement in their protection.
On Saturday 9 April, 3 Commando Brigade Royal Marines took command of Task Force Helmand in Afghanistan, officially marking the start of Operation HERRICK 14.
Hundreds of people, young and old, cheering and waving flags, turned out to support soldiers from The Rifles as they marched through Gloucester after being granted the freedom of the city last week.
A soldier whose time in the Army is running out has used the Service’s resettlement package to uniquely retrain as a watchmaker and has invented what he believes to be a world’s first in timekeeping circles.
Royal Air Force aircraft hit seven Main Battle Tanks on Friday 8 April 2011, as part of the UK’s continued support for NATO’s Operation Unified Protector to protect Libyan civilians and enforce UN Security Council Resolution 1973.
It is with regret that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that Colour Sergeant Alan Cameron from 1st Battalion Scots Guards died on 31 March 2011 as a result of wounds he received in Afghanistan on 13 April 2010.
HMS Albion, HMS Sutherland and RFA Cardigan Bay, together with elements of 40 Commando Royal Marines, have set sail this week as the lead element of the Cougar 11 deployment to the Mediterranean and Middle East.
Last week, twenty-two female Service personnel received training from the UK’s Military Stabilisation Support Group (MSSG) and the Stabilisation Unit in preparation for deployment to Afghanistan as part of Female Engagement Teams (FETs).
Thanks, in part, to the efforts of an RAF police officer there has been a six-fold increase in the disruption to narcotics production in Helmand province in the last year.
Six years ago, Sierra Leone was a failing state receiving assistance from 10,000 United Nations troops. Now, with the republic’s growing stability and the assistance of British military mentors, its armed forces could soon be part of a UN force helping to keep the peace in Sudan.
Highlighting the Service’s multiple roles, a Royal Navy patrol ship has caught and fined a fisherman who misrecorded his catch of hake in an area policed by the Royal Navy to stop incidents of overfishing.