Sporting heavyweights back Armed Forces Day
Big hitters from the world of sport have been showing their support for Armed Forces Day.
Military Resettlement, Business, Training & Recruitment
Military Resettlement, Business, Training & Recruitment
Big hitters from the world of sport have been showing their support for Armed Forces Day.
The Secretary of State for Defence, Dr Liam Fox, has informed Parliament that the additional cost of military operations in support of the UN resolution regarding Libya has cost in the region of £120m, excluding capital munitions costs.
VIP guests from Germany gathered at a Welsh military training range to inspect the German army’s legacy which is still helping British soldiers prepare for operations five decades after it was established.
Members of the Reserve Forces have worn their military uniforms to their civilian jobs today for Uniform to Work Day, organised as part of the build up to this weekend’s Armed Forces Day.
Some 110 soldiers from 16 Air Assault Brigade, which deployed to Helmand from October 2010 to April 2011, attended a reception with the All Party Parliamentary Group for the Armed Forces yesterday.
Royal Navy survey ship HMS Echo is supporting the anti-piracy effort in the Indian Ocean by updating badly-needed charts of the region and eliminating no-go areas for Allied warships.
Soldiers from the 9th/12th Royal Lancers and their Afghan colleagues have, since March, been helping to keep one of the busiest and most important roads in Afghanistan open.
Dr Andrew Tyler will be leaving the MOD at the end of June 2011 after a five-year stint.
HMS Illustrious has begun sea trials following the completion of a £40m maintenance and upgrade programme.
Armed Forces Day Flags of red, white and blue proudly flew over 10 Downing Street and public buildings across the UK today, signalling the start of a week of celebrations ahead of Saturday’s main event.
Following operations off Libya, the Royal Navy’s Response Force Task Group has now passed through the Suez Canal in order to conduct exercises with the UK’s partners in the Middle East.
Working 14-hour days in kitchens where temperatures reach 60 degrees Celsius, chefs from 42 Commando Royal Marines are producing up to 900 meals a day for troops at a patrol base in central Helmand.
The first Community Covenant, a voluntary statement of mutual support between a civilian community and its local Armed Forces Community, has been launched today in Oxfordshire.
It is with great sadness that the Ministry of Defence must announce the death of a soldier from the 3rd Battalion The Mercian Regiment (Staffords), who was killed on Saturday 18 June 2011. The soldier was shot while on patrol in the Nahr-e Saraj (North) District of Helmand Province and died of his injuries.
Burmese Python, Squadron Leader Eric Aldrovandi, 14 Squadron’s mascot, slid into retirement yesterday after a 25-year career with the Royal Air Force.
It is with sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm the death, in Afghanistan on Thursday 16 June 2011, of Corporal Lloyd Newell of The Parachute Regiment.