British soldiers admit abusing Afghan civilians
Patrol commander is cleared of failing to deal with offences by two servicemen at court martial in Germany Two British…
Military Resettlement, Business, Training & Recruitment
Military Resettlement, Business, Training & Recruitment
Patrol commander is cleared of failing to deal with offences by two servicemen at court martial in Germany Two British…
UAVs are remotely controlled from the MoD base for use in Afghanistan against the Taliban Six protesters have been arrested…
Merlins are no longer needed in Helmand because number of British outposts has declined from 137 in 2010 to 11…
A photographic highlight selected by the picture desk. The last night of evacuations of Allied forced from Dunkirk was on…
High winds force postponement of operation to lift only surviving German Dornier Do 17 bomber from Kent seabed An attempt…
RAF experts hope to complete operation to salvage last remaining example of Dornier 17 that crashed off coast of Deal…
RAF experts hope to complete operation to salvage last remaining example of Dornier 17 that crashed off coast of Deal…
Poll shows 78% think the military is tied up after Afghan and Iraqi conflicts Less than a quarter of the…
MPs have in the past asked in the Commons whether Geidt – now the Queen’s private secretary – was a…
Queen’s private secretary Sir Christopher Geidt won high court libel action against John Pilger and Central TV in 1991 This…
The Indian sailors recruited by Britain’s merchant navy died in their thousands during two world wars. Most of them weren’t…
The British government’s claim that it is strengthening the rule of law is undermined by its treatment of Afghan civilians…
The lessons of the first world war are not a settled question in modern Britain, nor is how to commemorate…
Defence secretary Philip Hammond says safe route for accessing Afghan judicial system has now been secured British forces in Afghanistan…
British forces are detaining up to 85 Afghan nationals at Camp Bastion, in what may be deemed unlawful detention Steve…
Frank Ledwidge, author of damning study Investment in Blood, says failing, bloody campaign has cost £2,000 per UK household The…
Shadow transport secretary says rail firms should extend scheme of discounted tickets for serving forces members Labour has said train…
While nothing can justify the killing of a British soldier, the link to Britain’s vicious occupations abroad cannot be ignored I am a former soldier.
In the wake of the spike in far-right activity, the risk of ‘cumulative extremism’ is one of the issues that should occupy minds The horrific murder in Woolwich has already triggered a disturbing chain of events. In less than 24 hours, the number of supporters of the far-right English Defence League’s (EDL) Facebook page has rocketed more than threefold, from around 25,000 to over 75,000. Then, in response to the group’s online call for “feet on streets” and its claim that “we are at war”, about 100 EDL activists descended on Woolwich to “tell the religion of peace that we don’t need them here”, and threw missiles at police
Following its continued success Heritage Healthcare, a leading provider of home based care, has unveiled ambitious expansion plans that will…
• Suicide rate of veterans similar to that of general population • Vets more healthy than population as a whole • Health care and protecting soldiers increase cost of conflict • Questions over role of army in future conflicts The claim, often repeated in the media and by veterans’ groups, that more Falklands vets had killed themselves than died fighting in the actual conflict, has been roundly rejected by a study especially commissioned by the Ministry of Defence. For years there have been reports that the suicide toll of Falklands vets exceeded the 255 who were killed in action during the conflict thirty years ago. The MoD statistical study, released on Tuesday, concludes that the risk of dying as a result of suicide for the Falklands vets was no different from the general population of the UK
David Cameron pays tribute to soldiers killed by bomb in Helmand province and says effectiveness of armoured vehicles will be assessed
Charities have accused the Ministry of Defence of recruiting child soldiers, but it argues that military life offers a wide range of benefit to under-18s In the UK, 16-year-olds cannot vote, drive a car or drink alcohol. But they can join the army, and this week two charities, Child Soldiers International and ForcesWatch, accused the Ministry of Defence of perpetuating the ” outdated ” practice of recruiting children into the forces.The charities argued that the government was wasting taxpayers’ money – as much as £94m a year – recruiting 16-year-olds into the army
Margaret Thatcher’s funeral will cost around £10m, although we won’t know the exact figure – and how much of it is being spent by the state – until afterwards. What else can £10m pay for? Here are some ideas … •
Annual Afghan casualty figures have fallen for the first time since the invasion. How many people have died? • British dead and wounded in Afghanistan, month by month • Get the Afghan civilian casualties data A NATO airstrike on Monday left 11 Afghan civilians (10 of whom were children) dead