British troops make pilgrimage to Lourdes
Some 250 members of the British Armed Forces have recently taken part in an International Military Pilgrimage to Lourdes, France.
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Some 250 members of the British Armed Forces have recently taken part in an International Military Pilgrimage to Lourdes, France.
The RAF has struck various targets in Libya this week, including a large military vehicle depot at Tiji in western Libya which has been supporting regime attacks on the civilian population in a region south west of Tripoli.
The first steel for the HMS Prince of Wales, the second of the Royal Navy’s Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers, was cut by Defence Secretary Dr Liam Fox earlier today, Thursday 26 May 2011.
Armed Forces personnel across England and Wales have got a boost from better accommodation, with 2,582 new bedrooms for single Servicemen and women delivered during the financial year 2010-11.
HMS Edinburgh is leaving her Portsmouth base today for a seven-month deployment patrolling the British South Atlantic Islands, including the Falklands and South Georgia.
The Commanding Officer (CO) of 2nd Battalion The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment has been awarded a top Estonian military honour for his part in leading the ISAF partner nation’s forces in Afghanistan. Report by Lorraine McBride.
Soldiers from 33 Engineer Regiment (Explosive Ordnance Disposal [EOD]) have undertaken a cycle ride in commemoration of a colleague who was killed in Afghanistan, and raised over £3,500 for the regiment’s injured soldiers fund.
Minehunter HMS Grimsby recently met up with HMS Iron Duke in the Gulf.
British soldiers in Helmand have completed a three-day operation to disrupt insurgent activity in a Taliban stronghold in the Upper Gereshk Valley where a series of British casualties occurred.
British soldiers in Helmand have completed a three-day operation to disrupt insurgent activity in a Taliban stronghold in the Upper Gereshk Valley where a series of British casualties occurred.