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A team of musicians from the Band of HM Royal Marines Portsmouth are in Afghanistan, where they have been touring the British area of operations and entertaining the troops of 3 Commando Brigade.
Assisted by British Chinook helicopters, Warrior armoured fighting vehicles and Challenger battle tanks, soldiers from the Indian Army’s 3rd Battalion The Bihar Regiment have successfully carried out a counter-insurgency exercise in the middle of Salisbury Plain.
Musicians and buglers from the Royal Marines Band Service took a break from driving ambulances in Afghanistan to entertain their fellow British troops with a traditional ‘last night of the proms’ style concert.
Throughout the fasting period of Ramadan the Afghan National Army (ANA) are still working hard with the help of their British mentors to ensure that the local population in Helmand remains safe and protected.
Two members of the Counter-Improvised Explosive Device Task Force (C-IED TF) have spent two full days making safe an IED factory found by British soldiers in the Nahr-e Saraj area of Helmand province.
20th Armoured Brigade will replace 3 Commando Brigade Royal Marines in October 2011 as the lead formation of British troops in Helmand province, Defence Secretary Dr Liam Fox has announced today, Wednesday 13 July 2011.
Captain Harry Wales helped the British Army polo team to victory in this year’s Rundle Cup, the traditionally hard-fought polo match between the Royal Navy and the Army, on Saturday 9 July 2011.
The UK Defence Secretary, Dr Liam Fox, is today in Delhi to underline the commitment at the highest levels of the British and Indian defence establishments.
A huge virtual reality training facility in Sennelager, Germany, which uses the latest 3D gaming technology, is helping British forces, from individuals to entire battle groups, prepare for operations in southern Afghanistan. Report by Sharon Kean.
Less than a month after British and Afghan forces launched a major operation against insurgents in Helmand’s Nahr-e Saraj district, locals there are benefiting from improved security and freedom of movement.
The UK’s Foreign Secretary, William Hague, has paid tribute to the skills and sacrifices of British troops serving in Afghanistan during a visit to the country this week.
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.
Defence Secretary Dr Liam Fox has visited British forces in Helmand province as they prepare to begin the process of handing over substantive security responsibilities to their Afghan counterparts in Lashkar Gah.
The magazine of the British Army, Soldier, was voted the ‘best internal magazine’ in Britain this week by the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) for a third successive year.