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- Salute to the new Colours for The Black Watch (3 SCOTS). His Royal Highness The Duke of Rothesay inspects the new Colours at Fort George, Scotland. (64.47kb)
- Sgt Andy Gray (40 Regt RA) starts off another attack during the The festival of Armed Forces Rugby League hosted at the Aldershot garrison Stadium. The Army was playing against the RAF. (60.83kb)
- Chris Lee, Billy Black, Charlie Eastwood have just set off on the St Dunstan's Centre to Centre Walk, from Brighton to Llandudno, in aid of charity. (63.70kb)
- Chief of the General Staff General Sir Peter Wall and the Secretary of State for Defence The Right Honourable Dr Liam Fox MP visit 1st Scots Guards on Exercise with 20 Armoured Brigade on the Salisbury Plain Training Area, in Wiltshire. (68.47kb)
- Chief of the General Staff General Sir Peter Wall and the Secretary of State for Defence The Right Honourable Dr Liam Fox MP visit 1st Scots Guards on Exercise with 20 Armoured Brigade on the Salisbury Plain Training Area, in Wiltshire. (71.33kb)
- The families of 40 Territorial Army Riflemen from 6 RIFLES, who are currently serving in Helmand Province, have enjoyed a Families' Day at Wyvern Barracks, Exeter, where BFBS's Operation Ice Cream 2 has been deployed to hand out free ice creams. (60.05kb)
- Lance Corporal Tom Welstand, a dog handler with 103 Military Dog Squadron, shares a moment with his search dog Steegan, during an operation in Helmand province. The pair are working alongside 42 Commando Royal Marines, who are operating with Afghan troops (147.19kb)
- Members of the 1st Battalion Irish Guards received their operational medals for Afghanistan from The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge at a ceremony on Saturday in Windsor. (54.72kb)
- Members of the 1st Battalion Irish Guards received their operational medals for Afghanistan from The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge at a ceremony on Saturday in Windsor. (50.24kb)
- Members of the 1st Battalion Irish Guards received their operational medals for Afghanistan from The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge at a ceremony on Saturday in Windsor. (65.33kb)
News in brief
Duke of Rothsay visits The Black Watch
His Royal Highness The Duke of Rothesay has visited The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland at their Fort George base.
The Battalion paraded its new Colours in the presence of HRH and the Battalion’s families.
A BBQ lunch followed the parade, which led into a number of afternoon activities encompassing military stands, entertainment for the children and an inter-company competition.
The day provided an opportunity to assemble the Battalion community for the final time prior to 3 SCOTS' forthcoming deployment to Afghanistan , and allowed HRH – the Battalion’s Royal Colonel - to meet soldiers and their families.