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BATUS training area provides room for manouvre during exercise
Exercise Griffin Spanner
Eighty-five children, aged 13 to 15, from seven schools in Staffordshire have taken on electrical and mechanical engineering tasks alongside soldiers.
Airborne Signallers tested on soldiering competition
From first aid to fire and manoeuvre, the soldiers of 216 (Parachute) Signal Squadron have competed against each other on Exercise Mercury Dagger.
Rioters’ fire and fury tests paratroopers
Paratroopers have faced the fire and fury of a hostile crowd as they prepare for global operations.
Mental Health Awareness Week.
The importance of mental fitness was a central topic when the British Army held its first Health and Deployability Conference, in anticipation of Mental Health Awareness Week.
Bravery and leadership celebrated in honours list
The latest Operational Honours and Awards list is announced today and recognises gallantry in Afghanistan, peacekeeping duties in South Sudan and some of the first deployments to Operation CABRIT in the Baltic region of Eastern Europe.
Army aviators prepare for role at Royal Wedding
Soldiers who fly and maintain the Apache attack helicopter are preparing to provide ceremonial support to the wedding of HRH Prince Harry and Ms Meghan Markle.
Household Cavalry prepare for Royal Wedding
UK and International media at Hyde Park Barracks in London to see the Household Cavalry’s preparations for the Royal Wedding.
New Chief of the General Staff appointed
Lieutenant General Mark Carleton-Smith appointed new Chief of the General Staff. He will succeed General Sir Nick Carter as head of the Army in June of this year.
Joint Warfighting
British and coalition forces take part in a multinational exercise. This lays the foundations for a stronger future with our allies.
Gurkha recruits complete initial training
Gurkha recruits of 2018 reach training milestone.
Allies demonstrate capability
The British Army’s airborne forces are testing their ability to fight alongside mechanized infantry from key European and NATO allies.
Forensic excavation in search for missing Katrice Lee
Royal Military Police to excavate area of land in Paderborn as part of investigation. Senior Investigating Officer WO1 Richard O’Leary appeals to members of the public and military community to come forward if they know anything about Katrice’s disappearance from a NAAFI in Paderborn in November 1981.
The British Army launches its Scouts’ Mechanic Badge
In this Year of Engineering, the British Army has partnered with The Scout Association to sponsor the Army Mechanic Activity Badge.
Pathfinders lead the way for airborne forces
PF soldiers are trained in specialist airborne insertion techniques and capable of conducting offensive action tasks at very short notice.
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News in brief
Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has announced he is looking to counter the Scottish Government’s income tax rise that affects thousands of Armed Forces personnel in Scotland.
The Defence Secretary has reassured servicemen and women that he would look to mitigate against the negative impact of Scottish taxes. Up to 8,000 service personnel are set to be hit by the tax rise.