Sport

Yukon 1000: The toughest challenge of my military career

An infantry officer with over 20 years military service has completed the toughest challenge of his career, the world’s longest paddle race, the Yukon 1000.

Published: 25 Nov 2023

What We Do

Army officers battle fierce storms to complete world’s toughest row across the Pacific

Intrepid ocean rowers from The Royal Yorkshire Regiment have overcome fierce storms and 40ft waves to complete an epic 2800-mile row across the Pacific Ocean.

Published: 30 Sep 2023

Ceremonial

Army career filled with international musical highlights

Although based in Edinburgh, as a member of the prestigious Royal Corps of Army Music (RCAM), Sergeant Martin Slater’s musical talent has allowed him to perform globally representing the British Army.

Published: 31 Aug 2023

Ceremonial

Welsh Guards give huge Windsor welcome to US President

A large Guard of Honour of almost one hundred soldiers from The Prince of Wales’s Company of The Welsh Guards paraded in the Quadrangle of Windsor Castle today with The King’s Colour to welcome the US President to the UK.

Published: 10 Jul 2023

Training

US and UK reservists share parachute skills

Reservist paratroopers from the British and US Armies have shared their parachuting skills, building relationships and the ability to operate together as NATO allies.

Published: 05 Jul 2023

People

Odyssey of a ‘Windrush Generation’ soldier

The British people owe a great debt of gratitude to the Windrush Generation. Here are two personal stories about how their experiences and lives have been in the Army since West Indian immigrants answered the call from the British government in 1948.

Published: 22 Jun 2023

People

Jungle discipline on parade for His Majesty the King

The dual role of the Household Division’s soldiers could not have been more emphatically demonstrated than in the case of the 106 officers and guardsmen of the Welsh Guards’ No.2 Company who earlier this year were slogging their way through the tropical jungles of Jamaica.

Published: 16 Jun 2023

What We Do

US General's lecture celebrates special relationship

Success in battle is built on the skills and relationships established during training, whether that be for the smallest units or multinational partnerships, a US Army general has told British troops.

Published: 18 May 2023

Training

British Iron in America’s Hammer: Exercise Warfighter

Major General James Martin, the General Officer Commanding 3(UK) Division, the ‘Iron Division’, and his deputy, Brigadier General Matt Brown of the US Army talk about Exercise Warfighter; its aims, significance, and its sheer scale.

Published: 12 May 2023

Coronation

Excellence in green, excellence in scarlet

Only a few weeks ago, 106 of those perfectly turned-out Guardsmen you’ll see taking centre stage amidst the grandeur of the Coronation were getting down and very dirty in the tropical jungles of Jamaica on Exercise Red Stripe.

Published: 02 May 2023