Training

Exercise Northern Strike proves a vital test for NATO partnership working

Reservists from 2nd Battalion, The Royal Irish Regiment and 7th Battalion, The Rifles have completed two-weeks training with the Michigan National Guard in the USA as part of the annual camp with NATO partners.

Published: 30 Sep 2022

People

Back to their roots for future success – Grenadier Guards march 150 miles and four centuries back to the Royal Oak

The Inkerman Company, Grenadier Guards, will shortly deploy to Iraq on operational duties. Their surprising preparation has involved a fantastic historical adventure worthy of a Hollywood blockbuster, an ancient tree and a sapling, and a superhuman march across England during the hottest summer on record.

Published: 03 Sep 2022

Ceremonial

Irish Guards form two new Companies with historic links for future role

Number 12 Company Irish Guards, the first of two new Public Duties Companies for the army, take on their exciting role

Published: 02 Sep 2022

Training

Royal Welsh Battlegroup conducts final exercise in Estonia

Over 800 British, French and Danish troops have conducted Exercise Dragon Charge on the Tapa Central Training Area in Estonia to reaffirm their interoperability and agility. It was the final, major, force-on-force exercise for the Royal Welsh-led Battlegroup, who come to the end of their six-month tour in Estonia serving as NATO’s enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) on Europe’s eastern flank.

Published: 02 Sep 2022

Operations

1 YORKS deliver essential training in Nigeria

Soldiers from 1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment (1 YORKS) have been delivering Formed Unit Training on Operation TURUS, in support of the African Federation of Nigeria, in the ongoing effort to combat extremist organisations in the north-east of Nigeria and Lake Chad Basin.

Published: 17 Aug 2022

Ceremonial

Parade will move to the left by 90 minutes..

Well, it was never going to rain on this parade, which was brought forward by an hour and a half on the instruction of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst’s Commandant to protect those taking part from the day’s higher temperatures. The Officer Cadets of Commissioning Course 213 were on the parade square in front of the magnificent Old College for 0930hrs instead of the traditional timing of 1100hrs.

Published: 15 Aug 2022

People

Lieutenant General Sharon Nesmith becomes Deputy Chief of the General Staff

Lieutenant General Sharon Nesmith has taken up the role of Deputy Chief of the General Staff (DCGS), becoming the first female British Army officer to hold the rank of Lieutenant General and occupy this prestigious role.

Published: 12 Aug 2022

People

HRH The Princess Royal visits Edinburgh for Tattoo rehearsal

Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal has joined senior service personnel for a final rehearsal of this year’s Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo in Edinburgh

Published: 05 Aug 2022

People

Paratroopers celebrate 80 years of operational service

Paratroopers past and present have come together to celebrate the 80th anniversary of The Parachute Regiment, at a parade and families' day in Colchester on 3 August 2022.

Published: 04 Aug 2022

What We Do

US Army Brigadier General takes up new role with the Iron Division

A new Deputy Commanding General has joined the 3rd (United Kingdom) Division Headquarters in Bulford, Wiltshire from the United States Army further cementing ties between our two nations.

Published: 28 Jul 2022