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Defence in the Media: 20 September 2016

Posted by: MOD News Team, Posted on: 20 September 2016 - Categories: Defence in the media
Pipes and Drums of 10 QOGLR perform for invited guests. Gurkha Welfare Trust has today received a donation of £300,000 from Defence Logistics VQ Trust at a special presentation held at St Omer Barracks in Aldershot. 10 Queen’s Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Reehal said “It is an extremely important day today; The Defence Logistics VQ Trust have been investing a significant amount of time and resources into giving young soldiers a vocational qualification. Today the trust is making a donation to Gurkha Welfare Trust, which will help those in Nepal. We as a Regiment are bringing together these two wonderful organisations to mark this very special occasion. This has given us the perfect opportunity for them to meet the many soldiers they have helped support over time.” The Defence Logistic Vocational Trust are a charitable organisation who provide education and vocational training to military personnel. They have worked with the Royal Logistic Corps for a number of years and have been responsible for hundreds of solders achieving civilian qualifications. Defence Logistic Vocational Trust CEO Mr Paul Downey “We are based in Yorkshire but we cover as a training facility the whole of the British Army throughout Germany, Northern Ireland and the UK mainland. We are an educational charity and we are in the process of winding the charity up after having delivered 20 years of service to the British military. In the process of winding up we have decided, with Charity Commission approval, to disperse the assets of the Trust which include property and monies and we are delighted that we are actually dispersing some £8 million to Service based charities and obviously one of those was the Gurkha Welfare Trust.” The Trust is the lead Gurkha charity that looks after Gurkha veterans in Nepal. The Trust represents their primary source of existence financially and the Trust is there to support them in all ways. They also support th

...air strikes in Syria. An MOD spokesperson said: We can confirm that the UK participated in the recent coalition air strike in Syria, south of Dayr az Zawr on Saturday,...

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Defence in the media: Monday 19th September 2016

Posted by: MOD News Team, Posted on: 19 September 2016 - Categories: Defence in the media

Today’s Defence news includes coverage of air strikes in Syria and coverage of Iraq Historic Allegations Team (IHAT).

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Defence in the Media: 18 September 2016

Posted by: MOD News Team, Posted on: 18 September 2016 - Categories: Defence in the media
World War 1 re-enactors perform a re-enactment of a battle before and after the invention of the Mk1 tank.

...provided £10m to support over 150 projects that help service families in need, as well as the wider service community – projects such as Style for Soldiers which received £1.5m...

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Defence in the media: Saturday 17 September 2016

Posted by: MOD News Team, Posted on: 17 September 2016 - Categories: Defence in the media

...opening up of all elements of military service to women are clear evidence of this. Being the first of anything takes courage. I applaud Guardsman Chloe Allen for being a...

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Defence in the media: Thursday 15 September 2016

Posted by: MOD News Team, Posted on: 15 September 2016 - Categories: Defence in the media

Today’s Defence news includes coverage of events to mark the centenary of the tank, and discussions around the possible creation of a European Union ‘common military force’. TANKS BBC News...

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Defence in the Media: 14 September 2016

Posted by: MOD News Team, Posted on: 14 September 2016 - Categories: Defence in the media

Today's headlines include reporting about the Foreign Affairs Committee's review of the former Prime Minister's actions during the Libya intervention in 2011.

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Defence in the Media: 13 September 2016

Posted by: MOD News Team, Posted on: 14 September 2016 - Categories: Defence in the media

Of note for defence news, was coverage of MOD’s decision to revise the way it issues anti-malarial drug Lariam to troops on overseas operations.   Lariam BBC R4 Today Programme reported that the MOD has said service personnel will only …

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Defence in the Media: 12 September 2016

Posted by: MOD News Team, Posted on: 12 September 2016 - Categories: Defence in the media
Apache Attack Helicopter from 4 Regiment Air Air Corps taking off for mission tasking over Hohenfels Training Area. British airborne forces trained alongside NATO counterparts earlier this year to develop their ability to work together to deliver a Swift Response to international crises. Crown Copyright.

Of note for Defence news today is further coverage around news that the RAF has carried out more than 1,000 air strikes in the campaign against Daesh. Campaign against Daesh BBC Radio 4 Today Programme this morning reported that the MOD …

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Defence in the media: Sunday 11 September 2016

Posted by: MOD News Team, Posted on: 11 September 2016 - Categories: Defence in the media

Today’s defence related news includes reports about the British military’s search for UFOs. The Daily Star on Sunday and the Sunday Express both claim that the British military are still hunting for UFOs from an ‘x-files’ base in London, in …

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Defence in the media: Saturday 10 September 2016

Posted by: MOD News Team, Posted on: 10 September 2016 - Categories: Defence in the media

Today’s defence in the media includes coverage of the Defence Secretary’s announcement yesterday that the RAF has carried out its 1000th strike in Iraq and Syria. 1000th AIR STRIKE There is widespread coverage in today’s print, including in the Times …

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