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Defence in the Media: 6 July 2017

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Today’s defence news includes coverage of the Defence Secretary’s visit to Washington, a speech that the Chief of the General Staff Sir Nick Carter made at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) warfare conference, and an upcoming Army exercise in California.

Washington visit

 The Wall Street Journal has reported on the Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon’s visit to Washington to promote Britain as America’s most dependable and highest-spending defence partner in Europe. The Defence Secretary also defended Washington’s decision to add to troops in Afghanistan, with the UK’s own numbers set to boost.

RUSI speech

The Times reports on a speech that the Chief of the General Staff (CGS) Sir Nick Carter  made at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) warfare conference in which he spoke about a scheme encouraging soldiers to come up with successful ways to make Army savings. The coverage looks at a successful case study of a pilot scheme at the Royal School of Artillery.

 An MOD spokesperson said:

The MOD committed to delivering over £7 billion of efficiency savings by 2021 in the 2015 Spending Review. This continued saving equates to around £20 billion over 10 years, with all savings reinvested in defence. It is through this ambition and focus on value for money that we will deliver the vehicles, aircraft, and ships that will keep our Armed Forces at the cutting edge.

 

IMAGE OF THE DAY

 

Soldiers from 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards have been conducting a training exercise ahead of a six week deployment to California. Over 100 soldiers from C Squadron will deploy to America on Exercise Diamondback in September.

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