Inspirational Army nurse honoured
...with experience gained during operational tours in Belize, the Middle East, the Balkans, Northern Ireland and southern Africa. These were interspersed with periods on the staff that gave me the...
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Performing Hajj with the Armed Forces - a personal account
...years as a combat medical technician in Northern Ireland, Bosnia, Kosovo, Rwanda and Germany. Later, he did his officer training at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and then served in Iraq...
Defence in the Media: 7 October 2015
Among the broadcast bulletins this morning, BBC Breakfast carried an interview with the Defence Secretary where he discussed Russian military action in Syria. He said that Russian intervention had made a difficult situation more dangerous, and added that NATO ministers, …
Defence in the Media: 6 October 2015
...can be clear that the MOD, like other government departments, rewards performance through the use of one-off payments. They are non-pensionable and have to be earned against stringent objectives each...
Defence in the Media: 5 October 2015
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...will be extended. Forces Help to Buy allows military personnel to borrow a deposit of up to half of their annual salary towards buying a home. The £200m scheme is...
Defence in the Media: 4 October 2015
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...Service Providers are a key element of the DE&S transformation programme, including to help improve DE&S project delivery to time, cost and performance. As one of the largest and most...
WWII veteran Sam King talks about his experiences for Black History Month
As part of the Ministry of Defence's 'Black History Month' campaign, RAF veteran Sam King - originally from West Indies - spoke about his experiences coming over from Jamaica to...
Defence in the Media: 3 October 2015
In today's defence-related media there is reporting on the Defence Secretary’s interview with The Sun on the subject of Russia military activity in Syria and news of HMS Ocean's participation in Exercise Trident Juncture.
Defence in the Media: 2 October 2015
Today’s defence-related media carries several prominent broadcast reports of a summit between President Vladimir Putin and the leaders of France and Germany, which it’s claimed will cover the situation in Ukraine and Russian airstrikes in Syria. There is also broad …
Black History Month and the UK Armed Forces: Celebrating Heroes Past and Present
...Forces were also heavily involved in the World Wars I and II. Soon after the declaration of World War I, soldiers from Nigeria, the Gold Coast, Sierra Leone, Gambia, Uganda,...