Defence in the Media: 20 July 2015

Today’s broadcast news is led by David Cameron, who will set out a five-year strategy to combat Islamic extremism in Birminghamtoday, saying it is the ‘struggle of our generation’. In...
Today’s broadcast news is led by David Cameron, who will set out a five-year strategy to combat Islamic extremism in Birminghamtoday, saying it is the ‘struggle of our generation’. In...
...is factually inaccurate. The department is still awaiting the coroner's full report. A full service inquiry will begin as soon as possible to ensure that everything possible is learned from...
...saved thousands of lives as an arms and explosives search dog, completing five tours of duty in Afghanistan, Bosnia and Iraq. Follow us on Twitter and don’t forget to sign...
...end of the year, and the first anniversary of the MH17 plane crash over Ukraine. UK personnel embeds in Syria Broadcasters and online media outlets including BBC, Sky, Telegraph online,...
...reserves. Service inquiry The Independent and The Star report on the conclusion of the Service Inquiry into a Lynx helicopter crash in Afghanistan in April 2014. The articles note that...
...Sport remains a crucial means of helping Service personnel regain confidence following injury and Britain’s world class Battle Back sport programme is just one of our commitments to supporting our...
...deaths of three SAS “hopefuls” who succumbed to heat exhaustion during a march on the Brecon Beacons has outlined a catalogue of “very serious mistakes”. The papers say that the...
...Court, Brigadier John Donnelly, Director Personal Services (Army), said: I would like to apologise for the deaths of James Dunsby, Craig Roberts and Edward Maher: three fine soldiers. I would...
The Daily Mail’s front page this morning features an interview with a father of one of the reservists who died on a march on the Brecon Beacons ahead of the expected verdict from the inquest today.
...be a new code of leadership in September and that the complaints procedure would be “sound” so that people felt that they could complain. General Sir Nick Carter, Chief of...
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