Defence in the Media: 23 October 2015
...Fallon. A Government spokesperson said: Work continues to process the migrants who arrived at RAF Akrotiri yesterday, led by the officials from Republic of Cyprus (RoC) who have agreed to...
Latest government statement on migrants in Cyprus
...it will not allow a new migrant route to open up to the UK. We will continue to work closely with the Cypriot authorities. Follow us on Twitter and don’t...
Latest statement on migrants landing in Cyprus
Following the media coverage yesterday of migrants landing in Cyprus, see the latest statement from the MOD here. A Ministry Of Defence spokesperson said: We can confirm that the 114...
Defence in the Media: 22 October 2015
The BBC this morning are marking the launch of this year’s Poppy Appeal and featured an interview with Sapper Lydon Chatting-Walters who talked about the work undertaken using money raised by poppy sales. There is also extensive coverage across the …
Defence in the media: 21 October 2015
...support service families whose credit ratings are damaged by the demands of the job. The article highlights that the scheme will offer cheap loans and good savings accounts and goes...
Migrants land at RAF Akrotiri
...Syria and neighbouring countries; to disrupt the trafficking gangs and to address the root causes of instability that cause people to seek a new life elsewhere. MOD Crown Copyright 2015...
The highest ranking Army Reservist has been installed as Governor of Edinburgh Castle
...Regiment of Scotland march off parade into the Castle in Edinburgh. The Army’s most senior Reservist: Major General Riddell-Webster Major General Riddell-Webster was commissioned in 1983 and spent most of...
Defence in the media: 20 October 2015
...quotes Lt Gen Everard saying LGBT people make the Army more effective, and how he has called for more homosexual and transgender people to sign up. The article states that...
MOD response to Sun article on HMS Concord
...of HMS Concord for the Naval General Service Medal with the clasp Yangtze 1949. The Independent Review carefully considered the Concord veterans’ case that they should be eligible for the...
Defence in the media: 19 October 2015
Of note for Defence in today's news is coverage of a report that looks at UK troop numbers, and stories that carry Defence Secretary Michael Fallon's comments that Russia is killing "hundreds" of Syrians civilians in bombing raids. Troop numbers …