Today’s defence-related news includes coverage of an announcement on increasing the numbers of Commonwealth recruits and the Defence Secretary’s visit to Oman. Commonwealth Recruitment There’s widespread media coverage today, including...
Defence Secretary Michael Fallon (meets with US Defence Secretary Ash Carter, on the eve of the UK hosted UN Peacekeeping Defence Ministerial. Today representatives from 80 nations gather in London...
Today’s defence in the media blog includes news on commemorations of the Battle of Cambrai. Centenary of the Battle of Cambrai The Daily Mirror, Daily Star and The Times write...
Alcohol in the armed forces Today the BBC has reported claims by a psychiatrist that the government’s strategy for combating alcohol abuse in the military is ineffective. Drinking alcohol is...
Today’s defence related news includes coverage of HMS Queen Elizabeth’s arrival in Portsmouth and the increased risk of MS among the Armed Forces. HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH ENTERS PORTSMOUTH BBC Breakfast,...
Today HMS Bulwark rescued over 400 migrants in the Mediterranean. The Royal Navy flagship was alerted to four craft in potential distress approximately 40 miles off the coast of Libya....
Today's newspapers are dominated by the publication of Prince Charles's letters to government ministers in the mid-2000s, after what the media describes as a long secrecy battle. It is widely...
...taking place today, involving Italian, German and Irish naval units. Bulwark will function as a ‘rescue hub’ to accept and transfer around 800 people to a designated port of safety...
Defence news today includes reporting about a new radar facility in Shetland, and further coverage of the Defence Secretary's Russia-focused interview in yesterday's Daily Telegraph. Saxa Vord radar station Newspapers...
...his funeral today. There is also widespread coverage of the on-going conflict in Syria, including international reaction following the US air strike on a Syria Government air field, as well...
