Defence in the Media: 22 February 2016

...'safe and sound', and denied that his campaign of barrel bombing cities is responsible for the exodus of millions of refugees. He instead blamed Daesh terrorism and Western sanctions, which...
...'safe and sound', and denied that his campaign of barrel bombing cities is responsible for the exodus of millions of refugees. He instead blamed Daesh terrorism and Western sanctions, which...
Top defence stories today include continued coverage of operations in western Mosul, where the RAF are providing close air support to Iraqi Security Forces; the announcement of an £8million investment...
...that British ground forces may be sent to fight terrorists in Libya. The articles follow comments made by Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond as Western leaders draw up plans to tackle...
...on the BBC News channel, included a report from the first Western correspondent to get into the city of Ramadi, who said that although Iraqi forces are controlling much, if...
...Code £21m of Service Pupil Premium payments made to support the pastoral needs of over 60,000 Service pupils in state schools. 24,500 children from Service families have benefitted from 154...
...profane or insulting language directed at recruits, and this was reiterated as part of the Army Leadership Code launch in September 2015. The Army’s statement on this issue is below:...
...Defence spokesperson said: The MOD is committed to upholding both the Civil Service Code and Queen’s regulations on acceptance of gifts and hospitality. All instances of hospitality, whether accepted or...
...the Code for Crown Prosecutors, decides not to prosecute, the case is referred to the MOD. The Court has ordered that where the evidence suggests that UK Forces may have...
...of these partner agencies the Environment Agency would normally be the main focus for questions from the group. I served on Operation SHAKU, the code name that the MOD...
...of Human Rights in a case brought by Stonewall, the charity. A new code of conduct was introduced and the practice effectively ended, even though the legislation remained on the...