Defence in the Media: 20 July 2016
...The safety of our personnel is our absolute priority and, while deaths in training are rare, any death is a tragedy. As well as a police investigation, a Service Inquiry...
Defence in the media: Thursday 3 March 2016
...the Defence Safety Authority is conducting a service inquiry to identify any further lessons to prevent a recurrence of this tragedy. Our thoughts remain with the families and friends of...
Defence in the Media: 8 August 2015
...support our veterans here. Kabul blasts A number of outlets report that a number of people have been killed in a truck bomb explosion in Kabul. There have been a...
Breaking News: Reaction to Coroner’s verdict on death of Army reservists
...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...
Defence in the Media: 14 July 2015
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.
Defence in the Media: 15 June 2015
...repeat of a story previously featured in The Daily Star on 23 March, The Daily Express incorrectly reports that a third of the RAF’s front line jets are not fit...
Defence in the Media: 10 June 2015
...LGBT forum. It references that all three services are in Stonewall’s Top 100 employers and says the transformation in attitude has been “striking”. It adds that the MOD recognises that...
Defence in the media: 9 June 2015
...main road and later died, was said to have been moving “between running and a fast walk” on the final leg of the 16-mile march. The Guardian reports that it...
Defence in the Media: 6 June 2015
...which provides initial administrative support before the French authorities process the medal applications. We are doing our very best to process the applications as quickly as possible and we prioritise...
Defence in the Media: 4 June 2015
...The majority of today’s papers continue their coverage of the inquest into the deaths of three soldiers in the Brecon Beacons. The Daily Mail and Daily Telegraph report that another...