David Sivills-McCann is an award-winning journalist with 20 years of experience in TV, radio, print and online. He covers military stories in Scotland and Northern Ireland for BFBS, and has also worked around the world including covering deployments in the Middle East, Arctic and Baltic regions.
3 RIFLES spent the first half of the year deployed on Operation Shader, developing units in the Kurdistan region.
They have been honing their skills with live firing, section level tactical and fieldcraft drills during weeks of intense training.
Honing the skills of high-readiness units is vital to the overall success of the Armed Forces.
Forces families have been sharing the challenges of growing up in a military family.
Since 1969, at least one Royal Navy ballistic missile submarine has been at sea on patrol.
F Company The Scots Guards have been preparing to provide the Queen's Guard when she visits Scotland.
The Ceremony of the Keys took place at Her Majesty's official Scottish residence Holyrood Palace.
The Duchess of Cornwall met the team at HorseBack UK on a tour of its centre in Aberdeenshire.
Crowds lined the streets of the host city of Lisburn for a parade before a special event at Wallace Park.
The new digital resource commemorates those who lost their lives in the Second World War.
People lined the streets of Linlithgow as soldiers from the Royal Regiment of Scotland marched through the town.
The Baltic Protector deployment is one of the biggest of its kind since the First World War.
The international group of ships are training together for two months.
The museum, in Enniskillen Castle in Northern Ireland, attracts thousands of visitors each year.
The Royal Navy, as well as fleets from Ireland, France and Mexico, welcomed visitors on board.
Able Seamen Tyler Holland spoke after his team lifted the trophy in Scotland.