How the dead are giving soldiers fighting on the frontline the chance to live
British military surgeons are coaching their Ukrainian counterparts in techniques such as amputations - using real human bodies
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Feature Black Tot Day: The end of the rum ration
The commemorative day is a salute to the historic practice of issuing Royal Navy sailors with a daily tot of rum
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Feature The Topley family: From firing at German Stukas to firing fast balls at Lord's
England and Surrey cricketer Reece Topley's grandfather has quite the claim to fame, being one of only five people awarded three DSMs
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Feature Why troopers use ladies' tights – and six other secrets of Army ceremonial life
Headdresses, handbooks and even a uniformed goat prove how ceremonial life in the Armed Forces is often full of hidden quirks
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Feature Mystery of the missing WW1 warship: Divers discover wreckage of HMS Nottingham
The Royal Navy vessel was torpedoed by a German submarine on 19 August 1916 and sunk without trace in the North Sea
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Feature Papa Jake: TikTok star who fought from Normandy beaches to the Bulge dies aged 102
The Second World War US Army veteran shared his Second World War experiences with millions of people on TikTok and YouTube
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Veterans Female veterans offered safe space to discuss trauma during time in uniform
A dedicated mental health service for female veterans in eastern England has had an overwhelmingly positive response
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Feature Vice Admiral of the UK: History of honorary title as Queen Camilla is first woman to hold role
Queen Camilla is now Vice Admiral of the United Kingdom – but what does that mean?
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Cyber Sabotage on home soil: Is Russia waging a grey zone war in the United Kingdom?
We have been warned that grey zone attacks against the UK are increasing, but what can be done to combat the threat?
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Feature Luftwaffe's image of invincibility during the Battle of Britain shattered from within
Germany had planned to clear the skies for invasion – but letters from the Luftwaffe's own aircrews show they doubted they could do it
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News Fifty thousand pieces of history: Take a look at the RAF's very own version of The Boneyard
The varied collection held at MOD Stafford charts decades of RAF history and includes everything from aircrew escape maps to atom bombs
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Navy Royal Navy Field Gun Competition: It's tough, unforgiving – and spectacular
The contest has its roots in the Second Boer War and exemplifies teamwork, camaraderie, leadership, spirit, grit and discipline
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WWI The Somme 109 years on: What British soldiers witnessed on the battlefield
The Battle of the Somme is one of the biggest and most infamous battles in history, with more than a million casualties
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Feature How salt helps Guardsmen from fainting in the heat but might not be great for civvies
There has been plenty of military research into the effects of low sodium in hot weather
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History What it felt like to handle part of the V-1 bomb that hit Guards' Chapel 81 years ago
BFBS Forces News reporter Sofie Cacoyannis was given the rare chance to hold the fragment
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History V-1 bomb from Hitler's deadly campaign that destroyed the Guards' Chapel in 1944
Tonnes of rubble fell onto the congregation, killing 121 people and seriously injuring more than 100 worshippers in the Guards' Chapel