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Navy Celebrating 75 years of Royal Navy Royal Marines Mountaineering Club
BFBS Creative joined the club in the Cairngorms for a special report to mark the occasion.
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Feature Your guide to US military creeds
All you need to know about the US military's formal statements of belief and how they came to be.
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Feature Beyond The Pitch: Remembering the rugby players who died on the battlefields of the First World War
To mark the 2023 Rugby World Cup, the CWGC is shining a light on the connection between military service and rugby.
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Feature Six Triple Eight: The pioneering black women who made US military history
BFBS Forces News pays homage to the predominantly black military women whose vital work during WW2 has largely gone unnoticed
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Veterans Britain's nuclear bomb guinea pigs: The untold story
In a special report, Forces News speaks to some of the men who helped test Britain's nuclear capability in the 1950s
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Feature Why submarines are black: The answer isn't as straightforward as you might think
Also, what do they have in common with car tyres?
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Aircraft Voyager: All you need to know about the RAF's fuel station in the sky
Find out about the specifications, capability, and notable incidents of the RAF's Voyager aircraft.
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Army The Royal Yorkshire Regiment: All you need to know
The British Army's only county-named Infantry Regiment has more than 330 years of history behind it.
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Feature From Jolly Jack Tars to the Wooden Walls: Royal Navy nicknames explained
Find out why the Royal Navy is called the Andrew?
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Feature The Korean War, my father and me - discovering my own family's involvement
Journalist Ros Moore's remarkable story of following her father's footsteps in Korea after discovering his uniform at home.
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Feature Tora Tora Tora, the living history lesson honouring all who died during attack on Pearl Harbor
The Second World War reenactment air display team perform at air shows across the US
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Feature NHS at 75: The mutually beneficial relationship between health service and Armed Forces
Recruited from the NHS, 4626 Reserve Squadron supports humanitarian relief efforts and frontline operations.
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Sport Why are there so many Armed Forces personnel at Wimbledon?
For civilians, gaining entry to Wimbledon often means long queues, but there are members of Britain's military that get to walk straight in.
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Feature Gloster Meteor: How Britain's first jet fighter is still playing a vital role today
The Gloster Meteor was the inception of jet aviation.
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Feature Jet legends: The Gloster Meteor, Britain's first-ever jet fighter
The aircraft still plays a vital role today as it is used to carry out live ejection tests on all new production seats.