Soldiers' chin straps: What details did Hollywood's movies get right?
Why did movie stars and action heroes often wear their chin straps undone? Was this done by mistake or intentionally?
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Army History Is the 'mark of shame' rumour about the RLC and the RAOC true?
Did a mistake result in two of the British Army's regiments wearing a 'mark of shame' on their heads forever?
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Army Princess Anne joins Royal Logistic Corps to mark 30th anniversary
The event in Winchester was the first parade by the RLC since they were granted freedom of the city.
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Veterans Irish Guards clean 'neglected' grave of wartime Field Marshal
Members of the battalion were told that the grave of Field Marshal Alexander was suffering from neglect - so they stepped up.
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Army 2 SCOTS travel to US to honour British soldier killed in American Revolutionary war
Soldiers from 2 SCOTS were flown over especially for the funeral to be pallbearers for the Highlander.
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Army RLC members raise flag on England's highest mountain to mark 30th anniversary
Members of 156 Royal Logistics Corps climbed to the top of Scafell Pike, the highest mountain in England on the corps' 30th anniversary.
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History MOD's war detectives' final honour for WWI officers more than 100 years after their deaths
The graves of two officers who were missing since 1918 have been rededicated in France after they were identified by researchers.
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History Aldershot bombing: The first IRA revenge attack against British Army on English soil
The bomb hit the officers' mess at 16 Parachute Brigade three weeks after Bloody Sunday, killing seven people and injuring 19 others.
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Feature The making of Desert Victory, the British Army's Oscar-winning documentary
The majority of the film's camera work, editing and scripting was undertaken by the Army Film and Photographic Unit.
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History The historic lasting power of military balloons
The use of high-altitude balloons in a combat scenario, to monitor an enemy, and even attack, goes back centuries.
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Army History The dead-famous Goose that saved Christmas for the Coldstream Guards in Canada
Jacob the Goose saved the day for sentry and sadly met a grizzly end.
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History Brick-hanging ceremony: An Army tradition that dates back to 1889
This year marked the 122nd Brick Hanging, which is a tradition held in memory of the story of Forage Master Joe Holland.
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Veterans WW2 veteran who shared food with French girl in Normandy reunites with her 78 years later
Former soldier Reg Pye has been searching for Huguette Geoffroy since the war ended.
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News Iconic Conqueror tank returns to site of WWII training ground for restoration
The military museum's project should take a few months, with the restored tank set to be unveiled next spring.
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Special forces Paddy Mayne and the SAS: The man behind the legend
Take a look at the career of one of the founding members of the SAS
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WWI Ultimate sacrifice of six WW1 soldiers recognised in grave rededications
The identities of the soldiers' remains were discovered by the 'MOD War Detectives'.