Sitrep podcast: Is the British Army really the Cinderella service of the Armed Forces?
A former national security adviser urges the Government to reconsider the scope of the Armed Forces' remit, but also an uplift for the Army.
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Army Putting uniformed soldiers back into frontline recruiting credited with boosting applications
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Navy Royal Navy considers weighty matters as next-gen frigate HMS Venturer gets on the scales
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Ukraine Zaluzhny is Ukraine's best - sacking him is a mistake, warns retired General
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Army Army's most senior NCO suggests decision on whether to allow beards may be imminent
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Meribel Meribel 2024: Incredible comeback seals Snowboard Slopestyle title despite fall in first run
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USA USS Gunston Hall docks at Portsmouth ahead of Nato's largest exercise in decades
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Land vehicles Jackal 3: Fire support and recce vehicle gets host of upgrades in latest iteration
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Royal Marines Fighting for funding: Military bobsleighers facing constant battle to stay on the ice
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RAF RAF scraps its strict no hand tattoo policy for potential recruits and serving personnel
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Royal Marines New raiding craft promises to make Commandos more agile and more lethal
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!["I'm standing on the backs of giants, really, who are helping me out with the display this year," he added. While the calendar of events is yet to be announced, Flt Lt Turnbull said he's "excited and nervous" to get his display airborne for the public. It's very early days for the display pilot, having only flown his display for 15 hours in the simulator. "I've only flown it once so far but we’re going to be working down the heights but I absolutely loved it. "I loved the G [G-force] and how the manoeuv](/sites/default/files/styles/list_teaser/public/Typhoon%20Display%20Pilot%20Reveal%20Flt%20Lt%20David%20Turnbull%20CREDIT%20BFBS%202024.jpg?itok=_QWKDdMJ)
RAF RAF's new Typhoon display pilot Turbo ready to wow crowds with new manoeuvres
Flt Lt David Turnbull - better known as Turbo - is getting ready to show off the Typhoon's combat manoeuvres at air shows around the world.
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Gurkhas Gurkha recruits get welcome like no other as they arrive in UK and head to Catterick
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Meribel Meribel 2024: Dramatic slip decides Alpine Combined title during live broadcast
The Army's Major Tessa Pirie took an unfortunate tumble at a key moment to lose the event.
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USA Two paramilitary leaders killed in airstrike in Iraq in retaliation for deaths of US troops
US Central Command targeted two high-ranking commanders of Kata'ib Hezbollah, a radical Iraqi Shi'ite paramilitary group.