UK forces can only fight intensively for very 'brief period', ex-defence chief says
Government figures show there were 188,820 service personnel in the UK Forces as of April 2023, a decrease of 3.8% compared with the ...
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Naval History University experts back Navy officer's theory on whereabouts of lost WWI submarine
Ground penetrating radar was used to help locate the missing submarine E52, buried beneath a public park in Dartmouth.
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Sport Why are British Army sport making major changes?
The Army Sport Control Board is no more as sport in the service is undergoing changes under Major General Darrell Amison.
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King Charles Navy and Army get ready for key role in Scottish coronation event
Personnel from all three services will play a role in the Service of Thanksgiving and Dedication in Edinburgh next week.
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RAF New RAF chief apologises 'unreservedly' for recruitment drive that discriminated against white men
An independent inquiry confirmed that aviators, either women or from ethnic minority backgrounds, were accelerated ahead of other candidates ...
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Politics Wallace 'very confident' in whoever replaces General Sanders as head of Army
Ben Wallace praised the head of the British Army, who is expected to stand down next year.
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History From a 119-day siege to an annual competition, the long-standing tradition of the field gun
The competition involves pulling historic replicas of antique guns weighing 1,300kg by teams of up to 18 people.
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Cycling Soldier battling arthritis puts on impressive win at Army Road Race Championships
The best of Army cycling go head-to-head at Army Road Race Cycling Championships at the Lee Valley Velodrome.
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Royal Marines Royal Marines mobilised within hours to fly into the 'extraordinary uncertainty' of Sudan
Forces News has spoken to UK Commando Force personnel who raced to evacuate British nationals from wartorn Sudan.
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Weapons and Kit Why the German MG-3 machine-gun is still popular with forces across the world after six decades
Close to 40 countries still use the popular MG-3 machine-gun.
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RAF Royal Air Force recruitment drive discriminated against white men, inquiry finds
The RAF said it accepts the drive amounted to positive discrimination, adding it will not 'make the same mistakes again'.
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Army MOD accepts responsibility for injuries to four Army officer cadets in Germany crash
One seriously injured officer cadet, who now serves in the Army, attended his Sandhurst graduation ceremony in a wheelchair.
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Army MOD launches investigation after five-day fire caused by British Army
The fire scorched more than 16 hectares of woodland and scrubland.
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Army Head of British Army expected to stand down next year after short stint in job
Gen Sir Patrick Sanders has only been Chief of the General Staff for a year, an appointment that normally lasts around three.
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Russia Russian ops in Ukraine to be impacted after Wagner Group reportedly shot down 'special mission' aircraft, UK says
The MOD said Wagner mercenaries shot down Russian helicopters and an Ilyushin II-22M airborne command post aircraft.
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RAF RAF Typhoons join B1 Lancers for exercise above Norwegian Arctic Circle
The Typhoon deployment was to take part in exercises Tempest Strike and Tower Guardian.