Bolster our capability or risk seeing Russia dominate GIUK Gap, warns former submariner
The UK needs to see its maritime capability expanded two to three times its current level, Ryan Ramsey tells BFBS Forces News
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Arctic/Antarctic Arctic kit: When batteries drain fast and mobility comes down to skis in High North cold
Power, surveillance and mobility can degrade quickly in sub-zero temperatures
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Army Two instructors jailed and kicked out of the Army for sleeping with 17-year-old recruit
Lance Sergeant Antony Pugh and Sergeant Connor Forgan targeted the teenage trainee at Catterick in North Yorkshire
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Afghanistan 'Look at me': Message to Trump from Britain's most seriously injured commando in Afghan war
Jon White was serving as Captain in command of Reconnaissance Troop, 40 Commando in Afghanistan, when he stood on an IED, losing both of his ...
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Afghanistan Veterans and families of the fallen demand apology over Trump's frontline remark
The US president caused anger and upset after suggesting US forces were the only ones fighting on the frontline in Afghanistan
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Boxing Former world champions Dillian Whyte and Charlie Edwards join Navy boxing team for training
It was a lesson to remember for the Navy boxers in the Algarve
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Afghanistan The truth about British blood spilled in US wars, by decorated veteran of Afghanistan and Iraq
Major (Ret'd) Chris Hunter describes UK soldiers' actions alongside their US counterparts in Afghanistan as the epitome of honour and duty
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News Frozen eyeballs and hypothermia: What really happens during ops in places like Greenland
From freezing injuries to dead batteries, a former Royal Marines mountain leader explains what the cold does to bodies and kit
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Gurkhas Brigade of Gurkhas restores badminton championships after a near 30-year absence
The competition used to be played annually in Hong Kong but disappeared after the 1997 handover of the British colony to China
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Navy UK sends Cutlass-class patrol boat to help French intercept Russian shadow fleet tanker
The vessel that was boarded is under UK and European sanctions for its role in facilitating trade in sanctioned oil, BFBS Forces News ...
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Land vehicles M1E3 Abrams: The US Army's new tank that has a cockpit like a Formula 1 car
General Randy George, the head of the US Army, says the latest iteration of the MBT is also driven with an Xbox-style controller
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Afghanistan Carns slams Trump's 'utterly ridiculous' claim Nato allies avoided Afghan frontline
The Armed Forces Minister previously served five tours in Afghanistan and was awarded a Military Cross
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Northern Ireland MPs vote to lift the ban on future Troubles-era claims as legacy law overhaul continues
More than 3,500 people died during 30 years of bloodshed and bombings known as the Troubles
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Army Furious defence minister sacks senior official responsible for troubled Ajax programme
The update came amid an extraordinary ministerial statement by Defence Readiness and Industry Minister Luke Pollard
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Nato Former RAF fighter pilot is appointed as next second in command at Nato
Air Chief Marshal Sir John Stringer will be the first RAF officer to hold the post since 1984, and only the third RAF officer to serve as ...
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Army Policies governing the training of Army recruits criticised in 112-page Service Inquiry report
A report identified failures in the way complaints of inappropriate behaviour are handled, as well as weaknesses in the governance of basic ...