Commodore Jude Terry: Navy appoints first female Rear Admiral
Commodore Jude Terry is being promoted to the two-star rank of Rear Admiral, making her the most senior woman in the Royal Navy's history.
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RAF RAF Typhoons Join Training Exercise With US And Italy
Two Royal Air Force Typhoons from 121 Expeditionary Air Wing carried out a Close Air Support training mission with NATO JTAC teams.
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News Defence Buddhist Network Celebrates Vesak 2021
Personnel were invited to celebrate Vesak online, with a range of traditional Buddhist chanting and meditation.
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Veterans D-Day Veteran Douglas Parker Honoured By Veterans At Funeral
Douglas Parker was one of the last survivors who took part in the start of the assault on Sword Beach on D-Day.
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Aircraft Tempest: Future Aircraft Programme 'On Track'
The "concept and assessment phase" for the Tempest programme is due to be launched later this year, according to a defence minister.
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Mental Health MDMA-Assisted Therapy For Veterans With PSTD Faces Funding Shortfall
Supporting Wounded Veterans launched a programme to raise money for the research, but there remains a funding gap of £725,000.
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Weapons and Kit Revealed: What MOD Equipment Went Missing In 2020
New data has released that more than 420 computers, laptops, or USBs were among the equipment declared lost or stolen during the year.
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Athletics Army's Captain Kat Matthews 'Really Happy' After Second Place Finish At Ironman In US
The Army triathlete praised the race winner, Daniela Ryf, and talked about her time penalty in an exclusive interview with Forces News.
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Sea vessels Two former Royal Fleet Auxiliary ships up for sale
The vessels, which weigh 23,384 tonnes each, are more than 40 years old.
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Naval History 'Majestically awful sight': Loss of HMS Antelope in Falklands conflict
The Type 21 frigate was destroyed as an unexploded Argentine bomb triggered while ordnance disposal experts tried to disarm it.
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Forces Charities Scottish Veterans Return To Blesma's First Event Since Lockdown
The charity helps and supports those who have lost a limb, the use of a limb or eyesight.
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RAF RAF Joins US And French Air Forces In Exercise Atlantic Trident
Royal Air Force Typhoons, US Air Force F-35As and French Rafale fighters are collaborating on the tri-nation Exercise Atlantic Trident.
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Veterans Ex-Soldier Jordan Wylie Keeps Promise To Boy, 7, To Build School In Africa
Three years ago, Jordan Wylie made a promise to a seven-year-old boy from Djibouti that he would build him a school.
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WWII 'I couldn't speak French': WW2 veteran whose Normandy landing led to marriage
Decorated veteran Bill Silvester landed in France in 1944 and went on to meet his future wife who was washing troops' clothes.
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WWII HMS Hood: Memorial Services Mark 80th Anniversary Of Ship's Sinking
Only three of the 1,415 crew on board HMS Hood survived when the battlecruiser was sunk by the German ship Bismarck on 24 May 1941.
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Rugby Union RAF Rugby 7s Team Raise Over £1,000 For RAF Museum Cosford
The team cycled, ran and walked over 500km in 24 hours to raise money for the museum, which has lost millions of pounds during the pandemic.