Army Basic Training And In-Person Recruitment On Hold Over COVID-19
The Ministry of Defence says training centres will remain open in the UK, while the Army looks into ways to remotely test candidates.
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Cyprus Third Person In British Forces Cyprus Tests Positive For COVID-19
The individual is said to be displaying mild symptoms of coronavirus and is self-isolating.
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Veterans Government Pledges To End 'Cycle' Of Vexatious Claims Against Veterans
Separate plans are being drawn up to cover personnel who served in Northern Ireland.
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News Royal Welsh Troops Ordered Home From Germany Training Exercise Over COVID-19
The armoured infantry unit was not expected to return to its Wiltshire base for at least another 10 days.
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News Watchdog Warns Major British Defence Projects Are 'Undeliverable'
The National Audit Office (NAO) says 10 out of the 32 most significant programmes need "urgent action" or are are "undeliverable".
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Army ‘Flexibility' Means Coronavirus Will Not Hamper Training At AFC Harrogate
The Commanding Officer of the Army Foundation College in Harrogate says training will not be disrupted even if forced to close temporarily.
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News Porton Down Assisting With Coronavirus Response
Scientists at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory have been asked to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.
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Politics Coronavirus: MOD To Lend NHS Any Unrequired Ventilators
The Armed Forces Minister did warn, however, the department will only be able to free up "a small fraction of the number the NHS needs".
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Russia Sitrep: Putin, President For Life?
Russian affairs expert Stephen Dalziel told the BFBS Sitrep podcast why Russia's Vladimir Putin is desperate to stay in power.
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The Queen Queen Meets Navy Carrier's Captain Amid Coronavirus Cancellations
As well as meeting Captain Angus Essenhigh, the Queen was joined by the commanding officer's predecessor, Commodore Steve Moorhouse.
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Cyprus Coronavirus: British Forces Cyprus Schools Close
Nearly 6,000 British military personnel and their dependents are based in Cyprus.
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World How The UK Is Saving African Lives By Teaching Safe Bomb Disposal
Forces News has been given special access to the UK school training African troops in safe bomb disposal.
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Iraq Rockets Land Near US Embassy In Baghdad
The rockets hit the Green Zone and fell at least 1.2 miles from the US embassy, according to a spokesman.
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Navy Royal Navy's Last WWII Destroyer Captain Dies Aged 105
Lieutenant Commander John Manners commanded two Royal Navy destroyers during the Second World War.
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Navy 'No Doubt' RFA Mounts Bay Made Difference During Caribbean Deployment
The ship returned to the UK on Saturday after spending more than three years deployed in the Caribbean.
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News British Soldier Tests Positive For Coronavirus In Poland
The soldier is being monitored at a hospital in the north of the country.