Behind The Scenes With The Military - Keeping The Nation Safe

Forces News has been given incredible access to some of the most important military roles that help defend the nation from its many threats.

From the Fisheries Protection units out at sea to the Radar Satellite detection based in York and The Royal Tank Regiment at Salisbury Plain, Forces News is bringing you an insight into these essential, and sometimes dangerous, defence roles in a new feature exclusive to Forces TV.

Told by the working military themselves, we bring you interviews and footage of these crucial roles from, where to them the extraordinary seems ordinary.

“There is a lot going on in the world at the moment, there are a lot of threats to the United Kingdom as well as other democracies throughout the world and in that case it’s entirely possible that the British Army and therefore the Royal Tank Regiment may be called forward. We are part of a reactive force – our job is to ultimately deploy and fight overseas”

Lieutenant Tom Quant, a Troop Leader from the Royal Tank Regiment

With some insightful secrets revealed along the way, see the British Forces in the spotlight: