Op Tosca: Soldiers Receive Blue Berets Ahead Of UN Peacekeeping Duties
Personnel from 6 Regiment Royal Logistic Corps completed the final part of their pre-deployment training for the seven-month UN mission.
Personnel from 6 Regiment Royal Logistic Corps completed the final part of their pre-deployment training for the seven-month UN mission.
More than 3,000 British military personnel plus their dependants live in the UK's Sovereign Base Areas in Cyprus.
A frontline military nurse, who will now be administering the vaccine, was the first to receive it.
1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards are preparing for UN peacekeeping duties in Mali later this year by training in Cyprus.
People identified within priority groups will receive the vaccine in the first phase of the rollout which is expected to begin next week.
Forces News joined drug detection dog Molly as she searched an aircraft more than 147ft in length at RAF Akrotiri.
Saiid, based in Cyprus, holds the title for the Royal Air Force's top patrol dog and has been reigning champion for the last two years.
British Sovereign Base Areas on the island remain in the EU customs territory, unlike the UK.
Gyms and mess dining facilities will also be kept open behind the wire. The equivalent facilities are closed in the rest of Cyprus.
The Postal & Courier Troop at RAF Akrotiri is working around the clock to ensure all personnel receive their post by Christmas Day.
The battalion is the first to move as a unit to a different country during the coronavirus pandemic.
COVID-19 restrictions in Cyprus meant the handover ceremony on Wednesday was very low key.
Group Captain Sonia Phythian was at Windsor Castle when she was told she was going to be recognised for her work during the pandemic.
Personnel tested technology which could be used to transport ammo, and even people, during Littoral Response Group (Experimentation).
Some of the concepts and equipment the Royal Marines have been using in Cyprus could become part of the Future Commando Force.
The two-year posting to Cyprus was delayed because of the coronavirus pandemic.