Gurkha recruits prove their fieldcraft credentials during final basic training exercise
More than 320 trainee riflemen are at the crossover stage between Phase One and Two infantry training, en route to joining an elite brigade
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Army Back to basics: Desert Rats spearhead Army's biggest training deployment of 2026
A six-week exercise in Germany has put 'proper soldiering' front and centre, testing 3,000 troops from the UK Armed Forces
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Tri-Service CDS warns Armed Forces may have to dial back ops and training because of funding
Air Chief Marshal Sir Rich Knighton raised his concerns over the day-to-day funding for the military at a Lords defence committee meeting
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Army Rehearsal of war: British soldiers on Nato's border with Russia warn they're 'not playing'
The Army calls it an exercise, but the soldiers out here call it a rehearsal for war
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Navy Exercise Dynamic Mongoose: Nato's submarine hunting skills put to the test
HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Duncan are involved ahead of their deployment under Operation Firecrest
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Navy Wildcat and mouse: Navy's helicopters dodge P2000s on Exercise Tamber Shield
In the Norwegian fjords, it's a game of cat and mouse, with the Royal Navy's Wildcat helicopters looking to get away from a range of threats
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USA Former Royal Marine recounts his time on Exercise Purple Star and the tragedy that unfolded
BFBS Forces News Archive Researcher Richard White was deployed to Camp Lejeune in 1996
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Navy HMS Duncan joins HMS Prince of Wales ahead of Nato's Exercise Dynamic Mongoose
The Type 45 destroyer will be taking part in Nato's premier anti-submarine exercise in Northern Europe
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USA Remembering Purple Star 1996: A major UK-US exercise with a lasting human cost
Purple Star was a test of collaborative warfare at a time when the US and UK were adapting to the uncertainty after the Cold War
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Navy HMS Queen Elizabeth departs Portsmouth to begin an intensive period at sea
The 65,000-tonne flagship was bid farewell by well-wishers and loved ones
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Army Ex Kronos Warrior: Grenadier Guards swap royal palaces for ruins in Cyprus
The Grenadier Guards spent four weeks training in the Sovereign Base Areas and wider Cyprus, preparing for operational readiness
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Navy Standing ready: HMS Prince of Wales leads task group on Arctic security mission
The flagship left the Glen Mallan jetty in Loch Long after taking on supplies and ammunition
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Exercises Troops on Ex Bold Dragon to improve coordination with French and Estonian personnel
The personnel took part in the tactical training exercise to simulate a defensive coordination manoeuvre
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Army No duty-free, just duty: Personnel cross North Sea by civilian ferry ahead of Nato exercise
One thousand four-hundred British Army personnel boarded a DFDS ferry from North Tyneside as Exercise Rhino Storm gets underway
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Exercises UK joins Five Power Defence Arrangement's Exercise Bersama Shield in Southeast Asia
The drills are taking place across Malaysia and Singapore, as well as the surrounding air and maritime regions
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Gibraltar Royal Gibraltar Regiment soldiers compete in demanding Exercise Rock Warrior
The training covered 60 kilometres across the British Overseas Territory and tested leadership, endurance and core military skills