Inside the hot, humid and hostile 'green hell' where French Foreign Legion test their mettle
BFBS Forces News ventured to CEFE, a jungle warfare training centre in the Amazon forest of French Guiana, to see the French Foreign Legion ...
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D-Day Surprise birthday party honours 103-year-old D-Day veteran believed to be Cyprus' last
As part of the 15th Scottish Infantry Division, Harold landed with thousands of others at Arromanches-les-Bain in Normandy, 1944
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Army Army Welfare Service marks 30 years of supporting the Army community
As the army's professional welfare provider, it offers both specialist welfare and community support
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Army 'Not my best landing': Casual remark follows biggest parachute drop in UK for 10 years
BFBS Forces News provided live coverage from Salisbury Plain, which saw personnel from 16 Air Assault Brigade drop from RAF A400Ms
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Army Watch: Largest UK military parachute drop in a decade takes place on Salisbury Plain
Some 276 personnel from 16 Air Assault Brigade jumped out of an RAF A400M to demonstrate their rapid ability to deploy
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Sport RAF Mustangs crowned American Football champions again, defending their title back to back
The Royal Air Force are back-to-back inter services champions after beating the Army 14-29 at Tilsley Park in Abingdon
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Cyprus Op Tosca: Sappers take over United Nations peacekeeping mission in Cyprus
1 Coldstream Guards transferred authority over Sector Two to 39 Engineer Regiment, with Lieutenant Colonel Ed Michell shaking hands with ...
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Royals In pictures: Princess Anne joins the King's Royal Hussars on Exercise Iron Cyclone
The Princess Royal is Colonel-in-Chief of the regiment and was given updates on its activities since her last visit in September 2024
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Scotland Royal Regiment of Scotland marks 20th anniversary with Edinburgh muster parade
Past and present members of the regiment paraded down the Royal Mile in the Scottish capital to mark the anniversary
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Rugby Union Testing tackles and French ferocity: Army and Navy teams take on Le Crunch clashes
It was mixed results for the UK teams out in France
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Hockey Important wins: Army and RAF celebrate Inter Services outdoor hockey success
Two key final matches took place in Aldershot
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Army Training for success: Special operations soldiers prepare to take on Everest challenge
A nine-strong team of soldiers from the Ranger Regiment are in the final stages of preparing for the ultimate climbing challenge
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Army Wales in Wiltshire: Prince William meets women of 1 Mercian during trip to Bulford Camp
The Prince of Wales is Colonel-in-Chief of the Mercian Regiment
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Army Royal Regiment of Scotland keeping traditions alive 20 years since infantry reforms
Small regional units with thousands of years of collective history were amalgamated to create super regiments with multiple battalions
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Army British Army reservists train for machine gun role on the frontline on two-week deployment
We spend time with reservist soldiers training to become qualified gunners – but for some of the troops, it comes at a cost
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Army Ajax maintenance requirements unrealistic in operational environment, readers say
The comments follow a hearing in which a senior Army officer said that when Ajax is operated as designed, it presents no safety concerns