Services

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Rewatch all matches of the 2026 Inter Service Championships on-demand with BFBS

This change reflects the way the Royal Navy operates today, with Officers and Ratings working side by side from the very start of their service on operations around the globe

Raleigh together: Officer Cadets and Ratings to begin Royal Navy training side by side

The Strait of Hormuz is a narrow waterway south of Iran and one of the world’s most important trade routes

Strait of Hormuz: Closure of one of world's most important shipping lanes in numbers

Female service personnel are increasingly taking on combat arms roles - and that means they need to be protetcted as well as their male comrades

Combat curves: Could British servicewomen soon be wearing dedicated body armour?

Sir David Eastman departed Army Headquarters in the Late Queen Mother's Land Rover

Sir David Eastman leaves in Queen Mother's Land Rover after handing over deputy chief role

In 2024, HMS Cardiff was taken down the Clryde and up Loch Long to be floated off the barge and enter the water for the first time

Staying afloat: Key milestone achieved as HMS Cardiff undergoes her first flood-up

pace stick drill competition in Catterick

British Army's smartest NCOs battle it out on Catterick's famous drill square

Drill & Turnout is a key component of Army life

Persistence and precision as soldiers rehearse for Trooping the Colour at Pirbright

HMS Prince of Wales re-supllied at Glen Mallan jetty on Loch Long Scotland

HMS Prince of Wales stops in Scotland for ammo loading ahead of Arctic deployment

F-35B jet BK48 at RAF Marham

UK's 48th F-35B arrives at RAF Marham with first Lightning order now completed