Shooting At Close Quarters: Blasting It Up In Cyprus
It's THE course skill of any infantry soldier - firing a weapon accurately, when possibly under fire yourself. High standards of shooting ...
Simon Newton began his career as a print journalist in the early 1990s before moving into broadcasting. He has reported for Sky News, BBC News and ITV and received numerous awards. He reported extensively from Afghanistan and spent three months embedded with British troops in Helmand. He now covers the war in Ukraine.
It's THE course skill of any infantry soldier - firing a weapon accurately, when possibly under fire yourself. High standards of shooting ...
36 Engineer Group are currently in Cyprus on peacekeeping duties with the United Nations. They’re part of a large multinational force ...
The Air Training Corps is celebrating its 75 birthday this year. As well as hundreds of squadrons in the UK, there are also several overseas ...
British forces in Cyprus have been taking part in a large multi-national humanitarian exercise. Exercise Argonaut is designed to test how ...
More than a dozen military rugby teams have been in Cyprus for the Akrotiri 10s tournament. The event has been running for decades and ...
50 military athletes have just completed this year’s Cyprus Cycle Challenge. The gruelling event, which is in its 20th year, involves ...
A group of Army reservists are in Cyprus taking part in their annual exercise. The mechanics are all serving with the Royal Electrical and ...
Warning: The above training exercise video includes gunfire and portrayals of people in distress British troops based in Cyprus have taken ...
Mountain bikers from across British Forces Cyprus have been competing in this year’s Mountain to Sea race. This year there was a record ...
Soldiers from the Adjutant General’s Corps, based in Cyprus, have been taking part in their annual military skills competition. The Cyprus ...
A trial date has been set in Cyprus following the drowning of a soldier during an adventure training exercise. Private Jamie Sawyer died in ...
It’s more than four decades since Cyprus was divided following a brief but bloody civil war. In 1975 thousands of Turkish Cypriots were ...
A group of forces skydivers have been in Cyprus on an intensive parachuting course. Drawn from all three services, it’s a chance for them to ...
A specialist British Army unit which was disbanded several years ago is being brought back to life. Falcon Squadron, part of the Royal Tank ...
The Officer Training Corps (OTC) has been a traditional route for many university students wanting to join the British Army. With the ...
Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) have killed and maimed hundreds of British troops and civilians in recent conflicts. Now a little-known ...