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News story: UK Destroyer visits Ukraine after completing multi-national naval exercise
The Royal Navy Type 45 destroyer is leading NATO’s Standing Maritime Naval Group 2 (SNMG2), providing reassurance and deterrence in the Black Sea, as well as commanding NATO’s counter migration activity in the Aegean. For the next 12 months the Royal Navy is commanding two of the four NATO...Read More »
Chief of the Air Staff visits RAF personnel on NATO mission
CHIEF OF THE AIR STAFF VISITS ROYAL AIR
FORCE PERSONNEL ON NATO MISSION
The Chief of the Air Staff has visited Royal Air Force personnel
conducting the NATO air policing mission which safeguards the integrity of
Allies’ sovereign airspace.
On arrival at Mihael Kogalniceanu Air Base in Romania, Air Chief
Marshal...Read More »
Press release: UK troops awarded medals for UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan
85 UK troops from the Engineering and Medical Taskforce in South Sudan have been awarded UN medals by HM Ambassador Alison Blackburne in recognition of their unstinting service in South Sudan.
During their tour, the troops have undertaken projects including support of remedial works to a jetty on the River...Read More »
News story: Grave of Yorkshire born WW1 second lieutenant finally rededicated nearly a century later
Verifying the research submitted was crucial in identifying the final resting place of Second Lieutenant (2 Lt) Bertie Swallow of the 18th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers, who was killed in action due to the injuries he suffered on 31 October 1918. Almost a century after he was buried...Read More »
News story: Armed Forces Muslim Forum Celebrates Eid with the Muslim Community
Defence Minister, Earl Howe, Chief of Defence People, Lieutenant General Richard Nugee, and Commander Home Command, Lieutenant General Bashall, hosted a dinner centred on the theme of being driven and united by common values and purpose.
Earl Howe gave the keynote speech, in which he highlighted how the Armed Forces...Read More »