2 Para prepare for deployment to Afghanistan.
Army press release 7th Aug Colchester-based 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment (2 PARA) is deploying to the Afghan capital Kabul […]
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Army restructures to confront evolving threats
6th Div is re-formed again. Army press release 1st Aug 2019 Lt Gen Ivan Jones CB, Commander Field Army (CFA), […]
Soldier starting salary rises to £20,000
MOD announcement 22nd July The Government has announced a 2.9% increase in pensionable base pay as well as starting salaries […]
The Queen’s Birthday Honours List (Army) 2019
From humanitarian work, through mental health support to the Armed Forces, to responding to the nerve agent attacks last year […]
HAC and RHA fire 185 rounds during salutes
The HAC and RHA King’s Troop fired a remarkable number of rounds today as the visit of the President of […]
Household Cavalry horses being sculpted by Frippy Jameson
An equine sculptor, Frippy Jameson, has been given rare access to the Household Cavalry in order to sculpt five of […]
Firsts in Finland for the Royal Lancers
Soldiers from D-Squadron, The Royal Lancers have spent May deployed alongside the Finnish Army on Exercise Arrow 19, where they […]
British soldier dies on duty in Malawi
MOD statement: It is with great sadness that the MOD must confirm the death of Guardsman (Gdsm) Mathew Talbot of […]
British army: should 16-year-olds be able to enlist? Academic experts debate
Tom Evans/MOD. Matt Fossey, Anglia Ruskin University and Nick Caddick, Anglia Ruskin University In the UK, 16 and 17-year-olds can […]
End of an era as last tanks leave Germany
For the first time since the Second World War, Britain will be removing all its tanks from Germany. The […]
Veteran sues army for medical neglect
Wayne Bass served in Helmand Province in 2011 when he was in the 2nd Battalion, the Mercian Regiment. He is now […]
20% of Army “not fit enough to deploy overseas”
Recent reports have highlighted a growing problem in the regular British Army – namely that of a chronic shortage […]
MoD looks for a new way to recruit
The Ministry of Defence has developed a wide range of recruiting techniques since they had fallen short of their recruiting needs. […]
A heads-up on forthcoming article on Army recruitment
TMT is going to run a piece on Army Recruitment – with some comments on the other two services […]
Individual soldiers will soon be given Augmented Reality (AR)
The concept of Augmented reality (AR) is not exactly new. Pilots have been taking advantage of the […]
Army Operational Honours and Awards 2018
Operational Honours and Awards List 50 announced The latest Operational Honours and Awards list, Op List 50, has been published […]
Women to be allowed to apply to join SAS
In what may will see as a logical step towards greater equality between the sexes, women are to be allowed […]
New physical fitness standards for combat roles
In 2016, the then Defence Secretary, Michael Fallon, went on video record to that that if women “wanted to serve […]
When Tommy met the Tommies
There is an old saying which goes: “If you stand up and say something, assume half the people listening […]
HAC first British troops to deploy in Japan
50 members of the HAC in London have gone to Fuji Training Camp on the slopes of the Japanese mountain […]