Category: Defence

BFBS reporter, Jess Bracey, has been shortlisted for WeAreTheCity’s top 100 Rising Star Awards 2017 in the defence category… These awards are the first to focus on the UK’s female talent pipeline below...

The Chief of the Defence Staff has praised troops as military support to the police comes to an end following the tragic terrorist attack in Manchester… Over the past week around 1,000 military personnel have been deployed...

UK Armed Forces personnel have been recognised for their efforts to support Peacekeeping around the world… 29th May is the annual International Day of UN Peacekeepers, which was marked by a number of events in London. The...

Private Henry Parker, 5th Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment, has finally been laid to rest after he was killed in action during the Battle of the Somme on 26 September 1916, just 3 days short of his 23rd birthday… The...

In a flash of fire and smoke, Type 45 destroyer HMS Diamond has tested her world-beating Sea Viper missile system off the coast of Scotland… Blasting from the warship’s silo, the missile flew four times the speed of...