Step aside Chippendales! How SAS: Who Dares Wins got sassy
It found its feet in the second half, though. The new chief instructor Rudy Reyes, scowling over his shemagh scarf like a jacked Lawrence of Arabia, was…
Step aside Chippendales! How the SAS got sassy
It found its feet in the second half, though. The new chief instructor Rudy Reyes, scowling over his shemagh scarf like a jacked Lawrence of Arabia, was…
It’s gross folly for Britain to give up on tanks
Ukraine’s armed forces may have performed heroically in their efforts to thwart Russia’s unprovoked invasion of their country. But their hopes of inflicting a decisive defeat on…
AWOL British soldiers fighting in Ukraine will be prosecuted, warns Ben Wallace
It is claimed that a number of soldiers who have expressed their intention to travel have been identified and persuaded against the idea in interviews with their…
AWOL British soldiers ‘could be used as Russian propaganda’ to drag Nato into war
It came after Liz Truss, the Foreign Secretary, expressed her support for UK volunteers heading to fight for Kyiv. Last month she said she “absolutely” backed Britons…
Gurkhas allowed to stay in Britain without paying for a visa
However, two prominent MPs, both of whom served in the Army, said that the Government should also have included spouses and children in the new policy. In…
Cornwallis by Richard Middleton review: can the British general who lost America be rehabilitated?
In the midst of its global struggle with Napoleonic France, Britain lost three imperial heroes within months of one another. Nelson’s death at Trafalgar on October 21…
British Army Gurkha cleared of sexually assaulting a female colleague at Sandhurst
A British Army Gurkha cleared of sexually assaulting a female colleague at Sandhurst military academy was warned he must “not get drunk and go into women’s bedrooms”…
Investigation launched into death of two soldiers from the same garrison
An investigation has been launched into the deaths of two soldiers from the same garrison who died over the weekend in separate incidents. Police were called to…
‘Steep’ visa fees for Commonwealth veterans should be cut, says former British Army head
The former head of the British Army will try to force the Government to reduce the cost of a UK visa for some Commonwealth veterans. Lord Dannatt…
Insiders reveal the shameful truth about Afghanistan: the war wasn’t ‘doomed’, just bungled
Britain’s armchair generals may have mixed feelings on reading The Ledger, David Kilcullen and Greg Mills’s new book on the West’s botched mission in Afghanistan. On the…
We’re betraying our Armed Forces’ sacrifices
Even during military operations that catch the media spotlight – such as the deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq – at Christmas time too few people think of…
Two soldiers found dead within hours of each other in Salisbury Plain tragedies
Two soldiers are believed to have taken their own lives within hours of each other at military bases on Salisbury Plain, it emerged on Christmas Day. The…
Revealed: Ministry of Defence’s best photos of 2021
“This year and every year, Armed Forces photographers have captured the vital work of the Armed Forces in the UK and around the world,” said Harland Quarrington,…
Fury as new Army regiment’s cap badge ‘identical’ to apartheid terror squad
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said that the badge for the Ranger Regiment, which was established as part of the Army’s Future Soldier concept, had taken its…
The army must get its ship in order before embracing wokery
There is a certain irony that it is only a month since the British Army published, with great fanfare, its official book on what makes its leadership…