Tag: MoD Stories

An Operation Corded 9 Liaison officer talks about his personal experience while being deployed in Lusaka. UK Armed Forces walk through the Zambian countryside Introduce yourself and tell us what do you do? “I am Captain Davidson, I’m the Operation Corded Liaison Officer. I’m working out of the British High Commission, Lusaka, the capital of Zambia.” What are you doing in Zambia? “I am...

Trooper Wheeler is currently deployed to Poland where he is playing enemy against the Polish Paratroopers The Light Dragoons had a long journey before finally getting on exercise with their Polish counterparts. After receiving their vehicles in a Polish port in early May, the Light Dragoons in their various armoured fighting vehicles travelled south to meet with troops from the...

Exercise Hedgehog is the largest multi-national NATO exercise ever held in the Baltic state of Estonia. It involves around 15,000 troops from the Estonian Defence Force and from 10 NATO allies and partner countries. The UK have contributed 700 troops formed into two battle groups : the Royal Welsh and the Royal Tank Regiment. 📸 See them in action : Challenger 2 tanks...

British Forces see themselves across Europe and the globe to take in part NATO exercises as part of Unified Stance. The UK Armed Forces will work alongside thousands of troops from NATO allies and JEF (Joint Expeditionary Force) partners in defensive exercises that are taking part across Europe. NATO is a defensive alliance, designed to preserve peace, prevent conflict and protect its...

Hundreds of British Paratroopers have parachuted into action while on exercise in North Macedonia This month nearly 10,000 British troops are deployed across the continent taking part in key NATO exercises. Pre-planned, the various exercises are to strengthen international military ties and ensure NATO is ready to preserve peace and protect its one billion citizens. Exercise Swift Response is one...

We met up with Major Freeman while the British Army’s heavy armour was unloaded for a major NATO exercise in Poland Major Freeman’s deployment to Poland on Exercise Defender started at Gdańsk port, seeing masses of heavy armour, kit and his squadrons recce vehicles being unloaded from the British Army’s RORO (Roll-On Roll-Off Ferry). Ex Defender is just one of many NATO...

The British Army’s global response force is training to show its readiness to respond to global crises alongside allied airborne forces. Pathfinders, the tip of the spear for the British Army’s global response force, have parachuted in to North Macedonia to be first in for a major multinational exercise. The team of reconnaissance experts took off from RAF Brize Norton today...

The UK Armed Forces are taking part in one of their largest deployments since the Cold War in a series of NATO exercises. Exercise Swift Response is a U.S-led multinational exercise taking place in Eastern Europe, the Arctic High North, Baltics, and Balkans. The exercise is designed to showcase the ability of NATO to carry out large ground combat operations...