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When Lance Corporal Kylie Watson was summoned to the office of her commanding officer for a ‘fireside chat’ she feared the worst. ‘Do you know why you are here?’ he asked the combat medic. ‘Am I in trouble, Sir?’ she enquired. ‘No,’ he told her. ‘You’ve been awarded the Military Cross.’
The 23-year-old, whose tour of Afghanistan’s Helmand province was her first as a fully qualified battlefield medic, was stunned.
‘Are you sure you’ve got the right soldier?’ she asked. But there was no mistake. The extraordinary heroism she displayed by twice running into Taliban fire to treat wounded comrades had been recognised with one of the UK’s highest honours. Read more  HERE  

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UK DEFENCE CUTS REALLY STARTING TO HURT THE ARMY

MILITARY PIC OF THE DAY

NAVY AND ARMY DISCUSS SYRIA

MILITARY PIC OF THE DAY

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BRITISH ARMY BE THE BEST

REMEMBERING LEE RIGBY

WE WILL REMEMBER LEE RIGBY

COLDSTREAM GUARDS

Coldstream Guards

THEY WENT WITH SONG TO BATTLE

ROYAL REGIMENT OF FUSILIERS

Royal Regiment Of Fusiliers

MILITARY PICTURE OF THE DAY

AFP/Getty 516910725 A French Army sniper watches with his FR 12/7 PGM rifle the area around Timbuktu airport two days after French-led forces recaptured the northern Malian desert city. French troops on January 30 entered Kidal, the last Islamist bastion in Mali's north after a whirlwind Paris-led offensive, as France urged peace talks to douse ethnic tensions targeting Arabs and Tuaregs. (Eric Feferberg/Getty Images) AFP/Getty Images

"Rules for UK Armed Forces

Royal Marine Rules:

1.. Be courteous to everyone, friendly to no one.

2.. Decide to be aggressive enough, quickly enough.

3.. Have a plan.

4.. Have a back-up plan, because the first one probably won’t work.

5.. be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet, even your friends

6.. Do not attend a gunfight with a handgun whose calibre does not start with a “4.”

7.. Anything worth shooting is worth shooting twice. Ammo is cheap. Life is expensive.

8.. Move away from your attacker. Distance is your friend. (Lateral & Diagonal preferred.)

9.. Use cover or concealment as much as possible.

10. Flank your adversary when possible. Protect yours.

11. Always cheat; always win. The only unfair fight is the one you lose. In ten years nobody will remember the details of calibre, stance, or tactics. They will only remember who lived.

12. If you are not shooting, you should be communicating your intention to shoot.



SBS Rules:

1.. Look very cool in sunglasses.

2.. Kill every living thing within view.

3.. Adjust speedo.

4.. Check hair in mirror.



SAS Rules:

1.. Walk 50 miles wearing 75 pound rucksack while starving.

2.. Locate individuals requiring killing.

3.. Request permission via radio from “Higher” to perform killing.

4.. Curse bitterly when mission is aborted.



Army Rules:

1.. Curse bitterly when receiving operational order.

2.. Make sure there is extra ammo and extra coffee.

3.. Curse bitterly.

4.. Curse bitterly.

5.. Do not listen to 2nd Lt’s; it can get you killed.

6.. Curse bitterly.



RAF Rules:

1.. Have a cocktail.

2.. Adjust temperature on air-conditioner.

3.. See what’s on Sky.

4.. Ask “what is a gunfight?”

5.. Request more funding from Government with a “killer” Power Point presentation.

6.. Wine & dine ‘key’ MPs; invite MOD & defence industry executives.

7.. Receive funding, set up new command and assemble assets.

8.. Declare the assets “strategic” and never deploy them operationally.

9.. Hurry to make 13:45 tea-time.

10. Make sure the base is as far as possible from the conflict but close enough to have tax exemption.



Royal Navy Rules:

1.. Go to Sea.

2.. Drink rum



AND………



3.. Deploy Marines"

ROYAL REGIMENT OF CANADA

ROYAL REGIMENT OF CANADA

NEW ZEALAND ARMY FUNERAL WITH HAKA

Afghan Army's rapid motorisation

The Afghan National Army (ANA) is going through a massive programme of motorisation as they begin to field thousands of up-armoured HMMWVs and Mobile Strike Force Vehicles (MSFVs).Speaking at the International Armoured Vehicles conference, Gen Sher Mohammad Karimi, chief of general staff of the ANA, told delegates that the ANA was ‘largely a light infantry force’ and that more armoured vehicles were required to maintain security. Read More HERE

French Soldier's Skeleton Scarf Goes Viral, Military Launches Investigation

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Agence France Press photographer Issouf Sanogo writes that when he was with French soldiers in central Mali on Sunday, "a helicopter was coming in to land and churning up tremendous dust clouds. Instinctively, all the soldiers grabbed their scarfs to avoid getting a mouthful of sand."
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1 RIFLES soldier killed in Afghanistan

It is with great sadness that the Ministry of Defence must announce the death of a soldier from 1st Battalion The Rifles on Friday 12 August 2011. Read More Here R.I.P