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Females welcomed to Commando selection – but standards remain as arduous as ever

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BFBS Forces News @forcesnews.com · 5h

No drop in physical standards for Royal Marines training

🫡The Royal Marines have released a series of videos outlining their key values of integrity, humility, self-discipline and excellence.

🤔But these values aren't new, so why shout about them now?⬇️

The Commandant challenges critics who think the course has been made easier to head to Lympstone and try it for themselves

Serve to lead: Minister following Sandhurst motto as she makes first visit to Cyprus bases

BFBS Forces News @forcesnews.com · 5h

Serve to lead🇨🇾

The new Veterans and People Minister has made her first overseas visit to British Forces Cyprus after her promotion last month

Find out more🔗⬇️

Veterans and People Minister Louise Sandher-Jones met serving personnel and their families across all bases on the island to hear about their challenges

Is the UK behind in the military drone race? | Sitrep podcast

BFBS Forces News @forcesnews.com · 7h

Is the UK behind in the military drone race?🤔

💬On this week's BFBS Sitrep, Professor Michael Clarke analyses the available numbers and explains why Ukraine shouldn't be treated as a template for the future, even though drones are here to stay

Listen in full here🔗⬇️

From Army Officer to Minister: Still serving to lead on her first mission in Cyprus

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BFBS Forces News @forcesnews.com · 22h

Still serving to lead on her first mission in Cyprus

🇨🇾The new Minister for Veterans and People is settling into the brief with her first overseas visit to British Forces Cyprus

Louise Sandher-Jones MP met with serving personnel and their families🔗⬇

Royal Navy frigate HMS Richmond arrives in Mumbai as UK signs major defence deals with India

BFBS Forces News @forcesnews.com · 1d

HMS Richmond arrives in Mumbai as UK-India defence ties deepen with £600m in new deals.

F-35s and MiG-29Ks took to the skies in joint drills during Exercise Konkan⚓️

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The visit comes as PM Sir Keir Starmer meets India's prime minister and the UK secures new defence contracts worth more than £600m

Tribute to the Hitman: How Ricky Hatton impacted military boxing with Army visit in 2011

BFBS Forces News @forcesnews.com · 1d

"Everyone was in awe… he was passing on the knowledge to the guys"🗣️

🥊Ricky 'The Hitman' Hatton made a lasting impact on military boxing during a 2011 visit to Aldershot

Read more🔗⬇️

Ricky 'The Hitman' Hatton will go down as one of the finest boxers in the sport's history

Royal Marines conduct tactical insertion at night during 10-nation Exercise Tarassis

BFBS Forces News @forcesnews.com · 1d

Royal Marines night raid

40 Commando's Royal Marines have conducted a tactical insertion at night using inflatable raiding craft during #ExerciseTarassis in northern Norway

Take a closer look🔗⬇️

The marines had to endure a two-hour transit through the Norwegian fjords with a fierce wind chill ahead of their night raid

Tribute to the Hitman: How Ricky Hatton impacted military boxing with Army visit in 2011

BFBS Forces News @forcesnews.com · 1d

"Everyone was in awe… he was passing on the knowledge to the guys"🗣️

Ricky 'The Hitman' Hatton made a lasting impact on military boxing during a 2011 visit to Aldershot🥊

Read more🔗⬇️

Ricky 'The Hitman' Hatton will go down as one of the finest boxers in the sport's history

Born survivor: Norwegian frigate succumbs to Quicksink 12 years on from missile attack

BFBS Forces News @forcesnews.com · 1d

Battered, bruised and sent to the bottom of the deep blue sea🌊

Video has been released of a torpedo exploding under a Norwegian frigate, breaking the ship in half

Watch here🔗⬇️

KNM Trondheim was used to test the Naval Strike Missile back in 2013, but has now been hit by more missiles and torpedoed

Outsmarting the Patriot: How Russia adapted to beat Ukraine’s air defences

BFBS Forces News @forcesnews.com · 1d

Outsmarting the Patriot

Russia has been able to carry out numerous ballistic missile strikes despite the best efforts of Ukraine's US-made Patriot missile defence systems

How Russia adapted to beat Ukraine’s air defences🔗⬇️

2025 RAF Sports Awards: How to join us live to celebrate the year's best Air Force sports personnel

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BFBS Forces News @forcesnews.com · 2d

RAF Sports Awards 2025 are almost here!🏆

👏On 24 October, celebrate an epic year of sporting success

From🏉Twickenham triumphs to🎮Esports glory!

📍LIVE RAF Club, London
🕜 13:30 | UK time📺 BFBS TV | BFBS Forces News YouTube

The awards will be shown live on the BFBS Forces News YouTube channel on 24 October

Tower of London welcomes first Parachute Regiment veteran as Yeoman Warder

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BFBS Forces News @forcesnews.com · 2d

A former Para is now living inside one of the UK's most iconic landmarks💂‍♂️

🏰Lee Fox has made history as the first from his regiment to become a Yeoman Warder at the Tower of London

Find out more🔗⬇️

Lee Fox served for 23 years in the British Army, including time as directing staff on the rigorous selection cadre known as P Company

Watch live as UK Armed Forces defend Kentish Cup against French and Dutch Armed Forces

BFBS Forces News @forcesnews.com · 2d

The #KentishCup is back on UK soil🏆⚽️

👀Can UK Armed Forces defend their crown against France and the Netherlands?

Here's where to watch🔗⬇️

This year's tournament will be live in full on the BFBS Forces News YouTube channel

Watch live as UK Armed Forces defend Kentish Cup against French and Dutch Armed Forces

BFBS Forces News @forcesnews.com · 2d

The Kentish Cup is back on UK soil🏆⚽️

Can UK Armed Forces defend their crown against France and the Netherlands?

Find out where to watch here🔴⬇️

This year's tournament will be live in full on the BFBS Forces News YouTube channel

Arctic Angels: US 11th Airborne Division paras descend into Alaskan wilderness

BFBS Forces News @forcesnews.com · 2d

Arctic Angels ice-olated in Alaska🧊

A look inside 11th Airbourne's extreme training🔗⬇️

The division is the US Army's newest airborne unit, operating out of the Northern Warfare Training Centre

In pictures: Royal Navy divers neutralise underwater bombs on Ex Northern Challenge

BFBS Forces News @forcesnews.com · 2d

Neutralising underwater bombs

Royal Navy divers joined counterparts from across Nato in Iceland for the alliance's biggest test dealing with homemade bombs

Take a closer look🔗⬇️

Divers worked alongside their Nato allies on drills reflecting real-life scenarios

Go inside a frontline flight with the RAF protecting Nato

BFBS Forces News @forcesnews.com · 2d

Climb on board the RAF's Voyager tanker as it fuels up Typhoon jets for Op Eastern Sentry✈️

Go inside a frontline flight with the RAF protecting Nato🔗⬇️

Patriot-proof: More Russian missiles breaching Ukraine's US-made defences

BFBS Forces News @forcesnews.com · 2d

Russian missiles making it past Ukraine's Patriot defences

Russia has been able to carry out numerous ballistic missile strikes despite the best efforts of Ukraine's US-made Patriot missile defence systems

Find out more🔗⬇️

Patriot missile defence batteries are proving less effective against Russian hypersonic missiles, which may have been treated to an upgrade

Lethality in Latvia: New battlefield tech tested by 3 Scots in Baltics

BFBS Forces News @forcesnews.com · 2d

New battlefield tech tested by 3 Scots in the Baltics

Soldiers from the Royal Regiment of Scotland have been in Latvia testing out the latest technology to give them a battlefield advantage

Watch in full🔗⬇️

Firing in anger: British Army sniper describes moment of revenge in Afghanistan

BFBS Forces News @forcesnews.com · 2d

"I shot him in the throat, he was probably the same age as me…"🗣️

It's the key moment of a story Ted Shirley has been building up to, as he describes his experiences to me as a professional marksman – a sniper in the British Army

Watch in full🔗⬇️

Conservative Party conference: Tory leader Kemi Badenoch's defence priorities

BFBS Forces News @forcesnews.com · 2d

How do the Tories' defence policies stack up?🤔

As the Conservative Party conference continues in Manchester, party leader Kemi Badenoch and her shadow cabinet have been showcasing the party's policies

Find out more🔗⬇️

BFBS Forces News has analysed Kemi Badenoch's defence policies as shadow defence secretary James Cartlidge speaks at the Manchester conference

Historic first as Royal Navy and Indian Navy carrier strike groups train together

BFBS Forces News @forcesnews.com · 3d

Historic first

#ExerciseKonkan has been a fixture of UK–India naval cooperation since 2004.

But this year's edition marks a first: the Royal Navy and Indian Navy are deploying their carrier strike groups side by side🔗⬇️

HMS Prince of Wales links up with INS Vikrant for Konkan 2025, the first time Britain and India have exercised carrier strike groups side by side

After fuelling for the fight, allies show off their military might in skies over Malaysia

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BFBS Forces News @forcesnews.com · 3d

F-35Bs fuel up for the fight on Ex Bersama Lima✈️

🤝Bersama Lima 25 is the largest of a series of annual exercises delivered by the nations of the Five Powers Defence Arrangements, UK, Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand and Singapore

Find out more🔗⬇️

Bersama Lima is one of the main elements of Operation Highmast - the eight-month Carrier Strike Group 25 deployment to the Indo-Pacific

In pictures: Smiles and salutes as submariners return home from latest nuclear deterrent patrol

BFBS Forces News @forcesnews.com · 3d

Over 400 family members welcomed home Royal Navy submariners👨‍👩‍👧‍👧

⚓️A Vanguard-class submarine has returned home, continuing over 50 years of unbroken UK nuclear deterrence at sea

Read more🔗⬇️

The crew were joined on the final part of their journey by Defence Secretary John Healey and Chief of the Defence Staff Air Chief Marshal Sir Rich Knighton