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HMS Astute · Aug 21, 2014

On Thursday, 26 June, 216 troops and 7 police officers were awarded the United Nations Peacekeeping Medal during a moving ceremony at Nicosia International Airport that also paid tribute to 50 years of UN peacekeeping in Cyprus. Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Hervé Ladsous, attended the Parade and presented outgoing UNFICYP Force Commander Major General Chao Liu with his medal as part of proceedings.

The 490 personnel on parade were made up of a Royal Guard from 42 Commando Royal Marines and all five Royal Marines Massed Bands – Portsmouth, Plymouth, Collingwood, Scotland and the Commando Training Centre Royal Marines, along with their colleagues from the Royal Marines Band Service Corps of Drums and Fanfare team.

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HMS Astute · Aug 21, 2014

2014 NATO Summit Wales, United Kingdom

On 4 to 5 September 2014, Wales will host the largest gathering of international leaders ever to take place in Britain as the UK hosts the NATO summit. President Obama, Chancellor Merkel, and President Hollande are expected to attend along with leaders and senior ministers from around 60 other countries.

The summit comes as NATO draws down from its longest ever mission in Afghanistan and against a backdrop of instability in Ukraine. It is an opportunity to ensure that NATO continues to be at the forefront of building stability in an unpredictable world.

Nearly 10,000 police officers are being drafted in to cover next month's Nato summit in Wales, an event described by the officer in charge of the security operation as "completely uncharted territory" for UK policing.

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HMS Astute · Aug 21, 2014

Up to 1000 troops and equipment have become airborne in the past few weeks as the Army tests its rapid reaction capability - to ensure the UK is ready for anything in the world at five days’ notice.

A significant offensive operation, which takes the independence and self-sufficiency of British-trained Afghan forces to a new level, has begun in central Helmand.

Gurkhas from C Company 1st Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles cross a ditch during a mission from Patrol Base 2 in the Nahr-e Saraj region of Helmand province, Afghan. The patrol was conducted with soldiers from the Afghan National Army (ANA) during Operation Moshtarak.

Prince of Wales makes surprise visit to British troops in Afghanistan. HRH Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales, has made a surprise visit to British troops in Afghanistan. He is the most senior member of the royal family to visit Afghanistan and the only one in living memory to visit Kabul.

The Cockpit of a Royal Air Force C17 taking troops for the final leg of their journey to Afghanistan.Sergeant(Sgt) Lee Cutting, a member of the Royal Logistic Corps (RLC), serving with Head Quarters 16 Air Assault Brigade (16 AA Bde), said good by to his family today and started his 6 month tour of duty in Afghanistan.

Four E-3D Sentry aircraft of 8 Sqn Royal Air Force sit on the apron while a fifth Sentry lands on the runway nearby.The aircraft are operated by the RAF (Royal Air Force) in the airborne surveillance and command-and-control role.Whilst primarily procured as an airborne early warning aircraft, the E-3D has been extensively employed in the Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) role. The Sentry's roles include air and sea surveillance, airborne command and control, and weapons control.

A Royal Air Force Sea King helicopter flew over RAF St. Mawgan to get an aerial view of not only the camp, but of the area being used by the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps for a large-scale training exercise. Members of the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps, 16 Air Assault Brigade, JFC-Naples and various other elements of NATO Forces came together for Exercise Noble Ledger to certify that the ARRC is capable and ready to assume command of the NATO Response Force mission throughout 2013. Taking command of NRF means that the ARRC will be rapidly deployable and could be called upon at any moment to deploy worldwide in support of combat or humanitarian relief efforts.

HMS Astute · Aug 21, 2014

Images of aircraft arriving and departing the helicopter flight line in Camp Bastion, Afghanistan.

Images of one of the last flights of the SeaKing in Afganistan took place today over Mount Juno, Just outside Camp Bastion. The SeaKing is being re-tasked to the Royal Air Force in the next few months, where they will use the aircraft in its new role.

Images taken as a Merlin helicopter gets delivered to Afghanistan via C-17 Aircraft.The Merlin, which recently left the UK, was packed, very cleverly, into the C-17 aircraft with only inches to spare.The helicopter, which will be in service very soon, was stripped of all its propellors, and carefully loaded into the enormous aircraft.

A JOINT Operation between Royal Engineers and troops from the Danish Army will ensure that the Afghanistan National Security Forces (ANSF) can take over from the Danish troops in the NES (N) area of Helmand, Afghanistan.

Pictured - A mechanical front end loader moves soil into the Hesco.
Soldiers from 37(Three Seven) Armoured Engineer squadron, part of 35(Three Five) Engineer Regiment construct ColPro which is improvised hard cover made from Hesco . The Colpro protects against IDF(Indirect Fire). The Soldiers are based at CP(check Point) Baray in the District of Burma.

Seven Troop, 37 Armoured Engineer Squadron (AES), 35 Engineer Regiment based in Paderborn, Germany are on Herrick 15. Together with Danish engineers and infantry they have replaced a Medium Girder Bridge (MGB) to enable freedom of movement for International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) and Local nationals going about their daily business.

Images are of the ROC drill in preparation for the Operation Kapcha Zhrandagaray (OP KZ) to clear Kopak, in the green zone of its insurgency. The drill formulated and presented by the 5 Rifles Battle group will be actioned by ISAF forces together with the Afghan National Army, Afghan National Police, Afghan Uniform Police and the Locally recruited Afghan Local Police. As the intensity of Afghan led operations increases, the local communities are getting a real sense of the intent and determination to rid the region of the insurgency. As a result there is a real feel on the ground of an increasing support for the ANSF and are more and more readily willing to provide the much needed local intelligence.

HMS Astute · Aug 28, 2014

Tornados will join hunt for girls kidnapped by Boko Haram in Nigeria

Britain is preparing to send three warplanes to Nigeria to help in the hunt for hundreds of schoolgirls who are still missing more than four months after being kidnapped by Islamist militants, The Times has learnt.The Tornado GR4 fast jets, fitted with surveillance pods rather than missiles, are expected to conduct reconnaissance flights over the northeast of the country to gather intelligence on Boko Haram’s heartlands. This deployment would mean that the RAF fast jets are being used in operations in six areas around the world.

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HMS Astute · Aug 28, 2014

HMS Astute · Aug 28, 2014

Defence firms Rolls-Royce and BAE Systems battle to maintain profits in tough market

The F35-B join strike fighter for which Rolls-Royce workers in Patchway designed the vertical take-off system.

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RAF Sentinel Could Go Maritime

Monday’s announcement by Prime Minister David Cameron that the RAF’s Raytheon Sentinel R1 fleet will be extended in service until at least 2018 has breathed new life into the program, and sparked real interest in further development.

One of the key features that could be added is a greater maritime capability. While the RAF is quick to stress that a maritime-capable Sentinel is not a maritime patroller, it could be used as a gap-filler in certain scenarios, and has considerable applications in littoral operations, such as amphibious landings or humanitarian missions.

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HMS Astute · Aug 28, 2014

Exercise ARRCADE BRIEF 14 was held at Headquarters Allied Rapid Reaction Corps on Thursday 26 June 2014 in the Imjin Briefing Centre, Imjin Barracks, Innsworth, UK. This year the exercise focused on gender awareness, aiming to highlight the issue of gender when planning for operations.

Multinational Staff of Headquarters Allied Rapid Reaction Corps gathered together today to say farewell to its staff from Spain and Poland honouring their service, and reaffirming their continued friendship as NATO partners.

Personnel from the Regular Army, Reserves of both the RAF and Army, and numerous cadets organisations as well as veterans took part in the Drum Head Service at College Green. The troops then marched through Gloucester to the Docks where the crowds had the opportunity to talk with past and present members of the military community.

Headquarters Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (HQ ARRC) are currently deployed at RAF St. Mawgan, Cornwall, in the United Kingdom, to conduct a major training exercise. Named Exercise ARRCADE FUSION 13, the training event is designed to ensure the Innsworth-based NATO headquarters continues to remain ready for any potential short-notice call-up it may receive as part of the NATO Response Force (NRF) this year.

F-15E Strike Eagles launch chaffs and flares while flying toward the Royal Air Force Holbeach bombing range, Aug. 10 to practice for the upcoming Excalibur bombing competition. Airmen from the 494th Fighter Squadron at Lakenheath, UK, are participating in the competition that was developed to foster friendly relations and showcase visual bombing skills between U.S. Air Forces in Europe and NATO allies.

TEWKESBURY –Garry Mills, chairman of the Royal British Legion Gloucester Branch hosted a Joint Angolo German Concert that featured the Trumpeters of the Band of the Life Guards and Marinemusikkorps Ostee-Symphonic Band Wednesday 27, 2014. The RBL is the UK’s leading Armed Forces charity that provides emotional and financial support to all members of the British Armed Forces past and present, and their families.

More than 190 guests came out to celebrate with Headquarters Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (HQ ARRC) US contingent to enjoy games, food and fun. Everyone got a tutoring session on some US history and some enjoyed watching the 50 states appear across the screen and the things that represented them.

HMS Astute · Aug 28, 2014

British Gen. Sir David Julian Richards, Chief of the Defense and his American Counterpart U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in London.

Sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109) conduct a replenishment-at-sea with the Royal Navy Fleet Auxiliary fast fleet tanker RFA Wave Ruler (A390).

The Royal Navy Trafalgar-class submarine HMS Torbay (S90) is underway in formation with the George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group and other NATO ships during the U.K.-sponsored joint exercise Saxon Warrior 11.

Leading Airman (Aircraft Handler) Wayne Bowring from the Royal Navy stands on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) while an MV-22 Osprey takes off.

The British Royal Fleet Auxiliary amphibious assault vessel RFA Cardigan Bay (L3009), left, the mine countermeasures ship USS Sentry (MCM 3), the British Royal navy destroyer HMS Diamond (D 34), and the mine countermeasures ship USS Devastator (MCM 6) transit in formation in the Gulf of Oman.

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) and the British Royal Fleet Auxiliary replenishment oiler RFA Fort Victoria (A387) transit the Arabian Sea.

Sailors assigned to the Royal Navy destroyer HMS Dauntless pilot a rigid-hull inflatable boat during an anti-piracy exercise

The Royal Fleet Auxiliary amphibious assault vessel RFA Cardigan Bay (L3009) and the Afloat Forward Staging Base (Interim) USS Ponce (AFSB(I)15) lead a formation of ships participating in International Mine Countermeasures Exercise .

HMS Astute · Aug 28, 2014

HMS MONTROSE initially sailed into the Mediterranean in August with a number of other warships as part of the Response Force Task Group

During her APT(N) deployment in the Caribbean, HMS ARGYLL visited Montserrat to liaise with agencies to discuss disaster relief available and to take part in some volunteer work in the local community.

The ship’s company of HMS Lancaster were delighted to take their friends and families to sea for an action-packed insight into life on board a Type 23 Frigate of the Royal Navy.

Royal Navy SeaKing Mk4 helicopter from 845 Naval Air Squadron firing decoy flares during the Response Task Exercise

The ship’s company of HMS Lancaster were delighted to take their friends and families to sea for an action-packed insight into life on board a Type 23 Frigate of the Royal Navy.

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HMS VIGILANT returns to HMNB Clyde after her deployment, escorted by HMS TRACKER.

A Royal Air Force Voyager passenger transport aircraft pictured at RAF Brize Norton on its return the UK with troops from Afghanistan.

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