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Like fathers, like sons – Navy helicopter engineers recreate photos 26 years apart
Spot the difference – 26 years apart. Fleet Air Arm engineers Harvey Lewis and Sam Skelson recreated a treasured family photograph their fathers appeared in a quarter of a century ago. The duo were assigned to frigate HMS Iron Duke to maintain the ship’s Wildcat helicopter while the Plymouth-based warship patrolled UK waters. It was…
Sailors honour Arctic warriors in northernmost British military cemetery
An X-Craft undergoing training in Scotland ahead of Operation Source Sailors from RFA Lyme Bay paid their respects to servicemen buried in the most northerly British military cemetery in the world. A visit to Tromsø – ‘Gateway to the Arctic’ – in northern Norway while training with the UK Commando Force allowed sailors from the…
Royal Marines test new kit and commando skills in intensive mountain training in California
Royal Marines faced down harsh mountain terrain to hone traditional commando skills and test new kit to its limits in the mountains of California. Marines from 45 Commando decamped from their Scottish home in Arbroath to Pickel Meadows, the United States Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center 7,000ft up in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, south…
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Royal Marines test new kit and commando skills in intensive mountain training in California
Royal Marines faced down harsh mountain terrain to hone traditional commando skills and test new kit to its limits in the mountains of California. Marines from 45 Commando…
Iconic Royal Marines Yomper mural unveiled at Commando Training Centre
A mural depicting one of the most famous images in the history of the Royal Marines has been unveiled at the Commando Training Centre in Lympstone, Devon. Known…
Devonport delights as the historic facility opens to thousands of visitors
Babcock International Group (Babcock), the international defence company, and the Royal Navy have welcomed more than 10,000 family, friends and wider visitors to an action-packed community event, held…
Naval aviators remember WW2 forebears executed in Singapore
Aviators supporting the navy’s premier deployment of 2025 paid their respects to their forebears executed 80 years ago. The attacks on Palembang in Sumatra in January 1945 –…
