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Exercise Joint Warrior, biggest UK war game of 2019 reaches its high point

The biggest military exercise in the UK this year moves up a gear after a hugely successful opening first week ‘waging war’ in northwest Scotland. More than 8,000 military personnel from 13 nations, nearly 40 ships and submarines – including two NATO task groups – and 60 aircraft, including the debut by the Navy’s new F-35 Lightning stealth fighter, and helicopters are … [Read more...]

Royal Marines receive coveted peace prize for unprecedented fourth time

A month-long Caribbean mercy mission by Royal Marines earned them the military’s highest humanitarian award – for an unprecedented fourth time. The men and women of 40 Commando today received the Firmin Sword of Peace – recognition for providing life-saving aid, assistance and security to communities across the Caribbean when a succession of ferocious storms battered the … [Read more...]

Royal Marines finish Arctic training with fierce test in Sweden

Months of intensive training for Britain’s winter warfare specialists reached its climax as Royal Marines went into battle with their Scandinavian counterparts in the Arctic snow. Some 350 Royal Marines from 40 Commando in Taunton joined Norwegian troops and US Marines in a week-long mock battle trying to invade Swedish territory – with the hosts and Finnish troops blocking … [Read more...]

HMS Argyll returns from nine-month Pacific mission

Around 900 family and friends today cheered HMS Argyll home after her nine-month mission to the Pacific. Just days after rescuing all the crew of a blazing container ship off the French coast, the frigate and her 210 sailors and Royal Marines arrived back in Plymouth. The warship covered the equivalent of one and a half times around the globe as she sailed to Tokyo and … [Read more...]

Real-life Iron Man grants boy’s wish to meet his superhero idol at naval base

The six-year-old son of a Royal Navy sailor fulfilled his dream of meeting Iron Man at an event to promote science, technology, engineering and mathematics to future generations. Bailey Hall met former Royal Marines Reservist turned jet suit inventor Richard Browning as he gave a demonstration of his invention to local children and Royal Navy air and marine engineering … [Read more...]

Destroyer HMS Dragon deals another blow to terrorists with sixth Middle East drugs bust

Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson said: “The outstanding work of HMS Dragon’s crew continues to be a credit to Britain and its Armed Forces. “These significant seizures stop cash flow to terrorists, hurt criminal gangs who fund them and hinder the supply of harmful drugs to streets around the world, including Britain.” The suspect vessel was spotted by the warship’s … [Read more...]

Royal Marines’ mortars light up Arctic night sky on exercise in Norway

Royal Marines lit up Arctic fjords and valleys as they laid down mortar rounds in the dark during winter training in Norway. Illumination shells bathed the striking mountainscape around the small town of Bardufoss – roughly half way between Tromsø and Narvik – in an eerie light as the men of 40 Commando’s Mortar Troop conducted their fire missions. The live firing is the … [Read more...]

Babcock Devonport Apprentices Raise £4000 for Local Charities

11 Business and Administration apprentices based at Babcock’s facilities in Devonport have joined forces to raise more than £4000 for two charities. As part of their ongoing training programme, the group developed a fundraising programme for St Luke’s Hospice; an independent hospice charity providing specialist end of life care to the people of Plymouth, South West Devon and … [Read more...]