A Ministry of Defence Police dog and his handler have scooped a top award at their first attempt. Jura the 3-year-old Belgian Shepard and his handler MOD Police Constable Simon Hill competed at the British Police and Services Canine Association Dog Trials at Newbold Revel, Rugby. Jura and Simon won the title of Service Dog of the year and came third in the criminal work … [Read more...] about PC Simon Hill and Jura scoop top award
Navy News
Royal Marines Training Unit moves to Amphibious Centre
The Royal Marines small craft training squadron will be arriving at a new multi-million pound amphibious centre in the South West next week. The unit of specialist amphibious assault troops (10 Landing Craft) Training Squadron Royal Marines and craft is moving permanently from its base at Royal Marines Poole to Royal Marines Tamar in HM Naval Base Devonport, Plymouth. The new … [Read more...] about Royal Marines Training Unit moves to Amphibious Centre
Royal Navy ‘Band of Wives’ Presentation
A group of wives of sailors and Royal Marines are celebrating the completion of a course preparing them for their partners deploying overseas. The self-titled Band of Wives staged a presentation evening at the Royal Naval Personal Family Service (NPFS) community centre in Plympton, Plymouth. The women have learned how to cope as individuals and a mutually supportive network … [Read more...] about Royal Navy ‘Band of Wives’ Presentation
Royal Navy advises on safety afloat
The Queen’s Harbour Master and Ministry of Defence Police Marine Unit are urging leisure users enjoying themselves afloat in the Dockyard Port of Plymouth to take safety advice as part of a water safety initiative. As the summer holidays approach and the weather remains kind the number of people taking to the water in the port increases significantly. In Plymouth and on the … [Read more...] about Royal Navy advises on safety afloat
Plymouth Sailor, Sean Clee, Wins Prestigious Royal Navy Photographic Award
A Royal Navy Petty Officer from Stoke, Plymouth has won two categories in a prestigious photographic award. Petty Officer Sean Clee has been awarded the Peregrine Trophy Video Award as well as the overall Peregrine Trophy for Best Portfolio. Working out of Plymouth with 30 Commando IX Group Royal Marines, PO Clee spends several months of the year away on operations and … [Read more...] about Plymouth Sailor, Sean Clee, Wins Prestigious Royal Navy Photographic Award
Plymouth Sailor, Dean Nixon, Wins Prestigious Royal Navy Photographic Award
A Royal Navy Leading Photographer has won an award in a prestigious photographic competition for a photograph of HMS Illustrious entering Grand Harbour in Malta. Leading Photographer Dean Nixon has been awarded the Royal Navy “Navy News” Award which celebrates the image that has had the greatest impact on readers of the monthly newspaper. Working from the Photographic Unit at … [Read more...] about Plymouth Sailor, Dean Nixon, Wins Prestigious Royal Navy Photographic Award
Leading Airwoman Emma Nolan Wins Royal Navy Photographic Award
A Royal Navy sailor from Exmouth who took a series of stunning images of Royal Marines on Commando training exercise has won a prestigious photographic award Leading Airwoman Emma (Emz) Nolan, took the photographs of Royal Marines at the Commando Training Centre in Lympstone where she is currently based. Her portfolio included two black-and-white portrait shots of Marines and … [Read more...] about Leading Airwoman Emma Nolan Wins Royal Navy Photographic Award
HMS Argyll Shackleton Trek
Sailors from HMS Argyll followed in the footsteps of Britain’s greatest polar explorer when they recreated Sir Ernest Shackleton’s legendary trek across the snow and ice of South Georgia. A dozen-strong team from the Devonport-based frigate volunteered to make the crossing of the South Atlantic island in the depths of the Austral winter – just as Shackleton himself did in May … [Read more...] about HMS Argyll Shackleton Trek
HMS Echo building bonds through sport
During a recent, and rare, visit to Tripoli a Royal Navy survey ship’s rugby team took time out to build bonds with the Libyans on the sports field. The HMS Echo rugby team have not played for several years – but they arrived in Libya prepared for the special occasion even carrying a set of rugby posts from the UK. Rugby had been previously banned under Gaddafi’s regime, … [Read more...] about HMS Echo building bonds through sport
UK takes part in four-nation exercise
A Royal Navy warship has returned from an annual multi-national exercise off the coast of Brest where she was joined by ships from France, Russia and the US. HMS Sutherland, a Plymouth-based Type 23 frigate, took part in gunnery drills, fought off multiple simulated attacks and practised evacuating civilians in the event of an emergency. The FRUKUS (France-Russia-UK-US) … [Read more...] about UK takes part in four-nation exercise
