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  • British Army will have to rely on civilian drivers, reserves and foreign armies

    05/22/2012 9:33:49 PM PDT · by JerseyanExile · 13 replies
    The Telegraph ^ | May 19, 2012 | Thomas Harding
    In the most significant reforms the Army in half-a-century, The Daily Telegraph has learnt that as few as five infantry battalions totalling 2,500 soldiers will be cut but a further 17,500 jobs will go mainly from logistics troops, engineers and artillery. Military commanders have condemned the move as creating an “unbalanced Army” that will be reliant on a “Tesco’s just in time” supply tactic for campaigns. The reforms have been forced on the Army after it was forced to reduce from 102,000 to 82,000 under defence cuts. For the last three decades the Army has put an increasing emphasis on...
  • Half of British Apache gunships are grounded

    11/10/2007 8:28:30 PM PST · by sukhoi-30mki · 22 replies · 130+ views
    The Daily Telegraph,UK ^ | 11/11/2007 | Robert Watts
    Half of Army gunships are grounded By Robert Watts, Whitehall Correspondent Last Updated: 2:44am GMT 11/11/2007 Half of the Apache gunships supporting British troops in Afghanistan and Iraq were grounded this summer, new Government figures reveal. A third of the Chinook transport helicopters on operations were also withdrawn from service as they were found not to be "fit for purpose". The heavy toll that the conflicts have had on Britain's air power is revealed in a survey of the state of Army helicopters, conducted by the Ministry of Defence in August. Ministers do not make public exactly how many helicopters...
  • Service, honor and duty cross generations

    09/24/2006 1:50:13 PM PDT · by SandRat · 2 replies · 382+ views
    Dennis and Stephen Henley filling sand bags together. Department of Defense photo. CAMP RAMADI -- It has been nearly four decades since Dennis Henley filled a sand bag in a war zone. In 1967, he was a Marine Corps corporal in Quang Tri, Vietnam. This September while visiting Camp Ramadi, he found himself once again holding a sand bag, but this time the chore proved to be a very special, emotional moment as the individual standing beside him with the shovel was his youngest son, Marine Corps Corporal Stephen Henley. DennisÂ’ 20-year-old son Stephen is in his final days of...
  • One bloody month

    10/03/2004 9:12:36 AM PDT · by ijcr · 2 replies · 556+ views
    Soldier Magazine ^ | OCTOBER 2004 | Graham Diggines
    BRITISH troops in Iraq were engaged in an intensity of combat during August not experienced by the Army for many decades. The Commander of 1st Mechanised Brigade, Brig Andrew Kennett, has suggested British soldiers last faced such an onslaught during the Korean War. The level of fighting staggered troops from Op Telic 1 and turned fresh-faced squaddies into battle-hardened soldiers. While violence erupted in Basra, the scenes were even more desperate in Al Amarah. The month of unrest was triggered by American attempts to seize the holy city of Najaf and lead to Shia fundamentalists targeting all coalition troops. British...