HMS DARING TO JOIN CAMPAIGN AGAINST DAESH

Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has announced HMS Daring will deploy to the Gulf as the UK’s latest contribution to the campaign against Daesh. The Type 45 destroyer and her 190-strong crew will sail from Portsmouth on Friday with a mission to use her sophisticated radar and missile systems to protect US aircraft carriers as they… Continue reading HMS DARING TO JOIN CAMPAIGN AGAINST DAESH

ROYAL MARINES PREPARE FOR COLD WEATHER TRAINING IN NORWAY

The crack of rifle fire and the roar of motor engines rebounded off the snow-covered fjords of northern Norway as Royal Marines prepared for NATO’s biggest winter war games. Fast raiding craft and hovercraft have been tearing up and down the inlets around the port Harstad – more than 150 miles inside the Arctic Circle… Continue reading ROYAL MARINES PREPARE FOR COLD WEATHER TRAINING IN NORWAY

HMS DEFENDER DEPLOYS TO MIDDLE EAST ON SECURITY OPERATIONS

Crowds of family and friends gathered along the shoreline in Old Portsmouth to wave farewell to the 190 crew, as they left their home port, to take over from sister ship HMS Duncan and spend nine months working with allies in the Middle East and Gulf. The ship’s role will be to safeguard the seas… Continue reading HMS DEFENDER DEPLOYS TO MIDDLE EAST ON SECURITY OPERATIONS

UK CARRIER STRIKE GROUP TAKES SHAPE FOR HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH

Royal Marine Lt Col Phil Kelly is the Strike Warfare Commander in the UK’s Carrier Strike Group battle staff which will be based in HMS Queen Elizabeth – his seventh aircraft carrier. During the past few years the 44-year-old Irishman has spent time on the USS Ronald Reagan, Harry S Truman and George HW Bush… Continue reading UK CARRIER STRIKE GROUP TAKES SHAPE FOR HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH