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1 day ago · The British Armed Forces consist of: the Royal Navy, a blue-water navy with a fleet of 66 commissioned ships, together with the Royal Marines, a highly specialised amphibious light infantry force; the British Army, the UK's principal land warfare branch; and the Royal Air Force, a technologically sophisticated air force with a diverse ...
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2 days ago · The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Naval Service and the Royal Air Force. As of 1 January 2024, the British Army comprises 75,166 regular full-time personnel, 4,062 Gurkhas, 26,244 volunteer reserve ...
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2 days ago · The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air and space force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. It was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, becoming the second independent air force in the world after Finnish Air Force (established 6 March 1918), by merging the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS).
2 days ago · Ongoing operations by UK Special Forces in Syria. British armed forces provide material and training to Iraqi Security Forces and Peshmerga. As part of the American-led interventions in Syria and Iraq, contributes to the loss of all of ISIL's territory in Iraq (by December 2017) and Syria (by March 2019). Operation Prosperity Guardian
5 days ago · With the size of the British Army falling to below 73,000 – ‘the smallest size since the Napoleonic era’ – the Conservatives have pledged to increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2030 and Labour has announced a new Strategic Defence Review ‘to fully understand the state of our Armed Forces’. With an ever-shrinking military and an ongoing crisis of recruitment and retention ...
16 hours ago · Lieutenant-General Martin Bricknell (1963— ), Surgeon General of the British Armed Forces; Brigadier John William Bridge CBE, Royal Engineers; Brigadier the Honourable Geoffrey Bridgeman (1898-1974), Royal Army Medical Corps; Major-General Robert Bridgeman, 2nd Viscount Bridgeman (1896-1982), deputy adjutant-general to the War Office
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2 days ago · The overall head of the Royal Marines is King Charles III, in his role as Commander-in-Chief of the British Armed Forces. The ceremonial head of the Royal Marines is the Captain General Royal Marines. In October 2022 King Charles was announced as the new Captain General on the occasion of the 358th anniversary of the foundation of the corps.
