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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 · Navy. Army. Air Force. The British Armed Forces are the military forces responsible for the defence of the United Kingdom, its Overseas Territories and the Crown Dependencies. They also promote the UK's wider interests, support international peacekeeping efforts and provide humanitarian aid. [6] Since the formation of the Kingdom of Great ...
5 days ago · British army, military force charged with the defense of the United Kingdom and the fulfillment of its international defense commitments. England’s first standing army was formed by Oliver Cromwell in 1645. The English Bill of Rights (1689) gave Parliament the control of the army that it maintains today.
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7 hours ago · A retired British Army colonel and a World War II historian are urging UK authorities to recalibrate weapons production, saying Britain is too fixated on building world-class military tech that it ...
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4 days ago · The British Army’s “embarrassingly” small tank fleet would be wiped out in two weeks in a war with Russia, a former senior officer has warned. Lt Col Stuart Crawford, who served in the Royal ...
1 day ago · Two horses on the loose bolt through the streets of London near Aldwych, on Wednesday April 24, 2024. The military horses that bolted and injured themselves as they ran loose through central London in April have recovered and are returning to duty, the British Army said Tuesday, June 4, 2024 (Jordan Pettitt/PA via AP)
5 days ago · Oliver J. Kingsbury. Deputy Commanding General (Manoeuvre), V (US) Corps. Parachute Regiment. OBE. 2 August 2023. [49] James Matthew Senior. General Officer Commanding, Regional Command. Deputy Commander, Standing Joint Force Command.
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