Defence Diary: 28 May 2010

Today, Friday 28 May 2010
10 The Queen's Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment medal parade, Normandy Barracks, Leconfield.
HMS Atherstone returns to Portsmouth.
TV programme of interest: 'Unreported World - Iraq's Next Battlefield', Channel 4, 1930hrs. As the US prepares to withdraw from Iraq, reporter Evan Williams and director Matt Haan travel to the most dangerous part of the country and find increasing religious, ethnic and political violence.

Tomorrow, Saturday 29 May 2010
Queen's Birthday Parade.
1st Battalion The Rifles Freedom of Telford.
70th anniversary of the World War Two evacuation of Dunkirk.
Southend Air Show.

Monday 31 May 2010
BBC Radio 1 '10 Hour Takeover' - BFBS and BBC Radio 1 broadcast live from Camp Bastion in Afghanistan.
TV programme of interest: 'Building Britain's Ultimate Warship', Channel 4, 1930hrs. Documentary telling the story of the Royal Navy's revolutionary new warship HMS Daring, from construction to launch and preparing for war.

Wednesday 2 June 2010
Parliament returns.   
Afghan peace 'loya jirga' ('grand assembly').

Thursday 3 June 2010
HMS Dauntless commissioning ceremony.
Armed Forces Hindu Conference, Newcastle.