Defence News

Defence Diary: 27 January 2012

Today, Friday 27 January
Combined Medical Services medal parade, Portsmouth, with the Duchess of Cornwall.

Holocaust Memorial Day.

Sunday 29 January
208 Field Hospital welcome home media facility.

TV programme of interest: 'Young Soldiers - The Homecoming', BBC3, 2100hrs.

Monday 30 January
Armed Forces Community Covenant signings in Bradford and Preston.

Tuesday 31 January
New Zealand Defence Minister visits the UK.

Wednesday 1 February
Armed Forces Community Covenant signing in Newcastle with 101 Regiment Royal Artillery (Volunteers).

Chatham House event: Transitional Justice and the Arab Spring.

Thursday 2 February
Repatriation to RAF Brize Norton of Signaller Ian Sartorius-Jones from 20th Armoured Brigade Headquarters and Signal Squadron (200) who died in Afghanistan on 24 January 2012.
Inquest in Nottingham into the death of Lance Corporal Martin Gill, from 42 Commando Royal Marines, who was killed in Afghanistan on 5 June 2011.

Defence Diary: 26 January 2012

Today, Thursday 26 January
Armed Forces Community Covenant signing, Gateshead.

Tomorrow, Friday 27 January
Combined Medical Services medal parade, Portsmouth, with the Duchess of Cornwall.
Holocaust Memorial Day.

Sunday 29 January
208 Field Hospital welcome home media facility.
TV programme of interest: 'Young Soldiers - The Homecoming', BBC3, 2100hrs.

Monday 30 January
Armed Forces Community Covenant signings in Bradford and Preston.

Tuesday 31 January
New Zealand Defence Minister visits the UK.

Wednesday 1 February
Armed Forces Community Covenant signing in Newcastle with 101 Regiment Royal Artillery (Volunteers).
Chatham House event: Transitional Justice and the Arab Spring.

Thursday 2 February
Inquest in Nottingham into the death of Lance Corporal Martin Gill, from 42 Commando Royal Marines, who was killed in Afghanistan on 5 June 2011.

Defence Diary: 25 January 2012

Today, Wednesday 25 January
General Sir Nick Parker and Air Vice-Marshal Clive Bairsto speaking at the Royal United Services Institute's Olympic and Paralympic Security Conference 2012.
House of Commons Defence Committee: MOD Annual Report and Accounts 2010-2011 published.
Chatham House event - One Year On: The Challenges of Democratic Transition in the Wake of the Arab Uprisings.

Tomorrow, Thursday 26 January
Armed Forces Community Covenant signing, Gateshead.

Friday 27 January
Combined Medical Services medal parade, Portsmouth, with the Duchess of Cornwall.
Holocaust Memorial Day.

Sunday 29 January
208 Field Hospital welcome home media facility.
TV programme of interest: 'Young Soldiers - The Homecoming', BBC3, 2100hrs.

Monday 30 January
Armed Forces Community Covenant signings in Bradford and Preston.

Tuesday 31 January 
New Zealand Defence Minister visits the UK.

Defence Diary: 24 January 2012

Today, Tuesday 24 January
Opening of new 145 Brigade headquarters - Roebuck House in Aldershot.

Tomorrow, Wednesday 25 January
General Sir Nick Parker and Air Vice-Marshal Clive Bairsto speaking at the Royal United Services Institute's Olympic and Paralympic Security Conference 2012.

Thursday 26 January
Armed Forces Community Covenant signing, Gateshead.

Friday 27 January
Combined Medical Services medal parade, Portsmouth, with the Duchess of Cornwall.

Sunday 29 January
208 Field Hospital welcome home media facility.

Monday 30 January
Armed Forces Community Covenant signings in Bradford and Preston.

Defence Diary: 23 January 2012

Today, Monday 23 January
HMS Westminster deploys to east of Suez.
Minister for International Security Strategy Gerald Howarth speaking at Chatham House European Defence and Security 2012 conference (until 24 Jan).

Tomorrow, Tuesday 24 January
Opening of new 145 Brigade headquarters - Roebuck House in Aldershot.

Wednesday 25 January
General Sir Nick Parker and Air Vice-Marshal Clive Bairsto speaking at the Royal United Services Institute's Olympic and Paralympic Security Conference 2012.

Thursday 26 January
Armed Forces Community Covenant signing, Gateshead.

Friday 27 January
Combined Medical Services medal parade, Portsmouth, with the Duchess of Cornwall.

Sunday 29 January
208 Field Hospital welcome home media facility.

Defence Diary: 20 January 2012

Today, Friday 20 January 
Armed Forces Community Covenant signing, Rotherham Town Hall.

Sunday 22 January
Memorial service at Sir John Moore Barracks in Folkestone for Rifleman Sachin Limbu, from 1st Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles, who died at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham on 2 January 2012 from wounds sustained while serving in Afghanistan in June 2010.

Bravo 22 Company performances, Theatre Royal Haymarket, London.

Monday 23 January
HMS Westminster deploys.

Chatham House conference: European Defence and Security 2012 (and 24 Jan).

Tuesday 24 January
Opening of new 145 Brigade headquarters - Roebuck House in Aldershot.

Wednesday 25 January
General Sir Nick Parker and Air Vice-Marshal Clive Bairsto speaking at the Royal United Services Institute's Olympic and Paralympic Security Conference 2012.

Thursday 26 January
Armed Forces Community Covenant signing, Gateshead.

Defence Diary: 19 January 2012

Today, Thursday 19 January
International Institute for Strategic Studies event: Patrick Auroy on 'NATO: Building Capabilities in Times of Austerity'.

Chatham House event: Wadah Khanfar on 'Al Jazeera and the Arab Spring'.
TV programme of interest: 'World's Greatest Heroes', Channel 5, 2000hrs - features RAF Search and Rescue personnel and counter-IED forces in Afghanistan.

Tomorrow, Friday 20 January 
Armed Forces Community Covenant signing, Rotherham Town Hall.

Sunday 22 January
Memorial service at Sir John Moore Barracks in Folkestone for Rifleman Sachin Limbu, from 1st Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles, who died at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham on 2 January 2012 from wounds sustained while serving in Afghanistan in June 2010.
Bravo 22 Company performances, Theatre Royal Haymarket, London.

Monday 23 January
HMS Westminster deploys.
Chatham House conference: European Defence and Security 2012 (and 24 Jan).

Tuesday 24 January
Opening of new 145 Brigade headquarters - Roebuck House in Aldershot.

Wednesday 25 January
General Sir Nick Parker and Air Vice-Marshal Clive Bairsto speaking at the Royal United Services Institute's Olympic and Paralympic Security Conference 2012.

Thursday 26 January
Armed Forces Community Covenant signing, Gateshead.

Defence Diary: 18 January 2012

Today, Wednesday 18 January
Surgeon General giving opening address at Combat Trauma Innovation 2012. 
King's College London seminar: Dr Qichao Zhu on 'Cyber War and Cyber Arms Limitation'.

Tomorrow, Thursday 19 January
International Institute for Strategic Studies event: Patrick Auroy on 'NATO: Building Capabilities in Times of Austerity'.

Chatham House event: Wadah Khanfar on 'Al Jazeera and the Arab Spring'.
TV programme of interest: 'World's Greatest Heroes', Channel 5, 2000hrs - features RAF Search and Rescue personnel and counter-IED forces in Afghanistan.

Friday 20 January 
Armed Forces Community Covenant signing, Rotherham Town Hall.

Sunday 22 January
Memorial service at Sir John Moore Barracks in Folkestone for Rifleman Sachin Limbu, from 1st Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles, who died at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham on 2 January 2012 from wounds sustained while serving in Afghanistan in June 2010.
Bravo 22 Company performances, Theatre Royal Haymarket, London.

Monday 23 January
HMS Westminster deploys.
Chatham House conference: European Defence and Security 2012 (and 24 Jan).

Tuesday 24 January
Opening of new 145 Brigade headquarters - Roebuck House in Aldershot.

Defence Diary: 17 January 2012

Today, Tuesday 17 January
Inquest in Lancashire into the death of Marine David Fairbrother, from 42 Commando Royal Marines, who was killed in Afghanistan on 19 September 2011.

Tomorrow, Wednesday 18 January
Surgeon General giving opening address at Combat Trauma Innovation 2012. 
King's College London seminar: Dr Qichao Zhu on 'Cyber War and Cyber Arms Limitation'.

Thursday 19 January
International Institute for Strategic Studies event: Patrick Auroy on 'NATO: Building Capabilities in Times of Austerity'.
Chatham House event: Wadah Khanfar on 'Al Jazeera and the Arab Spring'.

Friday 20 January 
Armed Forces Community Covenant signing, Rotherham.

Sunday 22 January
Bravo 22 Company performances, Theatre Royal Haymarket, London.

Monday 23 January
HMS Westminster deploys.

Defence Diary: 16 January 2012

Today, Monday 16 January
Inquest in Loughborough into the death of Acting Corporal Marcin Wojtak, from the Royal Air Force Regiment, who was killed in Afghanistan on 1 October 2009.

Royal United Services Institute event: Ambassador Sir Simon Grass on 'Afghanistan and the International Community: Transition and Beyond'.

Tomorrow, Tuesday 17 January
Inquest in Lancashire into the death of Marine David Fairbrother, from 42 Commando Royal Marines, who was killed in Afghanistan on 19 September 2011.

Wednesday 18 January
Surgeon General giving opening address at Combat Trauma Innovation 2012. 
King's College London seminar: Dr Qichao Zhu on 'Cyber War and Cyber Arms Limitation'.

Thursday 19 January
International Institute for Strategic Studies event: Patrick Auroy on 'NATO: Building Capabilities in Times of Austerity'.
Chatham House event: Wadah Khanfar on 'Al Jazeera and the Arab Spring'.

Sunday 22 January
Bravo 22 Company performances, Theatre Royal Haymarket, London.