Defence News

Defence Diary: 2 May 2012

Today, Wednesday 2 May
Funeral in Huddersfield of Private Anthony Frampton, from 3rd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment, who was killed in Afghanistan on Tuesday 6 March 2012.
2012 Warrior Games, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA (until 5 May) - 20 volunteers from the British Armed Forces are competing as guest athletes in the third annual competition.
Presentation of Afghanistan medals to civilians, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
MOD and International Institute for Strategic Studies conference: Transatlantic and European Security Relationships - What is the Best Balance for Britain?
British Medical Association Armed Forces Conference, BMA House, London.
4th Nordic Defence Industry Seminar, Copenhagen (and 3 May).
King's College London War Studies seminar: The fundamental problems of Afghanistan.

Tomorrow, Thursday 3 May
Repatriation to RAF Brize Norton of Guardsman Michael Roland, from the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards, who was killed in Afghanistan on Friday 27 April 2012.
1 Logistic Support Regiment medal parade, Gutersloh, Germany.
2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment homecoming parade, Palace Barracks, Holywood, Belfast.
Staffordshire Armed Forces Community Covenant signing at the National Memorial Arboretum.
King's College London Gresham Lecture: You shouldn't believe everything you read... The psychological health of the UK Armed Forces.
Oxford University event: Counterinsurgency Emasculates Men and Empowers Women.

Friday 4 May
Funeral in Huddersfield of Private Daniel Wilford, from 3rd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment, who was killed in Afghanistan on Tuesday 6 March 2012.

Saturday 5 May
73 Engineer Regiment (Volunteers) freedom parade, Nottingham.
Royal Anglian Regiment Beating Retreat, Loughborough Grammar School.

Sunday 6 May
Falklands memorial service, Portsmouth's Anglican Cathedral.

Monday 7 May
Early May Bank Holiday.

Tuesday 8 May
House of Commons returns.
67th anniversary of VE Day.
Official opening of the Personnel Recovery Centre at Colchester Garrison.
TV programme of interest: 'War Hero in My Family', Channel 5, 2000hrs. Celebrities uncover the heroic stories of their ancestors (Episode 2 of 6).

Wednesday 9 May
State Opening of Parliament.
Europe Day.
UK Trade and Investment and Lockheed Martin event: 'Meet the Technologist', Business, Innovation and Skills Conference Centre, London.
Royal United Services Institute Under 35 Forum - Shaping Perceptions: The Role of the Media in International Crises.
International Institute for Strategic Studies Discussion Meeting: The EU and Opportunities in the Arctic.

Defence Diary: 1 May 2012

Today, Tuesday 1 May
House of Commons rises.
2012 Warrior Games, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA (until 5 May) - 20 volunteers from the British Armed Forces are competing as guest athletes in the third annual competition.
Royal British Legion stakeholder conference, 'Armed Forces Welfare in the 21st Century', London.
London School of Economics debate - After the Arab Spring: power shift in the Middle East?
TV programme of interest: 'War Hero in My Family', Channel 5, 2000hrs. Celebrities uncover the heroic stories of their ancestors (Episode 1 of 6).

Tomorrow, Wednesday 2 May
Funeral in Huddersfield of Private Anthony Frampton, from 3rd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment, who was killed in Afghanistan on Tuesday 6 March 2012.
Presentation of Afghanistan medals to civilians, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
MOD and International Institute for Strategic Studies conference: Transatlantic and European Security Relationships - What is the Best Balance for Britain?
British Medical Association Armed Forces Conference, BMA House, London.
4th Nordic Defence Industry Seminar, Copenhagen (and 3 May).
King's College London War Studies seminar: The fundamental problems of Afghanistan.

Thursday 3 May
Repatriation to RAF Brize Norton of Guardsman Michael Roland, from the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards, who was killed in Afghanistan on Friday 27 April 2012.
1 Logistic Support Regiment medal parade, Gutersloh, Germany.
2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment homecoming parade, Palace Barracks, Holywood, Belfast.
Staffordshire Armed Forces Community Covenant signing at the National Memorial Arboretum.
King's College London Gresham Lecture: You shouldn't believe everything you read... The psychological health of the UK Armed Forces.

Friday 4 May
Funeral in Huddersfield of Private Daniel Wilford, from 3rd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment, who was killed in Afghanistan on Tuesday 6 March 2012.

Saturday 5 May
73 Engineer Regiment (Volunteers) freedom parade, Nottingham.
Royal Anglian Regiment Beating Retreat, Loughborough Grammar School.

Sunday 6 May
Falklands memorial service, Portsmouth's Anglican Cathedral.

Monday 7 May
Early May Bank Holiday.

Tuesday 8 May
House of Commons returns.
67th anniversary of VE Day.
Official opening of the Personnel Recovery Centre at Colchester Garrison.
TV programme of interest: 'War Hero in My Family', Channel 5, 2000hrs. Celebrities uncover the heroic stories of their ancestors (Episode 2 of 6).

Defence Diary: 30 April 2012

Today, Monday 30 April
Funeral in Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, of Corporal Jake Hartley, from 3rd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment, who was killed in Afghanistan on Tuesday 6 March 2012.
Publication of the Government's response to the House of Commons Defence Committee reports on 'Operations in Libya' and 'Developing Threats: Electro-Magnetic Pulses'.
2012 Warrior Games, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA (until 5 May) - 20 volunteers from the British Armed Forces will compete as guest athletes in the third annual competition.

Tomorrow, Tuesday 1 May
House of Commons rises.
Royal British Legion stakeholder conference, 'Armed Forces Welfare in the 21st Century', London.
London School of Economics debate - After the Arab Spring: power shift in the Middle East?
TV programme of interest: 'War Hero in My Family', Channel 5, 2000hrs. Celebrities uncover the heroic stories of their ancestors (Episode 1 of 6).

Wednesday 2 May
Funeral in Huddersfield of Private Anthony Frampton, from 3rd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment, who was killed in Afghanistan on Tuesday 6 March 2012.
Presentation of Afghanistan medals to civilians, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
MOD and International Institute for Strategic Studies conference: Transatlantic and European Security Relationships - What is the Best Balance for Britain?
British Medical Association Armed Forces Conference, BMA House, London.
4th Nordic Defence Industry Seminar, Copenhagen (and 3 May).
King's College London War Studies seminar - The fundamental problems of Afghanistan.

Thursday 3 May
1 Logistic Support Regiment medal parade, Gutersloh, Germany.
2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment homecoming parade, Palace Barracks, Holywood, Belfast.
Staffordshire Armed Forces Community Covenant signing at the National Memorial Arboretum.
King's College London Gresham Lecture: You shouldn't believe everything you read... The psychological health of the UK Armed Forces.

Friday 4 May
Funeral in Huddersfield of Private Daniel Wilford, from 3rd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment, who was killed in Afghanistan on Tuesday 6 March 2012.

Saturday 5 May
73 Engineer Regiment (Volunteers) freedom parade, Nottingham.
Royal Anglian Regiment Beating Retreat, Loughborough Grammar School.

Sunday 6 May
Falklands memorial service, Portsmouth's Anglican Cathedral.

Monday 7 May
Early May Bank Holiday.

Defence Diary: 27 April 2012

Today, Friday 27 April
Funeral in St Annes-on-Sea of Sergeant Nigel Coupe, from 1st Battalion The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment, who was killed in Afghanistan on Tuesday 6 March 2012.
Chatham House Under 35s Forum: Was it Worth it? Reflections on the Libyan Revolution.

Tomorrow, Saturday 28 April
Army vs Navy Babcock Trophy rugby match, Twickenham.

Sunday 29 April
Last Lower Block, 'LB05', of one of the new Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers moves from Portsmouth to Rosyth.

Monday 30 April
Funeral in Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, of Corporal Jake Hartley, from 3rd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment, who was killed in Afghanistan on Tuesday 6 March 2012.
Publication of the Government's response to the House of Commons Defence Committee reports on 'Operations in Libya' and  'Developing Threats: Electro-Magnetic Pulses'.
2012 Warrior Games, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA (until 5 May) - 20 volunteers from the British Armed Forces will compete as guest athletes in the third annual competition.

Tuesday 1 May
Royal British Legion stakeholder conference, 'Armed Forces Welfare in the 21st Century', London.
London School of Economics debate - After the Arab Spring: power shift in the Middle East?
TV programme of interest: 'War Hero in My Family', Channel 5, 2000hrs. Celebrities uncover the heroic stories of their ancestors (Episode 1 of 6).

Wednesday 2 May
Funeral in Huddersfield of Private Anthony Frampton, from 3rd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment, who was killed in Afghanistan on Tuesday 6 March 2012.
Presentation of Afghanistan medals to civilians, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
British Medical Association Armed Forces Conference, BMA House, London.
4th Nordic Defence Industry Seminar, Copenhagen (and 3 May).
King's College London War Studies seminar - The fundamental problems of Afghanistan.

Thursday 3 May
House of Commons rises.
1 Logistic Support Regiment medal parade, Gutersloh, Germany.
2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment homecoming parade, Palace Barracks, Holywood, Belfast.
Staffordshire Armed Forces Community Covenant signing at the National Memorial Arboretum.
King's College London Gresham Lecture: You shouldn't believe everything you read... The psychological health of the UK Armed Forces.

Friday 4 May
Funeral in Huddersfield of Private Daniel Wilford, from 3rd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment, who was killed in Afghanistan on Tuesday 6 March 2012.

Defence Diary: 26 April 2012

Today, Thursday 26 April
Reception to celebrate the Scott-Amundsen Centenary Race to the South Pole, in support of the Royal British Legion, at Goldsmiths' Hall, London.
UK Trade and Investment Defence and Security Organisation symposium, London.
The Lord Mayor's Diamond Jubilee Big Curry Lunch, in aid of ABF The Soldiers' Charity, Guildhall, London.
Kohima Memorial Service, York Minster.
University of Kent conference, 'The Falklands Conflict 30 Years On', Canterbury (until 28 April).
Chatham House Under 35s Forum - Disarmament and Non-Proliferation: The Nuclear Question in a Changing World.

Tomorrow, Friday 27 April
Funeral in St Annes-on-Sea of Sergeant Nigel Coupe, from 1st Battalion The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment, who was killed in Afghanistan on Tuesday 6 March 2012.
Chatham House Under 35s Forum: Was it Worth it? Reflections on the Libyan Revolution.

Saturday 28 April
Army vs Navy Babcock Trophy rugby match, Twickenham.

Sunday 29 April
Last Lower Block, 'LB05', of one of the new Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers moves from Portsmouth to Rosyth.

Monday 30 April
Funeral in Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, of Corporal Jake Hartley, from 3rd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment, who was killed in Afghanistan on Tuesday 6 March 2012.
2012 Warrior Games, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA (until 5 May) - 20 volunteers from the British Armed Forces will compete as guest athletes in the third annual competition.

Tuesday 1 May
Royal British Legion stakeholder conference, 'Armed Forces Welfare in the 21st Century', London.
London School of Economics debate - After the Arab Spring: power shift in the Middle East?

Wednesday 2 May
Funeral in Huddersfield of Private Anthony Frampton, from 3rd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment, who was killed in Afghanistan on Tuesday 6 March 2012.
Presentation of Afghanistan medals to civilians, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
British Medical Association Armed Forces Conference, BMA House, London.
4th Nordic Defence Industry Seminar, Copenhagen (and 3 May).
King's College London War Studies seminar: The fundamental problems of Afghanistan.

Thursday 3 May
House of Commons rises.
1 Logistic Support Regiment medal parade, Gutersloh, Germany.
2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment homecoming parade, Palace Barracks, Holywood, Belfast.
Staffordshire Armed Forces Community Covenant signing at the National Memorial Arboretum.
King's College London Gresham Lecture: You shouldn't believe everything you read... The psychological health of the UK Armed Forces.

Defence Diary: 25 April 2012

Today, Wednesday 25 April
ANZAC Day wreath-laying ceremonies at St Paul's Cathedral and the Cenotaph in London.
167th NATO Chiefs of Defence meeting, NATO HQ, Brussels (and 26 April).

Tomorrow, Thursday 26 April
UK Trade and Investment Defence and Security Organisation symposium, London.
The Lord Mayor's Diamond Jubilee Big Curry Lunch, in aid of ABF The Soldiers' Charity, Guildhall, London.
Kohima Memorial Service, York Minster.
University of Kent conference, 'The Falklands Conflict 30 Years On', Canterbury (until 28 April).
Chatham House Under 35s Forum - Disarmament and Non-Proliferation: The Nuclear Question in a Changing World.

Friday 27 April
Chatham House event: Was it Worth it? Reflections on the Libyan Revolution.

Saturday 28 April
Army vs Navy Babcock Trophy rugby match, Twickenham.

Sunday 29 April
Last Lower Block, 'LB05', of one of the new Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers moves from Portsmouth to Rosyth.

Monday 30 April
2012 Warrior Games, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA (until 5 May) - 20 volunteers from the British Armed Forces will compete as guest athletes in the third annual competition.

Tuesday 1 May
Royal British Legion stakeholder conference, 'Armed Forces Welfare in the 21st Century', London.
London School of Economics debate - After the Arab Spring: power shift in the Middle East?

Wednesday 2 May
British Medical Association Armed Forces Conference, BMA House, London.
4th Nordic Defence Industry Seminar, Copenhagen (and 3 May).
King's College London War Studies seminar: The fundamental problems of Afghanistan.

Defence Diary: 24 April 2012

Today, Tuesday 24 April
Requirements and Acceptance Managers Forum 2012, MOD Abbey Wood, Bristol.
House of Commons All-Party Parliamentary Group welcome home reception for Royal Navy and Royal Air Force personnel deployed on Op ELLAMY (Libya).

Tomorrow, Wednesday 25 April
ANZAC Day wreath-laying ceremonies at St Paul's Cathedral and the Cenotaph in London.
167th NATO Chiefs of Defence meeting, NATO HQ, Brussels (and 26 April).

Thursday 26 April
UK Trade and Investment Defence and Security Organisation symposium, London.
The Lord Mayor's Diamond Jubilee Big Curry Lunch, in aid of ABF The Soldiers' Charity, Guildhall, London.
Kohima Memorial Service, York Minster.
University of Kent conference, 'The Falklands Conflict 30 Years On', Canterbury (until 28 April).
Chatham House Under 35s Forum - Disarmament and Non-Proliferation: The Nuclear Question in a Changing World.

Friday 27 April
Chatham House event: Was it Worth it? Reflections on the Libyan Revolution.

Saturday 28 April
Army vs Navy Babcock Trophy rugby match, Twickenham.

Sunday 29 April
Last Lower Block, 'LB05', of one of the new Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers moves from Portsmouth to Rosyth.

Monday 30 April
2012 Warrior Games, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA (until 5 May) - 20 volunteers from the British Armed Forces will compete as guest athletes in the third annual competition.

Tuesday 1 May
Royal British Legion stakeholder conference, 'Armed Forces Welfare in the 21st Century', London.
London School of Economics debate - After the Arab Spring: power shift in the Middle East?

Defence Diary: 23 April 2012

Today, Monday 23 April
St George's Day.
House of Lords returns.
Lords debate on the Armed Forces Pay Review Body's report.
Ground-breaking ceremony for Fisher House - a facility for accommodating families of injured Service personnel within walking distance of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham.

Tomorrow, Tuesday 24 April
Requirements and Acceptance Managers Forum 2012, MOD Abbey Wood, Bristol.
House of Commons All-Party Parliamentary Group welcome home reception for personnel deployed on Op ELLAMY (Libya).

Wednesday 25 April
ANZAC Day wreath-laying ceremonies at St Paul's Cathedral and the Cenotaph in London.
167th NATO Chiefs of Defence meeting, NATO HQ, Brussels (and 26 April).

Thursday 26 April
UK Trade and Investment Defence and Security Organisation symposium, London.
The Lord Mayor's Diamond Jubilee Big Curry Lunch, in aid of ABF The Soldiers' Charity, Guildhall, London.
Kohima Memorial Service, York Minster.
University of Kent conference: The Falklands Conflict 30 Years On, Canterbury (until 28 April).
Chatham House Under 35s Forum - Disarmament and Non-Proliferation: The Nuclear Question in a Changing World.

Friday 27 April
Chatham House event: Was it Worth it? Reflections on the Libyan Revolution.

Saturday 28 April
Army vs Navy Babcock Trophy rugby match, Twickenham.

Sunday 29 April
Last Lower Block, 'LB05', of one of the new Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers moves from Portsmouth to Rosyth.

Monday 30 April
2012 Warrior Games, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA (until 5 May) - 20 volunteers from the British Armed Forces will compete as guest athletes in the third annual competition.

Defence Diary: 20 April 2012

Today, Friday 20 April
Commissioning of Type 45 destroyer Dragon.
3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland Op HERRICK homecoming parades, Dundee and Perth.
Chatham House event: Pakistan, Afghanistan and the US Withdrawal.

Tomorrow, Saturday 21 April
72 Engineer Regiment freedom and medal parade in Birkenhead.
75 Engineer Regiment (107 Field Squadron) and 156 Transport Regiment to receive the Freedom of Wirral.
1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment freedom parade, Market Drayton.
The Falkland Families Association Reunion Service, Wellington Barracks, London.
The Royal Gibraltar Regiment to host a reception at the Tower of London during their tour of UK public duties.

Monday 23 April
House of Lords returns.
Lords debate on the Armed Forces Pay Review Body's report.
Ground-breaking ceremony for Fisher House - a facility for accommodating families of injured Service personnel within walking distance of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham.

Tuesday 24 April
Requirements and Acceptance Managers Forum 2012, MOD Abbey Wood, Bristol.

Wednesday 25 April
ANZAC Day wreath-laying ceremony at the Cenotaph in London.

Thursday 26 April
UK Trade and Investment Defence and Security Organisation symposium, London.
The Lord Mayor's Diamond Jubilee Big Curry Lunch, in aid of ABF The Soldiers' Charity, Guildhall, London.
Publication of the UK Trade and Investment annual defence sales figures.
Kohima Memorial Service, York Minster.
University of Kent conference: The Falklands Conflict 30 Years On, Canterbury (until 28 April).
Chatham House Under 35s Forum - Disarmament and Non-Proliferation: The Nuclear Question in a Changing World.

Friday 27 April
Chatham House event: Was it Worth it? Reflections on the Libyan Revolution.

Defence Diary: 19 April 2012

Today, Thursday 19 April
Armed Forces Day 2012 launch, Plymouth.
Explosive Ordnance Disposal & Search Task Force medal parade, Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire.
3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland Op HERRICK homecoming parades, Forfar and Kirkcaldy.
House of Commons Adjournment Debate: Armed Forces Covenant.
Royal United Services Institute Members' Event: Why the Peace Plan Offered by Abdul Haq Remains the West's Only Way Out of Afghanistan.

Tomorrow, Friday 20 April
Commissioning of Type 45 destroyer Dragon.
3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland Op HERRICK homecoming parades, Dundee and Perth.
Chatham House event: Pakistan, Afghanistan and the US Withdrawal.

Saturday 21 April
72 Engineer Regiment freedom and medal parade in Birkenhead.
75 Engineer Regiment (107 Field Squadron) and 156 Transport Regiment to receive the Freedom of Wirral.
1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment freedom parade, Market Drayton.
The Falkland Families Association Reunion Service, Wellington Barracks, London.
The Royal Gibraltar Regiment to host a reception at the Tower of London during their tour of UK public duties.

Monday 23 April
House of Lords returns.
Lords debate on the Armed Forces Pay Review Body's report.

Tuesday 24 April
Requirements and Acceptance Managers Forum 2012, MOD Abbey Wood, Bristol.

Wednesday 25 April
ANZAC Day wreath-laying ceremony at the Cenotaph in London.

Thursday 26 April
UK Trade and Investment Defence and Security Organisation symposium, London.
The Lord Mayor's Diamond Jubilee Big Curry Lunch, in aid of ABF The Soldiers' Charity, Guildhall, London.
Publication of the UK Trade and Investment annual defence sales figures.
Kohima Memorial Service, York Minster.
University of Kent conference: The Falklands Conflict 30 Years On, Canterbury (until 28 April).
Chatham House Under 35s Forum - Disarmament and Non-Proliferation: The Nuclear Question in a Changing World.