| 23 Aug 07 | It is with profound sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm the deaths of three soldiers from 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment who were tragically killed in what is believed to be a friendly fire incident in Afghanistan.
Padre Cole Maynard, UK forces' senior chaplain in Afghanistan, is helping the Army to introduce a groundbreaking new model of peer group monitoring and support for use in the aftermath of traumatic events. The intention is that it will reduce the stigma associated with mental health problems and, where necessary, enable early referral to Defence Medical Services mental health professionals. Report by Roy Bacon.
Claims in the media recently that troops in Afghanistan are underfed have been met with disbelief by the people charged with keeping them nourished. Here the chefs of the Royal Logistic Corps (RLC), who keep Task Force Helmand's soldiers fed and its larders stocked, have their say.
Not that long ago, Barry Vint could be found plying his trade as a private hire taxi driver in Liverpool. Now he's landed a fare much further afield �?as the military driver for the commander of the International Security Assistance Force in southern Afghanistan. Report by Kevin Hegarty. |
| 20 Aug 07 | Chief of the General Staff, General Sir Richard Dannatt has been in Afghanistan to see for himself how British troops are getting on in Helmand Province. |
| 17 Aug 07 | Soldiers from 1st Battalion Royal Welsh have been demonstrating their flexibility by operating in several provinces across southern Afghanistan. |
| 16 Aug 07 | For the last month the soldiers from B (Suffolk) Company, 1st Battalion, The Royal Anglian Regiment, have been based in Kajaki, southern Afghanistan. Although they call it home, they have few of the comforts most people would associate with a cushy life. Report by Corporal Jon Bevan and Captain Jim Bewley. |
| 14 Aug 07 | It is with profound sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm the death of Captain David Hicks from 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment. |
| 13 Aug 07 | Defence Secretary Des Browne has delivered an upbeat assessment of what he considers to be real progress in southern Afghanistan after returning from a recent visit to the country.
Royal Engineers are taking on one of the most difficult jobs in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan - starting the reconstruction and development of basic infrastructure in villages and towns that have been effected by fighting in the region. |
| 11 Aug 07 | It is with profound sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm the death of Captain David Hicks from 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment. |
| 10 Aug 07 | It is with much sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm the death of Private Tony Rawson, aged 27, from 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment killed during a fighting patrol to disrupt enemy activity and reassure the local population in the area of Jusyalay, north east of Sangin in Helmand Province, southern Afghanistan.
Embedding journalists with military units provides as many opportunities for the Ministry of Defence as it does threats. In the third of our features about the embedding system we talk to Lieutenant Colonel Kevin Stratford-Wright, from the Defence Media Operations Centre, about the benefits, the drawbacks and the realities of putting journalists in the firing line. Report by Barry Shaw. |
| 8 Aug 07 | British troops serving in southern Afghanistan are carrying out many different roles all of which are vital to ensuring the mission is a success. Report by Roy Bacon. |
| 6 Aug 07 | On a mission out of Lashkar Gah to visit the Afghan National Police, the Land Rovers stopped by a small building flying the national flag: a police station that had appeared since the unit's last patrol in this part of the city. Report by Roy Bacon.
Corporals Adrian Harlen and Russ Nolan are fully-trained soldiers, ready to fight for their country when called upon. But in the dangerous operational theatres where they ply their trade they must keep their fingers on a second trigger. Report by Shell Daruwala. |
| 1 Aug 07 | A small team of twenty Army engineers from 26 Engineer Regiment are busy improving living conditions for soldiers working in a desert forward operating base in southern Afghanistan. |
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