A combined force comprising members of the Army, Royal Air Force and Royal Navy are based on the Islands. The Falklands Conflict led the way in the Services working together, and this has continued to the present day.

The Islands offer excellent training opportunities for the Services, ensuring that they are well trained and well equipped.

The relationship between the forces personnel and the locals is very strong and close ties have been forged.

The Falkland Islands are a dependent territory of the UK and will remain so for as long as the Islanders wish to. The Islands have flourished economically and socially since the conflict.

The situation in the South Atlantic has changed substantially since the conflict: Argentina is now a democracy, committed to the peaceful resolution of issues over the Islands.