| 16 Jul 06 | It is with immense sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm the death of Corporal John Johnston Cosby who was killed in Iraq. |
| 13 Jul 06 | Iraqi authorities in Al Muthanna, South-East Iraq, officially took over the responsibility for security in their province at a ceremony in the capital, As Samawah. |
| 12 Jul 06 | Japan's role in supporting peace and security around the world, particularly in Iraq, was praised by the Minister for the Armed Forces Adam Ingram.
Captain Jim Mcgovern is normally found supervising offshore North Sea oil rigs, but he recently swapped the rolling seas of the North Atlantic for the rolling sands of South Iraq to command the Iraq Combat Camera Team (CCT). |
| 11 Jul 06 | The Duke of Westminster visited British soldiers in Normandy Company of the newly formed Duke of Lancaster's Regiment - the regiment for Cumbria, Lancashire and Greater Manchester deployed on operations in Iraq.
Grant and Garry Adamsms have both been serving in the Armed Forces for 23 years, but the brothers had amazingly never actually met whilst on operations. However they managed a family reunion recently in the unlikely setting of Basra Air Station in southern Iraq. |
| 8 Jul 06 | Over 100 soldiers from the Light Dragoons were honoured by the King of Jordan for their work in Iraq.
Romance can be found in some pretty unlikely places as two British soldiers who married this weekend discovered. Lance Bomabadier James Day started to fall in love with his eventual wife, Gunner Natalie Savage, after saving her form a violent Iraqi mob. They barely knew each other before the incident but it seems cupid was near Basra that day. |
| 4 Jul 06 | So David Beckham and the England team thought it was hot in Germany. Well, the Basrah Air Station World (BAS) Cup was fought out between 32 military teams in temperatures of over 45 degrees Celcius, the 'USA' eventually becoming the victors of the 'Not The World Cup'. |
| 29 Jun 06 | The first tranche of over 800 new police cars for the Iraqi Police Service (IPS) funded by Great Britain were handed over at a ceremony at Shaibah Logistic Base recently. |
| 21 Jun 06 | In a series of meetings in Iraq, Defence Secretary Des Browne has secured important undertakings from the Iraqi Government on delivering a new security plan for Basra. The high level talks focused on measures which will improve the day-to-day lives of those living in the city.
Recently appointed Secretary of State for Defence Des Browne MP believes that, although Afghanistan and Iraq are major challenges, British forces will see the job through. |
| 20 Jun 06 | The first stage of the rebasing of UK air assets in the Middle East Region has begun with the transfer of the VC10 Fleet from Muharraq, Bahrain to Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. |
| 19 Jun 06 | The Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki was able to announce that control of security in Muthanna province is to be handed over to the Iraqi security forces. |
| 10 Jun 06 | Hundreds of British military personnel deployed around the world were able to cheer on England as they got their 2006 World Cup campaign underway with the first of their three Group B matches, this one against Paraguay, in Frankfurt on Saturday 10 June 2006. |
| 8 Jun 06 | A ceremony was held at RAF Brize Norton to mark the repatriation of Lieutenant Tom Mildinhall and Lance Corporal Paul Farrelly who were killed on Sunday 28 May 2006 in Basra City.
Former England football star Peter Reid has paid a morale-boosting visit to the British military detachhment at Al Udeid airbase in Qatar ahead of the 2006 World Cup tournament which begins on Friday 9 June 2006. |
| 7 Jun 06 | Over 83 years since it was first formed at Basrah Airfield in November 1922 as No 3 Armoured Car Company Royal Air Force, its successor, 3 Squadron RAF Regiment has returned to Basrah Air Station (BAS), this time for a six month tour of duty as the Resident Field Squadron (RFS). |
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