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June 2025

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Gritty realism

Brits help to lead the charge on Exercise Hedgehog

Latest rise keeps troops afloat

Personnel are looking forward to more cash in their pockets next month following the announcement that armed forces salaries would increase by 4.5 per cent.

Females kill it on the range

Eagle-eyed loggies have blasted their way into history after becoming the first all-female team to take part in the Corps Operational Shooting Competition.

Help take aim at recruitment woes

A rallying call has been issued to junior NCOs and officers asking them to use their experience to bring fresh blood into the ranks.

Global SITREP

Latest British Army news from around the world

Montana, USA

Bang on target

Reservists from The Royal Wessex Yeomanry teamed up with US counterparts for stateside tank drills as part of an ongoing military exchange programme.

New York, USA

Cadets go west

Trainee officers from Sandhurst travelled to the American equivalent of the institution – West Point – for an international military skills competition.

Northern Europe

Staying sharp

Britain and more than a dozen Nato states have joined forces for a three-month shakedown of joint working protocols across Scandinavia and the Baltics.

Atlantic Ocean

Paddle power

A former sapper will take his place on a four-man team attempting a world record row across the Atlantic this month.

Falkland Isles

Over to you

The latest handover of duties at Mount Pleasant Complex is complete.

Africa

'Trip of a lifetime'

Intrepid members of The King’s Royal Hussars are reflecting on a bucket-list experience in the African wilderness.

Maj Gen Nick Cowley says better sleep is going to get more recruits through training and into the ranks

Troops don't feel the love

A growing disconnect between soldier and civvy may be down to the service having less profile than in the days of operations in Afghanistan, troops believe.

Photographers saluted

Diary for June

June 12

Twenty20 cricket

The army travel to Arundel as the overwhelming favourites in the women’s Inter-Services Twenty20 Cricket

June 14

Trooping the Colour

Number 7 Company, Coldstream Guards will troop their colour at the 2025 King’s official birthday parade.

June 27

Bovington Tankfest

Tankfest returns to Bovington for the world’s most impressive display of historic moving armour.

June 28

Armed Forces Day

Veterans, soldiers and their civilian supporters will come together at the end of the month

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