The full-time element of the British Army is referred to as the Regular Army since the creation of the reservist Territorial Force in 1908. The British Army is deployed in many of the world's war zones as part of both Expeditionary Forces and in United NationsPeacekeeping forces. The British Army is currently deployed in Kosovo, Cyprus, Germany, Afghanistan and many other places.
All members of the Army swear (or affirm) allegiance to the monarch as commander-in-chief. However the Bill of Rights of 1689 requires Parliamentary consent for the Crown to maintain a standing army in peacetime. Parliament therefore annually approves the continued existence of the Army.
Scientists struggling to unravel the mysteries of a Zika epidemic in Brazil hope they can learn from cases of women giving birth to twins in which only one child is afflicted by the microcephaly birth defect associated with the virus ... "When I found out one of them had microcephaly, the ground fell out from beneath me," the 25-year-old said as she sat on the sofa of her home in the city of Santos ... "I thank God for giving her to me......
Canadian officials fear a massive wildfire could double in size by the end of Saturday as they continue to evacuate residents of fire-ravaged Fort McMurray from work camps north of Alberta's oil sands city ... ....
Speculation rife about piracy or fire on board Tamaya 1, registered in Panama, who last known position was on 21 April near Gambia and Senegal. @alanyuhas. An abandoned oil tanker has washed up on the shores of Liberia in west Africa, prompting an investigation – and speculation over the fate of the ship’s crew ... map ... The ship was en route to the Senegalese port of Dakar, according to the site ... ....
By KaiserEmmanuel. “ARE YOU LOST?. Or the son of God has come to seek and to save those who has lost” ...Psalm 118.24. The LORD speaks ... Hmmmm! ... On this faithful day of 6th May, 2016 ... Kumasi was captured by the BritishArmy in 1873 (as a result of which much of the magnificent Asante gold regalia can be seen in London in the British Museum) ... Asante came into British's Protection and finally became a region of the Gold Coast colony ... AMEN !....
His mission is to conclude a treaty with Germany, organise an Irish brigade among Irishmen serving in the Britisharmy who had been captured and to ......
Lieutenant-Colonel Nigel Wylde, QGM, army officer, IT expert ... After completing a series of courses at the ArmyStaff College, Wylde became an intelligence officer and secured a marquee appointment as the weapons and munitions expert with BRIXMIS, the BritishArmy of the Rhine Commander-in-Chief's mission to the Commander of the Group of Soviet Forces in East Germany....
He also seems to be carrying this Sterling SMG on his hip.. The Sterling submachine gun is a British submachine gun. It was tested with the BritishArmy in 1944–1945 as a replacement for the Sten but it did not start to replace it until 1953... It was introduced into service in 1918 by the GermanArmy during World War I as the primary weapon of the Sturmtruppen, assault groups specialized in trench combat ... CharlieOakley ... ....
For a comparison, here’s where Call of Duty is taking us in 2016. ... The Sterling submachine gun is a British submachine gun. It was tested with the BritishArmy in 1944–1945 as a replacement for the Sten but it did not start to replace it until 1953... It was introduced into service in 1918 by the GermanArmy during World War I as the primary weapon of the Sturmtruppen, assault groups specialized in trench combat ... CharlieOakley ... ....
But in 2008, for the first time, suicide rates in serving members of the US army exceeded those of the general US population. This has been true there every year since ... They showed that 332 servicemen and 17 servicewomen serving in the Naval Service, Army, Royal Air Force died by suicide in the last 20 years ... All were currently serving in the BritishArmy ... In 2008 suicide rates in the US army exceeded those in the civilian population....
Counting has commenced in the Lagan Valley constituency where the DUP is aiming to claim four of the six seats on offer ...Count results are then expected over the following hours ...Northern Ireland count ... The Britisharmy headquarters in Northern Ireland is located at Thiepval barracks in the constituency, as is top security MaghaberryPrison, the focus of ongoing difficulties between prison authorities and dissident republican inmates ... ....
Among the various technological developments to medical and military equipment is the impression the war had on British telecommunications and the technological strides that were made as a result ... From modified cavalry field radios to gun spotter's field communication devices, the smoother the lines of communication the better equipped the BritishArmy was to make decisions and react to events....
The BLOODHOUND Project - an international education initiative focused around a 1,000mph World Land Speed Record - has partnered with Microsoft, The BritishArmy, Buckingham Palace and a number of other organisations to run a national competition inviting every school in the UK to host their own foam Rocket Car race ... To support the competition, the BritishArmy has made 10,000 kits available for schools that register before April 29....