British commandos have been put through their paces as they underwent extreme survival training Norwegian woodland where temperatures can drop to -30C (-22F). Pilots and aircrew from the Joint Helicopter Command were challenged during Exercise Clockwork, a cold weather warfare course at the Norwegian air base at Bardufoss. Before taking to the skies over the … Read more
This was not Lockdown II: The Sequel. In some ways it was worse. The measures announced all felt so wretchedly authoritarian, like a call to arms for petty officialdom. So un-Boris. Yet here he was, sounding as bossy as a bed and breakfast-owning old biddy in Birkenstocks. No one took any cheer from Boris Johnson’s … Read more
Army Commandos and Royal Marines form new high-tech ‘strike company’ given the choice of new gadgets and weapons to target terrorists and enemy countries anywhere on earth The navy is forming an elite 150-strong Commando Vanguard Strike Company The elite troops will be handed the latest tactics technology and weapons Royal Marines and army commandos … Read more
Elite commandos are offered a £20,000 bonus in a desperate effort to stop the brain drain of the brightest Royal Marines Payments will be available to those who have served for four-and-a-half years Troops who accept will receive annual payments of £5,000 for four years Corporals can already earn up to £40,000, depending on their length … Read more
Winston Churchill, Franklin D Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin came ‘appallingly close’ to assassination during a top secret summit in 1943 in Tehran, a new book has revealed. The three world leaders met in person in the Iranian capital – despite the city being central to a major Nazi intelligence ring. German intelligence agents discovered advance … Read more