The Army has announced the launch of its first Reserve Military Working Dog Squadron as part of the major restructure under Future Reserves 2020. The new 101 Military Working Dog Squadron will form part of 1st Military Working Dog Regiment and will be based at St George’s Barracks, North Luffenham. This is the first time that reservists can train to become dog handlers, and men and women aged between 18 and 50 are invited to […]
Major Tim Peake, a former Apache pilot with the Army Air Corps, is the first Briton to be appointed by the European Space Agency (ESA) Astronaut Corps and begins his mission on the International Space Station (ISS) in November. Tim, aged 42, who maintains his flying in the Army Reserve, will be conducting a range of scientific experiments and maintenance work, including using the robotic arm and spacewalking, if the opportunity arises. Married father-of-two Tim, who […]
Around 130 Army medics, both Regular and Reserve, have been training together in freezing Cumbrian temperatures; assessing and treating casualties in conditions designed to look and feel like a real-life conflict zone. Exercise Burton Fell was the first time 3 Medical Regiment’s Regular and Reserve soldiers had worked together on such a scale. The arrangement is an example of the Army’s new integration concept – where full time and Reserve soldiers train together and then […]
The British Army’s new Army Reserve recruitment campaign launched today with a special event at Waterloo Station, with TV adverts hitting screens nationwide and recruitment events across the country, including London. The campaign aims to improve interest in joining by showcasing some of the unique opportunities that reservists get involved in during their spare time and address what is lacking from their current careers. These include the opportunity to travel both in the UK and […]
The first UK reserves and 100 regulars departed for Sierra Leone where they will help to tackle the Ebola outbreak. The regular and reserve personnel from across the three Services departed from RAF Brize Norton alongside members of the Canadian military. Once in Sierra Leone, personnel will take over from clinicians attached to 22 Field Hospital, who have been deployed since October, manning the 12 bed facility reserved to treat healthcare workers with Ebola. Julian […]
