The Office for Veterans’ Affairs (OVA) and the MOD have announced that 100 Armed Forces charities will benefit from nearly £6 million of extra funding to support serving personnel, veterans and their families during the coronavirus pandemic. This is part of a package of support announced by the Chancellor in April ...
Sodexo has extended its support to SSAFA, the Armed Forces Charity with HR director, Rachel Evans and HR business partner, Marc Vincent joining its mentoring programme aimed at helping service personnel leaving the Armed Forces transition into civilian life. SSAFA’s mentoring programme was launched as a trial in 2018 at Catterick ...
The British Army’s Unit Based Virtual Training (UBVT) has been used to combat the conundrum of effectively sharpening soldiering skills while adhering to strict social distancing measures. Delivered as a managed service by training and simulation specialist NSC, the technology allowed personnel from 1st Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment to train collectively ...
The defence ministers from the Five Eyes nations (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States) met via videoconference on 22‑23 June. The Ministers from the Five Eyes nations reaffirmed their commitment to advance defence and security cooperation on matters of common interest to support and defend a ...
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