Portuguese Commodore Alberto Correia Takes Command of EU NAVFOR Counter Piracy Taskforce

In a ceremony held April 14th at the Commercial Port of Djibouti, Portuguese Commodore Alberto Correia took over the command of Task Force 465 (TF 465) as the new European Union Naval Force Headquarters – Operation ATALANTA Force Commander.  Commodore...

Sweden Hands Over Command of EU NAVFOR FHQ to France And Belgium

At a ceremony in Djibouti on board the EU NAVFOR Swedish warship, HSwMS CARLSKRONA, Force Commander Rear Admiral (LH) Jan Thörnqvist who has been the Force Commander of  EU NAVFOR Operation ATALANTA for the last four months, handed over to Rear...

Exercise Mountain Dragon Helping Troops Train to Fight the Taleban

Military personnel and industry partners are using pioneering technology to train Armed Forces personnel for fighting the Taleban in Afghanistan from a hangar at RAF Waddington near Lincoln. RAF Tornado aircrew from II (AC) Squadron based at RAF Marham...

U.K. Armed Forces Act 2006 Will Come Into Force on 31 October 2009

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has announced that the Armed Forces Act 2006 will come into force on 31 October 2009 to replace the current single Service Discipline Acts.