Tag: British Forces

• Thursday, June 23rd 2022 - 17:35 UTC

  A grateful Heathman family remembers when their farm, close to Stanley became a base for British forces

  

  To mark the 40th anniversary of the Falkland Islands conflict, a group of young paratroopers has journeyed to the South Atlantic. In the Islands, they have retraced the footsteps of their predecessors and learned about their regimental history –through the medium of tea and treasure.

• Monday, June 13th 2022 - 10:45 UTC

  Mounts surrounding Stanley taken by British forces, end of Falklands war

  

  The Argentine occupation of the Falkland Islands is coming to an end and Liberation is in the air. Royal Marines, Paras, Scot Guards, and Gurkhas with naval bombardment support were attacking and capturing the Mounts surrounding Stanley, which would inevitably lead to the collapse and surrender of Argentine forces on 14 June.

• Saturday, March 14th 2020 - 09:48 UTC

  Falklands HMS Forth honors officers and crew members from SMS Scharnhorst sunk in 1914

  

  Falklands patrol HMS Forth hosted a wreath-laying ceremony in Falkland Islands waters during a remembrance service honouring those who lost their lives aboard SMS Scharnhorst in 1914.

• Friday, June 7th 2019 - 09:06 UTC

  Falklands announces Liberation Day 2019 anniversary program

  

  To mark the Anniversary of the Liberation of the Falkland Islands from Argentinean occupation in 1982, the following program has been arranged for Friday 14 June 2019. A thanksgiving service will be held in Christ Church Cathedral commencing at 9.45am.

• Friday, May 17th 2019 - 09:57 UTC

  Falkland Islands Land Mines, how they are cleared and blown up

  

  British Forces Network reports how a specialist de-mining team is clearing and exploding a hoard of land mines from the Falkland Islands landscape – out of more than 30,000 laid the Argentine forces during the 1982 conflict.

• Friday, September 21st 2018 - 09:17 UTC

  Ascension Island runway resurfacing works will go ahead, confirms MoD

  

  A spokesperson for British Forces South Atlantic Islands has dismissed stories that plans to refurbish Ascension Island runway are not to go ahead. The spokesperson told Penguin News on Thursday: “The commercial process is ongoing for the runway resurfacing works at Ascension which is led by the United States.

• Saturday, March 3rd 2018 - 10:20 UTC

  British Forces confirm defense talks in London between Argentina and UK

  

  Falkland Islands' weekly Penguin News has received confirmation from the British Forces South Atlantic Islands Headquarters that earlier this week United Kingdom and Argentina held defense talks for the first time in over ten years. This week's PN reported on the front page that the Argentine newspaper Clarin released the story on the defense talks, but had no British defense confirmation to its request at the time of going to print.

• Wednesday, January 3rd 2018 - 06:36 UTC

  Argentina recalls when Malvinas Islands were “illegally” occupied by British forces

  

  In advance of January 3rd, when Argentina recalls the date in 1833 in which allegedly British forces “illegally” occupied the Malvinas (Falkland) Islands, the foreign ministry, Palacio San Martín, released a statement reaffirming its imprescriptible and inalienable sovereignty rights over the South Atlantic archipelago. This is the 185th anniversary of the event.

• Thursday, July 27th 2017 - 11:40 UTC

  British forces commanders oppose any ban on transgender serving in the military

  

  Commanders from British armed forces have opposed any ban on transgender people serving in the military. It comes after Donald Trump said that transgender people would not be allowed in the US military due to “tremendous” medical costs and disruption.