The two teams of Service men plan to set out on 11 November 2011 (Armistice Day) from the Bay of Whales and Cape Evans in the Antarctic - the respective starting points of the Scott and Amundsen expeditions. Enduring temperatures of up to -52°C, th...

From 1 September 2011, repatriations of fallen Service personnel are due to transfer from RAF Lyneham to RAF Brize Norton, ahead of the closure of RAF Lyneham later in the year. The Royal British Legion, along with other organisations, has been in co...

In yet another insightful piece from his series in The New Yorker, renowned author Malcolm Gladwell (The Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers) looks at the fabled “David beats Goliath” paradigm and finds it’s not as rare as you might think. In fact, a ...

Image by Getty Images via @daylife Well I’m sure we’re all feeling confident about the security of the nation after this latest news that the navy’s website was shut down after a self-confessed security enthusiast claimed to have hacked into the site and its databases. In a new post on his blog the hacker, a Romanian national known only as TinKode, claims to have penetrated the security of the navy’s site late...

Image via Wikipedia A couple of weeks ago we went down to Devenport to welcome our son back from a tour on HMS Ocean.  Even as far back on our vantage point on the shore, some distance from the approaching ship, we could see the poppies in the lapels (and in the case of one lass, in her hair), of the troops. We couldn’t make their faces out from that distance, but we could see their poppies. Perhaps you recall the frivolity...

Image via Wikipedia HMS Ocean Limps Home! Phew! After 2 days circling the airport (well the port), the capital ship HMS Ocean, finally made it home into the port – with our son on board. Strong winds and a dodgy engine meant the ship couldn’t get into the port safely despite arriving back on Thursday lunchtime. Finally, after hitting the breakwater at 8.15 on Saturday morning the guys were able to get off and we welcomed...