veterans

UK veterans to be called for new military exercise in major mobilisation If you left the armed forces, filed the paperwork and never thought about it again, you may well still be in the strategic reserve, and next year’s exercise programme is about to remind you. Some veterans will be called up as part of […]

1 month ago

The changes will be in effect from spring of next year Under new British army measures aimed at making the country more prepared for war, older veterans will be liable to be recalled for service. The maximum age at which veterans can be recalled will be raised from 55 to 65 by the Armed Forces […]

9 months ago

Asda has granted him a whole year’s supply World War II veteran Leslie Lemon, who turned 106 years old this month, has a surprising secret to long life. A former British Army corporal who went on to earn a crust at HM Revenue & Customs until his 1979 retirement, Leslie believes his ongoing clean bill […]

1 year ago

‘I feel like they just took my soul away’ A woman was allegedly removed from a flight in the US earlier this week for wearing a T-shirt that was deemed to be “threatening,” According to local reports, U.S. Marine Corps veteran Catherine Banks was boarding a flight at San Francisco International Airport on Wednesday, October […]

2 years ago

‘I think, once again, what a waste of time war is’ A D-Day veteran has said he would like the children of today to know that “war is not exciting” and “doesn’t achieve much in the end.” Today (June 6) marks the 80th anniversary of D-Day, when 160,000 Allied forces troops launched an assault on the […]

2 years ago

The ex-marine Paul ‘Pen’ Farthing has secured himself a spot on a plane, as well as his staff and some 200 rescued animals After weeks of campaigning and insistence that he would not leave Afghanistan without both his staff and the animals rescued by his charity, Nowzad, Paul ‘Pen’ Farthing has been cleared to evacuate […]

5 years ago