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Some £1.2bn is being budgeted for the upgrading of the Challenger 2 to a Challenger 3 model, with each of the surviving tanks receiving a new turret and barrel.
One defence source claimed the upgrade will turn this relic from the Gulf war. into something that can fight the next war .
The Government is planning to replace its aging fleet of Warriors with the Boxer, pictured
General Sir Richard Barrons said: The army recognises they are in the foothills of a profound transformation. This will be an evolution from their way of working to a manned, unmanned and autonomous mix. The army is not in good shape and has been told to get smaller, all of this could make sense so long as we see the rest of the plan. Without that, this is just financially driven stupidity.
Major Tony Crease, bandsman who hit the top of the charts with Amazing Grace – obituary
He toured the world with the Pipes & Drums of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards and later in life created a nature reserve in Yorkshire
Major Tony Crease with a gold disc for Amazing Grace
Credit: Piping Press
Major Tony Crease, who has died aged 74, led the Pipes & Drums of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards as Pipe Major to the top of the hit parade with the band’s rendition of Amazing Grace.
In 1971, the Royal Scots Greys amalgamated with the 3rd Carabiniers and their bands came together to prepare for the Amalgamation Parade. In a project inspired by Crease, a recording took place for new regimental music. It included an arrangement by the Greys’ bandmaster, Stuart Fairbairn, of the hymn Amazing Grace.
Saturday February 13, 2021, 9:18 AM
A member of the 5th Battalion Royal Regiment of Scotland Balaclava Company working at the mobile coronavirus testing unit run by the army in Moffat, Scottish Borders. Credit: PA
Army staff will be deployed to aid the vaccination rollout in Dumfries & Galloway, the Defence Secretary has said.
An additional 33 defence medical staff, from across all three services, will join their 57 colleagues already working as part of the Vaccine Quick Reaction Force at centres in Dumfries and Galloway and Fife.
Across Scotland a further 353 armed forces personnel will deploy on the front line of the Covid-19 vaccination and testing effort in Scotland.
Army will be on ‘front line’ of vaccination effort – Wallace
Soldiers have been helping out since the start of the pandemic (Andrew Milligan/PA)
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A further 353 armed forces personnel will deploy on the “front line” of the Covid-19 vaccination and testing effort in Scotland, the Defence Secretary has said.
Ben Wallace visited a vaccination centre at Forth Valley College in Stirling on Friday, where he met soldiers administering injections to the public alongside NHS staff.