Armed Forces Day - 29 June 2024

Wiltshire Council has launched Armed Forces Day 2019 in Salisbury, the host city for next year’s Armed Forces Day National Event.
At a business breakfast and media launch in Salisbury today, local businesses were invited to find out more about plans for the three-day programme to mark Armed Forces Day in June 2019....

Armed Forces Day 2019 will be held in Salisbury, a city steeped in military history. The event, which will be the eleventh Armed Forces Day, will be hosted by Wiltshire County Council with support from the Ministry of Defence
Salisbury has many links with the military. Following the nerve agent attack in the city in March 2018, military teams worked tirelessly, alongside the emergency services, to support the recovery of the city. It is also home to many Army bases including...

More than 300 events have been held up and down the country over the last two weeks to show your support for our Armed Forces and the work they do at home and abroad.
From flag raising ceremonies to parades, men and women from the Royal Navy, British Army and Royal Air Force, both Regulars and Reserves, have been thanked for their service alongside the wider defence family including cadets and veterans....

You could say that it has taken Colonel Sion Walker 30 years in education, and about the same length of time as a reservist to get from Aberaeron in West Wales to the Ukraine in Eastern Europe.
On the other hand, it took him no time at all to accept the invitation to go and Command the UK’s effort to work with the Ukrainian military in a training role....