This week Officers and Riflemen from A Coy, 5th Battalion, The Rifles passed a Fit For Role In-spection at Wellington Barracks, Central London held to establish whether they had reached the required standard of turnout and drill to conduct Public Duties in London and Windsor. The Riflemen, who are normally based in Bulford, Wiltshire have been learning and rehearsing the series of complex routines and drill movements. This enabled them to deliver a confident disciplined parade, demonstrating to

How did Rochester castle defend itself from medieval rebels? How did Britain respond to the threat of Napoleonic invasion? Are there secret WWII bunkers throughout the UK? Discover all of this and more in a new series, Defending Europe. Tune in to Defending Europe on Monday 16th September at 9pm, on National Geographic UK. | National Geographic UK

3 Rifles based in Dreghorn Barracks, Edinburgh deployed C-Company to Galloway Forrest in Scotland for a 4 day exercise focusing on finding their "Chosen Man". Over 100 soldiers across all ranks were tested in arduous conditions and on various elements of their soldiering skills. With the weather, environment and various tests conducted the challenges were pit against them. | British Army

The 1st Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles are deployed to Jordan on on Exercise Eager Lion 19. The Joint exercise with the US Airforce and the Jordanian 61st Mohamed Bin Zayed Quick Reaction Force has seen them practicing night operations. Over the years, this exercise has proven to be important to strengthening the Jordanian and British partnership. Away from the exercise, especially with the Arabic speakers amongst the Gurkhas, they have shared each other’s culture and developed friendships fo

Soldiers and officers of the Rifles Regiment, the largest infantry regiment in the British Army, stepped off with pride as they recently exercised an ancient right to march through the streets of Swindon. One of the newest regiments in the British Army, The Rifles, were formed in 2007 and were represented today by Edinburgh based 3rd Battalion The Rifles as they marched in their unique fast pace around the town. To be granted the Freedom of a town or city is the greatest honour that can be besto

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Accuracy. Precision. Uniformity. The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst provided the grandest of backdrops to this year’s All Arms International Pace Sticking competition. With a combined age of 331 years, the Chelsea Pensioners submitted three teams to the competition for the first time. Read more here: http://ow.ly/lXqk50F8vyL | British Army