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Yahoo
4 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
£250m for new Royal Marine recruits' accommodation
Military bosses are set to spend £250m on new accommodation for Royal Marine recruits at a Devon base. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said the money would be spent at the Lympstone Commando Training Centre over the next couple of years. Along with the new accommodation, the MoD added there would also be a review into rest and sleep to improve learning and fitness, and drone training would be available for all recruits. First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff General Sir Gwyn Jenkins said the Commando Training Centre would continue to produce the nation's "warfighting Special Ops Force". The announcement came ahead of the strategic defence review, being announced by the Prime Minister on Monday. More news stories for Devon Listen to the latest news for Devon Follow BBC Devon on X, Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to spotlight@ 100-year-old commando inspires the next generation King revisits Devon commando base where he trained Building for injured Royal Marine recruits opens Commando Training Centre
BBC News
4 days ago
- Business
- BBC News
£250m for new Royal Marine recruits' accommodation at Lympstone
Military bosses are set to spend £250m on new accommodation for Royal Marine recruits at a Devon Ministry of Defence (MoD) said the money would be spent at the Lympstone Commando Training Centre over the next couple of with the new accommodation, the MoD added there would also be a review into rest and sleep to improve learning and fitness, and drone training would be available for all Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff General Sir Gwyn Jenkins said the Commando Training Centre would continue to produce the nation's "warfighting Special Ops Force". The announcement came ahead of the strategic defence review, which will be published on Monday.
Times
13-05-2025
- Politics
- Times
Defence secretary backs military chiefs in war crimes scandal
The defence secretary has said that he has 'confidence' in his senior officers and their ability to lead after they were embroiled in a war crimes scandal. John Healey said that he 'absolutely' believed General Sir Roly Walker, the head of the army, and General Sir Gwyn Jenkins, about to become head of the navy, had integrity. Both generals were named in a BBC Panorama investigation on Monday night, which claimed that members of Britain's special forces murdered innocent Afghans over more than a decade. The documentary included claims that Jenkins oversaw the rejection of hundreds of UK resettlement applications from Afghan commandos who served alongside the Special Air Service (SAS) during the war. The rejections were controversial because it is understood that some of
