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  1. Armed Forces Day 2025: Honouring the Determination Behind the Uniform

    Armed Forces Day 2025: Honouring the Determination Behind the Uniform
    Armed Forces Day on Saturday 28th June is a time to reflect on the strength, sacrifice and resilience of the men and women who serve and those who support them. This Armed Forces Day, we salute the hard work behind the uniform. Shop the range at Survival Aids.
    Categories: Military Uniform & History
    Tags: military & Armed Forces Day
    Posted On: June 23, 2025
    Posted By: Colonel Survival Aids

  2. VE Day 80th Anniversary: Remembering Victory and Honouring Service

    VE Day 80th Anniversary: Remembering Victory and Honouring Service
    8 May 2025 marks 80 years since VE Day, when the war in Europe ended. Streets were filled with cheering crowds, flags waved from windows, and Big Ben rang out across London for the first time in years. It was a powerful moment of relief and remembrance — one that still resonates today. VE Day was about victory. But it...
    Categories: Military Uniform & History
    Tags: VE Day & Military History
    Posted On: May 1, 2025
    Posted By: Colonel Cadet Direct

  3. Military Footwear: The Ultimate Gear for Performance and Protection

    Military Footwear: The Ultimate Gear for Performance and Protection
    Your boots aren’t just another piece of kit, they’re the foundation of your performance. The right military footwear enhances endurance, agility and comfort in any terrain. Whether you're tackling demanding exercises, navigating tough landscapes or standing for long periods, investing in high-quality military boots and socks is essential to staying at your best. Proper footwear in military training is a...
    Categories: Military Uniform
    Tags: military gear & military boots
    Posted On: April 7, 2025
    Posted By: Colonel Survival Aids

  4. Test your military skills: Spot the deliberate mistake in our image

    Test your military skills: Spot the deliberate mistake in our image
    Test your military skills: Spot the deliberate mistake in our image Can you pass our latest military skills challenge? This competition is now closed (our winner was Mike Ryan). However you can still have a go for fun. Pictured below is a soldier from the 1st Battalion Royal Irish with Foxhound Patrol Vehicles behind. This image was taken during exercise...
    Categories: Competitions
    Posted On: January 25, 2021
    Posted By: Colonel Cadet Direct

  5. Learning Those Outdoor Skills - an important component to military training

    Learning Those Outdoor Skills - an important component to military training
    Learning Those Outdoor Skills INTRODUCTION Mountaineering, hill walking, rock climbing, canoeing, caving, skiing, parachuting, diving and sailing are all activities that develop Outdoor Skills or ODS an important component to military training. Individuals who do it enhance and develop leadership, communication and team-working skills. The ancient Japanese Samurai believed in the Ying and Yang of the universe. A complete warrior...
    Categories: Books
    Posted On: January 3, 2020
    Posted By: Colonel Survival Aids

  6. Mines and Booby Traps

    Mines and Booby Traps
    Mines and Booby Traps - a deadly threat to British soldiers Explosives and mines have long been a deadly threat to British soldiers, from car bombs and improvised grenades and rockets used by the Provisional IRA in Northern Ireland, to the recent tactics used by the Taliban. For the foreseeable future mines and IEDs will be an obstacle and a...
    Categories: Article & Books
    Posted On: December 2, 2019
    Posted By: Colonel Survival Aids

  7. The Complete Guide To British Army Heavy Weapons

    The Complete Guide To British Army Heavy Weapons
    The Complete Guide To British Army Heavy Weapons INDIRECT FIRE WEAPONS Indirect fire weapons are those weapons that engage a target indirectly i.e. the barrel of the weapon does not point directly at the target. As such these types of weapons are typically less accurate than direct-fire weapons and are therefore not used to engage point targets. Moreover, they are...
    Categories: Books
    Posted On: October 16, 2019
    Posted By: Colonel Survival Aids

  8. 17 Most Commonly Used British Army Vehicles

    17 Most Commonly Used British Army Vehicles
    17 most commonly used British Army vehicles Vehicles with enhanced armour are much more commonplace now with the increased threat from roadside IED and are likely to remain a feature of soldiers lives for the foreseeable future. Here a number of the commonly used vehicles. COYOTE TSV The Coyote tactical support vehicle is a 6x6 version of the Jackal 2...
    Categories: Article & Books
    Posted On: September 23, 2019
    Posted By: Colonel Survival Aids

  9. Improve Your Map Reading Skill

    Improve Your Map Reading Skill
    Map reading is an interesting, useful skill to possess as a civilian, it can broaden your horizons and give you safe access to the countryside. Maps reach back through our nation's history and have always been important. As a soldier proficiency at map reading and navigation is absolutely essential, military units place great emphasis on it during training. It's Pass...
    Categories: Article
    Posted On: September 4, 2019
    Posted By: Colonel Survival Aids

  10. A Guide To British Army Weapons

    A Guide To British Army Weapons
    THE WEAPONS THAT THE BRITISH ARMY USES VIRTUS Virtus is the Roman god of honour and military prowess, therefore it’s no surprise that it is also the name for the new British Military body armour system that is being rolled out to many front line units. It has replaced the much heavier Osprey that has seen so much action over...
    Categories: Article
    Posted On: August 19, 2019
    Posted By: Colonel Survival Aids

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