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HMS Queen Elizabeth SHIPS from around the world will gather on the Clyde next week ahead of the latest NATO Joint Warrior exercise. Strike Warrior 21, one of the largest military exercises of its kind in Europe, will run from May 8-20, with some of the participating ships departing from ports on the Clyde. Vessels are expected at HM Naval Base Clyde, King George V Docks in Glasgow, Hunterston and Fairlie before joining the exercise – part of final preparations for the first deployment of the UK's Carrier Strike Group (CSG) next month. An Astute class nuclear submarine in company w...

A SOLDIER has snapped up an award for his photographic skills in a national competition. Corporal Danny Houghton is an Army photographer based at Merville Barracks, in Colchester, and his role involves covering the activities of the town’s troop, including on training exercises both in the UK and abroad. The 30-year-old’s picture of a soldier parachuting from an aircraft won the Best Online category in the Army Film and Photographic Competition, which was chosen by public vote. The image was taken from a Hercules transport aircraft as soldiers from Pathfinders – the advance forc...

U.S., Britain declare Carrier Strike Group 2021 deployment By (0) The United States and Britain confirmed a joint declaration Tuesday for the Carrier Strike Group 2021 deployment, which includes the British aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, pictured while being passed by a small sailing boat in 2017. File Photo by Gerry Penny/EPA Jan. 19 (UPI) -- The United States and Britain confirmed a joint declaration Tuesday for the Carrier Strike Group 2021 deployment to be led by Britain's aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth. Signed by acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller and British De...

Durness landlord battles back after military planning backfires! By Mike Merritt Published: 11:36, 11 December 2020 Get the Northern Times sent to your inbox every week and swipe through an exact replica of the day's newspaper Hugh Morrison of the Smoo Cave Hotel in Durness was left with barrels of excess beer after Covid rules changed. Picture: Peter Jolly A pub boss is fighting back after Europe's biggest war games claimed an unexpected direct hit – nearly 900 pints of beer! For landlord Hugh Morrison placed a bumper booze order to cater for the scores of military that based themse...