On Forces Life today, the Gurkha recruits arriving at the Infantry Training Centre in Catterick…we catch up with the Commander’s of 45 South Brigade and RAF Akrotiri and ask what’ll be the biggest crocodiles coming across their canoes this year. Pilgrim Bandits, the organisation backed by the Special Forces, have come up with a corker of an expedition later this year for amputees…kayaking 70 miles in tribute to the Cockleshell heroes raid of 1942…they will have the backing of former SBS member, Paddy Ashdown… It’s another end of an era in Germany as the Salvation Army prepares to close its Red Shield facilities…HMS Somerset stops off in Gibraltar en route to protect our interests east of Suez…in the first of a series we chat to service wives on their forces lifestyle and time spent apart… Major Maxine Bassingdale from the Dhekelia Medical Centre explains the aims and objectives of Cervical Cancer Prevention Week, and we hear from Beth Spencer and Louise Wilke of the Army Families Federation on the AFF’s challenges for the year ahead, and how it can make a difference to Forces Life. Catch the programme this Sunday with Patrick Eade at 1pm (UKT) and rpt on BFBS Radio 2 from 6pm.
Posted on: Sun, 19 Jan 2014 10:00:00 +0000
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