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Kuwait: The initial conflict to expel Iraqi troops from Kuwait began with an aerial bombardment on 17 January 1991. This was followed by a ground assault on 23 February. This was a decisive victory for the coalition forces, which liberated Kuwait and advanced into Iraqi territory. The coalition ceased their advance, and declared a cease-fire 100 hours after the ground campaign started. Aerial and ground combat was confined to Iraq, Kuwait, and areas on the border of Saudi Arabia. However, Iraq launched Scud missiles against coalition military targets in Saudi Arabia and against Israel.

South Atlantic Island: The Falklands Conflict led the way in the Services working together, and this has continued to the present day. A combined force comprising members of the Army, Royal Air Force and Royal Navy are based on the Islands. The situation in the South Atlantic has changed substantially since the conflict. Argentina is now a democracy, committed to the peaceful resolution of issues over the Islands. 123 Army soldiers were killed during the Falklands War (7 officers, 40 NCOs and 76 privates).Sixteen of the dead, in keeping with tradition, are buried on the islands, fourteen at Port San Carlos with two more at isolated single grave sites at Goose Green and Port Howard. Argentinean landing In March 1982, Argentinean scrap metal merchants landed on the Falkland Islands' dependency of South Georgia and raised the Argentinean flag. This was followed by an invasion of the Falkland Islands themselves on 2 April 1982. The United Nations Security Council condemned the invasion. Territory still disputed by Argentina, a strong military presence remains on the islands, with more than 1,000 troops stationed there. Their tasks include road building and mine clearance from the 1982 conflict. Surrender

On 21 May 1982, British troops landed at Port San Carlos and began to move towards Port Stanley. Our troops won a significant battle at Goose Green, which laid the foundation for the victory that was to come. After an intense air and artillery barrage and the capture of dominant mountain ridges around Port Stanley, the Argentinean Commander on the Falkland Islands surrendered all his forces on 14 June 1982.

Iraq: Most UK troops have already been withdrawn from Iraq but some remained to train the new Iraqi navy. The remaining troops were mainly Royal Navy personnel. The majority of UK forces pulled out in April but an agreement between the UK and Iraq governments to allow some personnel to remain was signed by Iraqi ministers on 6 June. "Having successfully completed their mission UK personnel deployed to Iraq under this agreement will now leave the country. This will mark the formal conclusion of Operation Telic. In all, 178 UK service personnel, and one Ministry of Defence civilian, died in Iraq between 2003 and 2009. Kenya: BATUK is a small permanent administrative element based on the outskirts of Nairobi and provides the logistic support to visiting units. Under an agreement with the Kenyan Government, three infantry battalions per year carry out six-week exercises in Kenya. A Royal Engineer Squadron also deploys to Kenya over the same period to carry out a civil engineering project. The training, named Exercise GRAND PRIX, takes place over the winter months and allows infantry battalions to carry out live firing, as well as experience a wide variety of climatic conditions, from desert to rain forest. They even learn some Swahili to aid relations with the local population. Brunei: The British Army in Brunei comprises a Infantry Battalion and a Bell 212 Helicopter Flight of the Army Air Corps. The climate of Brunei is well suited to jungle operations and the Training Team Brunei run jungle warfare courses for all members of the British Army. The Infantry Battalion is supported by the small British Garrison, which provides all logistic and administrative support. The Training Team Brunei is the Army's jungle warfare school. It runs a number of courses, ranging from Jungle Warfare Instructor Courses to long range patrolling and tracking.

Gibraltar was captured from Spain in 1704 and was formally ceded to Britain in 1713 by the Treaty of Utrecht. Since then, Spain has laid claim to Gibraltar on a number of occasions. However, as was demonstrated in 1967, when an overwhelming majority voted to retain their links with Britain, Gibraltarians consider themselves to be British rather than Spanish In 1992 the last British regular Infantry battalion left Gibraltar, and was replaced by the Royal Gibraltar Regiment. Despite this, the headquarter staff appointments are still filled by members of the British Armed Forces. Each year Territorial and regular Army soldiers from Britain are given opportunities to spend two weeks in the colony to take part in low-level training. Germany: British Forces are stationed in Germany for reasons of national and NATO security with the agreement and support of the German government. The presence of British and American troops provides mutual security and is a visible display of the UK's support for its NATO allies. The UK has been a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation since 1949. The British Army in Cyprus: works to a tri-service headquarters and is tasked with protecting the SBAs and associated retained sites. The Army presence includes two resident infantry battalions: the Joint Service Signals Unit at Ayios Nikolaos, 62 Cyprus Support Squadron Royal Engineers and 16 Flight Army Air Corps (equipped with Gazelle helicopters) at Dhekelia. There are also a variety of supporting arms such as the Royal Logistics Corps, Royal Army Medical Corps, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Royal Military Police and others located in both SBAs.

The Bases, which cover 98 square miles, enable the UK to maintain a permanent military presence at a strategic point in the Eastern Mediterranean. RAF Akrotiri is an important staging post for military aircraft and the communication facilities are an important element of the UK's worldwide links. The Bases can be used for a variety of both military and humanitarian operations. Canada: The training area at BATUS is equivalent in size to the combined area all of the main training areas used by British Army in the UK and in Europe; Salisbury Plain Training Area would fit in 7 times over. 5 Battlegroups, each containing approx 1400 soldiers, are trained at BATUS each year. These MEDICINE MAN exercises, which can be up to 30 days in duration, are split into two phases; Live Fire and Tactical Effects Simulation (TESEX), the later with a live enemy. The TESEX system identifies when vehicles have been fired at and damaged / destroyed and also informs soldiers when they are being fired at and if hit what injuries they have sustained.

The duration of the exercises, and size of the training area, allow all elements of a combined arms battle group (Infantry, Armour, Artillery, Engineers, Air Defence, Logistics and Equipment Support) to conduct realistic live firing training at all levels and to practice sustaining this activity over a long period of time.

BALKANS: The UK military presence in the Balkans has been significantly scaled back from the peace-keeping and stability roles undertaken in the aftermath of the conflicts of the 1990s. Now the UK's biggest regional deployment by far is in Kosovo as part of a Nato operation aimed at maintaining public order in the newly independent country, where tensions remain between the majority ethnic Albanians and the Serb minority.

Northern Ireland: The operational mission of the UK armed forces in Northern Ireland ended in July 2007. The forces had been actively involved in supporting the police "in the defeat of terrorism and the maintenance of public order". Some 1,500 troops remain on garrison duty - living and training as they would in any other part of the UK DIEGO GARCIA: The British territory of Diego Garcia, in the Chagos archipelago in the Indian Ocean, has been a military base since the island was leased to the US in the 1970s. Fewer than 50 British personnel are stationed at the base at any one time. ASCENSION ISLAND: In the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, far-flung Ascension Island was used as a staging post during the Falklands War - a role it retains. The 40 or so British troops there are linked to the UK by regular flights to RAF Brize Norton and a six-weekly cargo ship from the MoD. Kosovo

The Kosovo Force (KFOR) is a NATO-led international peacekeeping force responsible for establishing a secure environment in Kosovo.KFOR entered Kosovo on 12 June 1999 under a United Nations mandate, two days after the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 1244. At the time of UN Security Council Resolution 1244, Kosovo was facing a grave humanitarian crisis, with military forces from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) and the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) in daily engagement. Ethnic tensions were at their highest and the death toll had reached a historic high. Nearly one million people had fled Kosovo as refugees. Oman The operation was first announced on November 8 last year(2000), and so precedes the present military offensive against Afghanistan, although the forces presently stationed in Oman may well be diverted to the anti-Taliban campaign should the need arise. Since September 15, Britain s armed forces have been engaged in Operation Swift Sword II in the deserts of the Gulf state of Oman. The operation is expected to cover a six-week period through October. One quarter of Britain s total military capacity will be involved in the operation, at a cost of 93 million.