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British Ministry Of Defense

MoD paying for 8,000 empty homes

The Ministry of Defence is renting more than 8,200 empty homes at a cost of £29m a year, the BBC learns.
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Defence cuts 'will shrink forces'

The British armed forces could be forced to shrink by up to a fifth because of a lack of money, a military think tank predicts. Ref. Source 2

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MoD deals secure '7,500 UK jobs'

MoD awards £3.2bn of contracts to support management of UK naval bases, "Securing 7,500 jobs" Ref. BBC

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Islamic State threatens to expose British military secrets:

Islamic State terrorists have threatened to publish details of British military personnel after exposing a "Hit-list" of American drone pilots and urging fanatics to "Kill them wherever they are". Ref. Source 3d.

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Soldier dies in Brecon training exercise

Soldier serving in the Rifles regiment has died while on training exercise in Brecon area of south Wales, MoD says Ref. BBC.

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The British Military is now allowing for Commonwealth citizens to sign up for the British Special Forces positions. See: Source 3k

What this means is a citizen of the below countries could be fighting in uniform with the Union Jack on their shoulder:

Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Brunei, Cameroon, Canada, Cyprus, Dominica, Fiji, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis (Saint Christopher and Nevis), Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa (Western Samoa), Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.