Strategic Command

🤝 We were delighted to welcome Minister for the Armed Forces, Luke Pollard MP, to our Northwood HQ. 🌍 The Minister was briefed on current operations across the globe, and met with military and civilian personnel from Strategic Command who work around the clock to protect the nation. 🇬🇧

RCDM Personnel awarded the King's Coronation Medal Monday 24 June 2024 saw personnel from the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine (RCDM) parade at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital to be awarded the King’s Coronation Medal. The parade was presided over by the Vice Lord-Lieutenant of the West Midlands, Louise Bennett OBE DL, who was assisted in presenting the medals by distinguished guests from University Hospitals Birmingham, Chief Executive - Dame Yve Buckland, Chief Medical Officer - Professor Kiran Patel and Chief Nurse – Margaret Garbett. The King’s Coronation Medal is awarded to members of the Armed Forces who have completed five full calendar years of service on 06 May 2023. Eligible personnel from RCDM had the privilege to parade in front of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital and be celebrated by visitors, patients, and NHS colleagues who RCDM work shoulder to shoulder with every day. The special occasion was commemorated with a speech by Vice Lord-Lieutenant Louise Bennett OBE DL, emphasising the importance of the special relationship between RCDM and the Queen Elizabeth Hospital and celebrating the demanding work of all its staff members – military and civilian alike. Strategic Command

🇦🇺 🇬🇧 Australia is one of the UK’s closest international partners, and while we may be separated geographically, our interests and values are united 🤝.   We were delighted to welcome the Australian Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chief of Defence Force, Warrant Officer Ken R., along with Chief Petty Officer Raelene Henery of the Royal Australian Navy to the United Kingdom. 🌍 At our Northwood Headquarters, the Permanent Joint Headquarters updated on current global operations, and there were discussions on our work in the cyber and electromagnetic domain.  🏫 This was followed by a visit to the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom to discuss both nations’ military educational offer, including to Senior Enlisted Leaders, and how we can better share expertise and ideas.  Read more about the visit ➡️ https://lnkd.in/djvgY4wg Defence Australia

Partnering with the The Lancashire Skills and Employment Hub, we have kicked off our STEM and Digital Bursary in Lancashire. This exciting initiative for 16-18 year olds will help create a digital and cyber workforce fit for the future.  💻 The first cohort of 100 students will have access to a broad range of mentoring and development opportunities, including digital learning, as well as financial support and a high-performance laptop. 👥 At the kick-off event in Blackburn, the students heard more about cyber careers, met experts from across government and industry, and took part in a code-cracking challenge and a cyber escape room. Read more about the programme 👉 https://lnkd.in/djD5npU9

Introducing Team UK for the Invictus Games 🇬🇧 27 serving UK Armed Forces personnel and 33 veterans will represent the nation in Vancouver and Whistler in February next year 🇨🇦 Invictus Games is an international adaptive multi-sport event for wounded, injured, and sick personnel, both serving and veterans to participate in as part of their recovery journey. Unveiled today with the Royal British Legion in Milton Keynes, this will be the first Games to include both winter and summer sports 🏆 Two Royal Marines Commando Mountain Leaders were at Milton Keynes today helping Team UK familiarise themselves with cold weather equipment, sharing their expertise and advice for extreme conditions ❄️🏔️ With Team UK to commence training in August for the Invictus Games, Defence Secretary John Healey recognises their unwavering motivation. #InvictusGames #ArmedForcesCommunity #UKVeterans

Wargaming helps us better understand complex problems and improves our ability to make evidence-based decisions faster. Our Defence Experimentation and Wargaming Hub brings together expertise and technology to help us prepare for an increasingly complex security environment. Through simulated scenarios and tabletop exercises, we can explore possible future scenarios, assess the effectiveness of different courses of action, and anticipate emerging threats, all while improving our decision-making ability. 📽️ Find out more about the Defence Experimentation and Wargaming Hub 👇

MOD CIO Charles Forte opens the Team Defence Information Conference with a call for more collaboration within the Defence marketplace. #TDI24

The Defence Academy recently hosted Iraqi MOD members as part of a NATO Mission Iraq Foundational Faculty Development Programme. The Defence Academy workshop was the third and final module of the programme, focusing on the instructional design aspects of developing a lesson. It afforded the opportunity to collaborate and consciously reflect on emerging technologies for education and training, in support of democratic values of defence education for reform. Read more: https://ow.ly/684R50SocJA #workingtogether4iraq #natomissioniraq #WeAreNATO

On Tue 2 Jul 2024, Director General DMS, Air Marshal Clare Walton held her first Director General’s Awards Ceremony, recognising some of the outstanding achievements from the past 12 months and the people who made them happen. Over 100 people attended the ceremony which included award winners, members of their family and friends and DMS personnel. “… in spite all of these challenges we are delivering great things … Thank you to each and every one of you”, DG remarked as she delivered her opening address to colleagues, family and friends who had joined the audience to celebrate and enjoy the occasion. Representing the breadth and variety of work going on in the DMS, awards were given to personnel from all areas of the business, from work in data, operational support, wellbeing projects, education and professional development initiatives and dedication to clinical excellence. Hearing the citations for Individual and Team DG DMS Commendations as well as 4* Commendations, 3* Commendations, Chief of the Field Army Commendations, the Chadwick Military Medal and Prize and The Firmin Sword of Peace as well as a number of MOD Civil Service 40 year Long Service Awards, DG was visibly proud of the DMS workforce that she leads. Congratulations to all awards winners 2024 and thank you to the team for organising a wonderful event.

Recently, we welcomed Comd Training Evaluation, Education, Research & Development Command (TERCOM), Lt Gen Jiro Hiroe along with staff officers from the Japan Ground Self-Defence Force (JGSDF). During their visit they: 👉met with the Director of Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre (DCDC) to hear about the UK’s approach to doctrine, including an overview of what DCDC does, who it operates with and how it contributes to NATO and other partners’ doctrine 👉met with the Chief Executive and Commandant of the Defence Academy (DefAc) to get a brief overview of the UK’s approach to Professional Military Education and how it is delivered at DefAc 👉met with the Japanese course members currently studying at the DefAc (two on ACSC 27, and one on Pre-ACSC 28) 👉were given a talk on the UK’s approach to cyber security and communications architecture, and cyber training as delivered by Defence Cyber Academy This follows a visit earlier this year, made by the Deputy Commandant, Commodore Matthew Solly, to the Japanese Defence Academy to sign a Memorandum of Understanding. These visits are another example of the increasingly strong relationship between the UK and Japan, and professional military education.