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The 2014 Combined Services Disabled Ski Team (CSDST) Newcomers' Event took place at the Snow Centre in Hemel Hempstead on Tuesday 13th May. This day long opportunity gives anyone with an interest in the sport a chance to meet coaches, instructors and competitors from across the Forces world to see if joining the CSDST would be for them. One of the special guests in attendance was Paralympian Mick Brennan formerly in Bomb Disposal. Mick lost both his lower legs in a bomb attack whilst serving in Iraq in 2004. The day was also an opportunity to celebrate the success of another strong season, including at the Sochi Paralympic Winter Games and to welcome the new CSDST President, Lt Gen Evans CBE DSO. Hal Stewart was inside the Snow Centre to chat with all involved and to get a very wet pair of socks as he sampled the slopes!

Tattoo parlours near US Army bases are getting a surge of business - find out why with Kate Gerbeau and Christopher Lee on SITREP.

From the top of the BT Tower, Prince Harry has sent his first tweet, the announcement that 40,000 Invictus Games tickets will be going on sale tomorrow morning. Following his tweet, Prince Harry met with two wounded personnel hoping to compete in the Games and took part in a Twitter Q&A session.

As tensions in #Ukraine continue to escalate could we soon see NATO ships in the Black Sea? Christopher Lee explains their options on BFBS Sitrep

Al Murray visited the British forces out in Afghanistan to boost their morale. While he was out there he spoke to BFBS' Richard Wyeth

Sitrep's Christopher Lee reveals to Kate Gerbeau how he would run Staff College.

Anna Soubry, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence Personnel, Welfare and Veterans, has said that alcohol in military bars should not be more expensive. She faces opposition from Labour MP Madeleine Moon - who says she got the "fright of my life" when she was charged only a pound for a triple gin and tonic while visiting forces in the Falkland Islands two years ago. She's calling for an end to what she calls the "high level of subsidy" enjoyed at military bars.

Paul Rogers (Professor of Peace Studies, University of Bradford) and Christopher Lee share their thoughts on the scrambling of RAF Typhoons in response to a Russian plane getting a bit to close to UK airspace. They were talking to Tim Cooper on BFBS Sitrep.

Flight Lieutenant Richie Judson, Chairman of the Royal Air Force Amateur Radio Society, talks about how the club are helping the Chelsea Pensioners at the Royal Hospital Chelsea.

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The Defence Select Committee says that inadequate defences and high level complacency led to a Taliban attack at Camp Bastion in 2012. They have said though that they are "satisfied that as far as possible" that these have now been addressed.

An independent Scotland would leave us all weaker and less secure. That's the message from Defence Secretary Philip Hammond, as he threw his weight behind the “No Campaign” in the forthcoming referendum on Scottish Independence. He was speaking at a major Defence Contractor in Glasgow and afterwards spoke to our reporter Tim Cooper. Credit: Photo by DAVID ILIFF. License: CC-BY-SA 3.0

Damn the Torpedoes is a first for BFBS Radio. It's an audience-inspired military themed comedy sketch show that's been brewing since Christmas when the BFBS Sound Effect library was found chucked in a skip! Theme Tune: "Free Music and Free Beer" by Admiral Bob. [http://ccmixter.org/files/admiralbob77/38104 ] Sound effects courtesy of FreeSFX.co.uk

The government’s coming under pressure to change the law on pensions for service widows. Under circumstances if a service member dies off duty, their spouse cannot keep the pension if they remarry. Something a series of former defence chiefs now argue is unfair. Will Inglis explains…

What would happen to Britain's military forces if Scotland went independent? Will Inglis explains the possible effects on nuclear weaponry, the Royal Air Force and Britain's submarine fleet.

The Head of the Army says Britain should "seriously consider" lifting its ban on women serving in combat roles. General Sir Peter Wall says the British Army is in a minority of other armies because of the rule and that offering all roles to women would make it "look more normal to society". More details from Peter Russell.

Major General Julian Thompson talking about the end of Task Force Helmand in Afghanistan. He appeared on BFBS Sitrep. Photo Crown Copyright

On BFBS Sitrep Major General Julian Thompson discusses breaking the rules during the Falklands Conflict to get the job done. Photo © Crown copyright. IWM (FKD 178)

Could a wave of challenges under the European Convention on Human Rights undermine Britain's ability to mount military operations? Tim Cooper reports. Listen and tell us what you think.

Charlie was a little mischievous on Tuesday for April fools day in Cyprus when she revealed to Jade live on air that she had been pranked earlier on the Breakfast show with a little help from Marie at the Ay Nik Hive. Charlie asked Marie to tell Jade that McBusted were coming to gig in Cyprus this summer. Jade took the bait during the Hive slot but as the time swept on Jade had still been none the wiser.