Quote: Next week, on 31 July, Operation BANNER will come to an end, the three Services (Army, Royal Air Force and Royal Navy) having delivered continuous support to the police and civil authorities in Northern Ireland for 38years. It will have been the longest continuous deployment of UK Armed Forces in their history.
http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/D...sToEndMilitaryOperationsInNorthernIreland.htm
About time too! Troops can now be released to ease the burden on rotations through Iraq and Afghanistan.
Op Banner has to be the longest running counter insurgency war in recent memory. A close second would, if we include both France and the US’s involvement, be the Vietnam war. Any other contending operations out there?
http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/D...sToEndMilitaryOperationsInNorthernIreland.htm
About time too! Troops can now be released to ease the burden on rotations through Iraq and Afghanistan.
Op Banner has to be the longest running counter insurgency war in recent memory. A close second would, if we include both France and the US’s involvement, be the Vietnam war. Any other contending operations out there?