Category: News

UK Armed Forces Rugby

The UK Armed Forces return to Ashton Gate Stadium to take on Rugby for Heroes on Wednesday, November 6th (7.45pm KO). This match will be the first time the teams have…
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Any budding Indiana Jones out there?

Op Nightingale – MOD/DIO Military Service Veteran support activity (Opportunities for veterans to participate in programmed archaeology).  https://www.gov.uk/guidance/operation-nightingale https://www.wessexarch.co.uk/our-work/operation-nightingale Aware we are all busy and/or pushing through summer leave however,…
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The MWA Standard at the Weymouth Armed Forces Day Parade 2019

The MWA Standard was again paraded at the 2019 Weymouth Armed Forces Day Parade. Unfortunately due to a foot injury Topsy Toner, was unable to parade the standard so John…
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2019 Edition of the Mine Warfare and Diving Magazine

The 2019 Edition of the MAD Magazine is available to MWA Members in the MWA Library here. The magazine has been made available to the MWA by kind permission of…
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Mine Warfare Branch Badge

A Royal Navy Temporary Memorandum (RNTM) was released today (13 Feb 2019) announcing the re-introduction of the Mine Warfare Branch Badge. The branch badge was replaced by the very unpopular…
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MWA Reunion 2019

Tickets are on sale in the Sweepstore for the 2019 MWA Reunion to be held in the Warrant Officers & Senior Rates Mess, HMS NELSON in Portsmouth on Saturday 23…
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Nightraiders – The Trilogy

‘Nightraiders’, the second volume of the trilogy that started with ‘Home Waters’, is now available to order from the American publisher, Heritage Books at a cost of $80 ($40 plus…
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