BFBS Sitrep

PRESENTER THIS WEEK: Kate Gerbeau     SITREP TRAIL THURS, 2nd June     The fight to take back Fallujah and the key role the RAF is playing.   Is the UK is at risk from terrorists via the English channel?   Afghanistan: why is the world is looking the other way.   Two former generals battle it out & give their unique perspective on the EU referendum.   And…remembering Jutland 100 years on   PRESENTER THIS WEEK: Kate Gerbeau Studio guest: BFBS Defence Analyst Christopher Lee   OTHER INTERVIEWS:    IRAQ - FALLUJAH BFBS reporter Simon Newton in Cyprus & BFBS Defence Analyst Christopher Lee   AFGHANISTAN – Amnesty report BFBS Defence Analyst Christopher Lee   BURUNDI BFBS Defence Analyst Christopher Lee   ENGLISH CHANNEL  - SECURITY GAP Former first sea Lord, Lord West   JUTLAND 100 First Sea Lord, Admiral Sir Philip Jones   EU REFERENDUM – a military point of view General Sir Mike Jackson was Chief of the General Staff at the time of the Iraq War and believes Britain should stay in the EU, Major General Julian Thompson led 3 Commando Brigade during the Falklands War and wants Britain to vote leave.     THURSDAYS at 4:30pm UK TIME on BFBS RADIO 2 and at 6:30pm UK TIME on BFBS & UK Bases   You can listen on BFBS Radio 2 at 1630 (UK time) and at 1830 (UK time) on BFBS (via web, App & DAB in the UK and on FM in Scotland, Colchester, Salisbury Plain, Aldershot, Catterick & Blandford Forum) Sky Channel 0211 Alternatively listen again on the website, or download the Sitrep Podcast.

PRESENTER THIS WEEK: Kate Gerbeau     SITREP TRAIL THURS, 26th May   Are British special forces operating in Libya? Britain boosts its contribution to the international coalition in Iraq and Syria in the ongoing fight against IS.   As President Obama continues his global long goodbye tour - Sitrep takes a look at America's position in the world.   And, onboard HMS Queen Elizabeth, the first of the Royal Navy's incoming aircraft carriers, as she welcomes her first Commanding Officer.   PRESENTER THIS WEEK: Kate Gerbeau Studio guest: BFBS Defence Analyst Christopher Lee OTHER INTERVIEWS:   AMERICA'S VIEW Professor Michael Stathis, Professor of Political Science at the University of Southern Utah & BFBS Defence Analyst Christopher Lee   IS LIBYA Former British Ambassador to Libya, Oliver Miles   IRAQ Professor Michael Stathis, Professor of Political Science at the University of Southern Utah & BFBS Defence Analyst Christopher Lee   TALIBAN Professor Michael Stathis, Professor of Political Science at the University of Southern Utah & BFBS Defence Analyst Christopher Lee   HMS Queen Elizabeth BFBS Reporter Ali Gibsons speaks to Captain Jerry Kyd, CO of Royal Navy's new aircraft carriers, HMS Queen Elizabeth     THURSDAYS at 4:30pm UK TIME on BFBS RADIO 2 and at 6:30pm UK TIME on BFBS & UK Bases   You can listen on BFBS Radio 2 at 1630 (UK time) and at 1830 (UK time) on BFBS (via web, App & DAB in the UK and on FM in Scotland, Colchester, Salisbury Plain, Aldershot, Catterick & Blandford Forum) Sky Channel 0211 Alternatively listen again on the website, or download the Sitrep Podcast.

British guns for Libya but what does Egypt think? What’s behind the increase in violence in Baghdad? Find out all about the new missile for the F35 stealth fighters. Plus, how happy are you with your life in the Forces? And, fact or Fiction? The former General who's put his worries about Russia into a novel... PRESENTER THIS WEEK: Kate Gerbeau Studio guest: BFBS Defence Analyst Christopher Lee OTHER INTERVIEWS: LIBYA/EGYPT David D. Kirkpatrick in Cairo, a middle east correspondent for the New York Times and associate fellow at RUSI. BAGHDAD BOMBS BFBS Defence Analyst Christopher Lee BURUNDI BFBS Defence Analyst Christopher Lee THE BRITISH FORCES & MORALE BFBS reporter, James Hirst SPEAR MISSILE Defence Procurement Minister, Phillip Dunne & BFBS Defence Analyst Christopher Lee GENERAL SHIRREFF - NOVEL General Sir Richard Shirreff, former Deputy Supreme Allied Commander at NATO, interview with BFBS reporter James Hirst.

Corruption – is it a reason to go to war? Why the threat level from Northern Ireland-related terrorism in the UK has been raised? Why the New First Sea Lord has an in-tray full of problems The Invictus Games - who wins when no one loses? And what does Putin think of Trump? PRESENTER THIS WEEK: Kate Gerbeau Studio guest: BFBS Defence Analyst Christopher Lee OTHER INTERVIEWS: CORRUPTION Broadcaster and journalist Robin Lustig & BFBS Defence Analyst Christopher Lee Northern Ireland Terror Northern Ireland commentator Chris Ryder BURUNDI BFBS Defence Analyst Christopher Lee Royal Navy 1st Sea Lord Military analyst and Naval historian Eric Grove. Missile Defence Shield BFBS Defence Analyst Christopher Lee DONALD TRUMP Simon Marks from Feature Story News in Washington. THE INVICTUS GAMES BFBS reporter Richard Hutchinson and former Royal Marine, Cassidy Little THURSDAYS at 4:30pm UK TIME on BFBS RADIO 2 and at 6:30pm UK TIME on BFBS & UK Bases You can listen on BFBS Radio 2 at 1630 (UK time) and at 1830 (UK time) on BFBS (via web, App & DAB in the UK and on FM in Scotland, Colchester, Salisbury Plain, Aldershot, Catterick & Blandford Forum) Sky Channel 0211 Alternatively listen again on the website, or download the Sitrep Podcast.

SITREP TRAIL THURS, 5th May PRESENTER THIS WEEK: Kate Gerbeau Iraq  - why is Britain planning to send more troops? If Europe had its own army what would happen to Nato? Burundi in crisis, could this be another Rwanda? Find out why North Korea’s leader is having a party. And coming up Trump: everyone said he couldn't...but he has. PRESENTER THIS WEEK: Kate Gerbeau Studio guest: BFBS Defence Analyst Christopher Lee OTHER INTERVIEWS: IRAQ TROOPS BFBS Defence Analyst Christopher Lee EU DEFENCE/NATO Dr James Corum, defence academic and military historian from the University of Salford BURUNDI BFBS Defence Analyst Christopher Lee NORTH KOREA David Slinn who was the first British Ambassador to North Korea DONALD TRUMP Simon Marks from Feature Story News in Washington. ASHMORE BFBS Defence Analyst Christopher Lee THURSDAYS at 4:30pm UK TIME on BFBS RADIO 2 and at 6:30pm UK TIME on BFBS & UK Bases You can listen on BFBS Radio 2 at 1630 (UK time) and at 1830 (UK time) on BFBS (via web, App & DAB in the UK and on FM in Scotland, Colchester, Salisbury Plain, Aldershot, Catterick & Blandford Forum) Sky Channel 0211 Alternatively listen again on the website, or download the Sitrep Podcast.

  PRESENTER THIS WEEK: Kate Gerbeau     SITREP TRAIL THURS, 28th April     Is it right to keep quiet about foreign policy?   Is the "Special Relationship" between the USA and Britain still going strong?   When 14 became one - the amalgamation of the Scottish Regiments, ten years on.   Why a long military career could be good for your state of mind…   And Flipper joins the Russian Navy – find out why in today’s Sitrep.  

Are the MoD cooking the books?   The Government has no plans to send British combat troops to Libya...but is that the whole truth?   A NATO Security chief warns of IS bombers putting explosives inside their own bodies.   Why Russia has ambitions towards the Arctic region…..   And Obama's in town to wish the Queen a Happy 90th Birthday, but what does he really think of Britain?

The Chilcot Report - why's it taking so long? Obama says Libya was his worst mistake - but should The West intervene again? The UN's looking for a new Secretary General - who's up for the job? Could fast living and fast thinking means snap decisions on security and more wars? And Ex-Detect - the new anti-terrror device that could have prevented the Brussels attacks

PRESENTER THIS WEEK: Kate Gerbeau   SITREP TRAIL THURS, 7th April   Why Nato needs America to stay strong.   Can Afghan forces retake Sangin from the Taliban?   Libya?  Democracy or blood revenge?   Why are British troops hitting the desert in Jordan   And the British spy who never came in from the cold.

PRESENTER THIS WEEK: Tim Cooper   SITREP TRAIL THURS, 24th March In today’s Sitrep – Which British intelligence agency is chasing jihadist bombers? Will a new government help to stabilize Libya and counter the IS threat in the region? Does Russia have the upper hand over the West in key military and communications areas?   And Continental Shelves - explained.  Why Argentina reckons its on to a winner with the Falklands.