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SITREP TRAIL THURS, 11th February   PRESENTER THIS WEEK: Kate Gerbeau   Studio guest: BFBS Defence Analyst Christopher Lee   NATO’s sending ships to help with the European migrant crisis but could they get drawn into the fight against IS?   In North Korea another general is executed so what exactly is the Dear Leader up to?    What’s wrong with the Navy’s Type 45s?   And, how the British Army can learn from the Greek tragedy....

PRESENTER THIS WEEK: Kate Gerbeau Studio guest: BFBS Defence Analyst Christopher Lee     SITREP TRAIL THURS, 4th February   As the Syrian peace talks are suspended Sitrep looks at the spread of IS in Afghanistan and Libya.   Find out all you need to know about the new Chiefs of Staff at the MoD   Why the USA is proposing an increase in military spending for Europe.   And what do YOU think of the Army’s new TV ads?

  US General Jon Allen says Afghanistan can't beat the Taliban without a new air force.Syria - are tomorrow's talks already dead in the water?Britain's arms sales to Saudi Arabia, are they being used against Yemen?A special report from Earthquake hit Nepal - nine months on.And Forces Charities - is the public going cool?  You can hear the COBSEO Chairman, Lt Gen Sir Andrew Ridgway's thoughts on this and the current isues faced by the sector.PRESENTER THIS WEEK: Kate GerbeauStudio guest: BFBS Defence Analyst Christopher Lee  

  Trident - the Government gets its Vanguards in a row.Who killed the Russian spy Litvinenko? Find out what the official inquiry says… The new Service Complaints Ombudsman explains how she plans to deal with bullying and harassment.   And 25 years on Flight Lieutenant John Peters remembers his capture by Saddam's forces 25 years on. PRESENTER THIS WEEK: Kate Gerbeau

SITREP TRAIL THURS, 14th January   Aid finally gets through to Syria’s starving but should the RAF be doing more? Is Helmand a lost cause? Sitrep hears from Britain’s Ambassador in Kabul who says it’s not. It’s five years since the Arab Spring uprisings began – but has it done more harm than good? And, why there’s a growing need for health care for our military veterans       PRESENTER THIS WEEK: Kate Gerbeau Studio guest: BFBS Defence Analyst Christopher Lee   OTHER INTERVIEWS:   AFGHANISTAN The British Ambassador to Kabul, Karen Pierce   SYRIA – HOMS TRUCE Hamish de Bretton Gordon is a chemical weapons expert who advises NGOs working in Iraq and Syria.   STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH BFBS Defence Analyst Christopher Lee   ARAB SPRING 5 YEARS Broadcaster Robin Lustig   VETERANS HEALTH   BFBS Reporter Kaija Larke   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.

How can MI5 keep track of returning IS terrorists? Did North Korea really test a Hydrogen bomb? What does the Government’s announcement on Armed Forces pay mean for you? Plus: Sitrep meets Labour’s new shadow defence minister Emily Thornberry And, after 70 years, it’s goodbye Hohne………….

Sitrep’s Review of the YearJoin Kate Gerbeau, BFBSDefence Analyst, Christopher Lee & special guests for Sitrep's review ofthe year. They'll be discussing themilitary issues that dominated the headlines this year, and consider what’s onthe horizon for our armed forces in 2016.Sitrep’s Review of the Year will be broadcast on Thursday 17th December on BFBS Radio and across UK Bases at 6.30pm (UK),and on BFBS Radio 2 at 6.30pm (UK).

After 10 hours of debate Prime Minister David Cameron got the green light to extend the air campaign to Syria – but what’s the end game?   America tops up its special forces in the Middle East,   And Nato gets a new member - Montenegro has joined the alliance but how will Russia react?         PRESENTER THIS WEEK: Kate Gerbeau Studio guest: BFBS Defence Analyst Christopher Lee   OTHER INTERVIEWS:   SYRIA Kate Gerbeau interviews Prime Minister, David Cameron   SYRIA James Hirst interviews the Defence Secretary Michael Fallon   COMMONS DEBATE Former Foreign Secretary, Dame Margaret Beckett.   US SPECIAL FORCES BFBS Defence Analyst Christopher Lee   MONTENEGRO JOINS NATO Jonathan Eyal, International Director at the Royal United Services Institute       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 KATE GERBEAU   SITREP TRAIL THURS, 19th November       The PM tell us why Britain should bomb Syria but can he secure the vote?   Plus: Reflections on this week’s Defence review   The diplomatic fall out between Russia and Turkey,   Are Al Qaeda a bigger long term threat than ISIS?   And is Climate Change the world’s biggest enemy?