Highland RFCA’s Highland Gold Network met on 30 May to share best practice in advocacy and support for the Armed Forces. This first meeting of the new financial year was hosted by Councillor Chris Ahern at Perth and Kinross Council and attended by around 25 network members. Chris is the Council’s Armed Forces Champion. Following a welcome from Highland RFCA’s

A 21-Gun Salute was fired at Edinburgh Castle on 1 July to mark His Majesty The King’s birthday and the start of Royal Week celebrations in Scotland. Guests from a range of Armed Forces-friendly organisations were welcomed to the Officers’ Mess by Highland RFCA Deputy Chief Executive Major (Retired) Tom Kerrigan. Guests then heard from Lieutenant Colonel Doug Bertram, a Reservist

Employers from the Highland RFCA area gathered at The Black Watch Castle and Museum in Perth on 26 June to receive Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) Silver Awards. The reception and presentations, hosted by Highland RFCA on behalf of the Ministry of Defence, formally recognised the support the 18 organisations give to the Armed Forces community. On the night, 17

Brigadier Lisa Brooks joined 8th Battalion the Light Infantry and commissioned in 1995. She completed an S-Type engagement with 1st Battalion Light Infantry as B Company Second-in-Command in 2001 which included operational deployments to Northern Ireland and Sierra Leone.  Transferring to the Royal Artillery she commanded 269 (West Riding) Battery equipped with Rapier Field Standard C exercising in the Outer

RMR Scotland hosted the biennial Royal Marines Scotland Dinner on behalf of the Commandant General Royal Marines Sir Gwyn Jenkins KCB OBE RM (1SL), welcoming a distinguished audience, including valued employers, to Edinburgh Castle. The 12 June event offered an opportunity to recognise and thank those whose support is vital to the Royal Marines, particularly employers who continue to back

Reservists give up their spare time to serve in the Reserve Forces, balancing their civilian life with a military career to ensure that should their country require them, they would be ready to serve. The Reserve Forces make up approximately one-sixth of UK Armed Forces personnel and, as such, are integral to protecting the nation’s security at home and overseas,

Reservists give up their spare time to serve in the Reserve Forces, balancing their civilian life with a military career to ensure that should their country require them, they would be ready to serve. The Reserve Forces make up approximately one-sixth of UK Armed Forces personnel and, as such, are integral to protecting the nation’s security at home and overseas,

Today is International Women in Engineering Day (INWED), a celebration of the amazing work that women engineers across the globe are doing. During Armed Forces Week we are profiling engineers employed by organisations that have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and are part of the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS). Meet Dr Margi Vilnay (pictured), Senior Lecturer in Structural Engineering