The week around the forces world with John Adderley. Over the last seven days - Tony Blair announces major troop withdrawals from Iraq * speculation over Prince Harry’s role as his regiment heads for the Middle East * MPs criticise delays to the next generation of armoured fighting vehicles * Gibraltar welcomes nearly a hundred Gurkhas * a landmark Army expedition to the North Pole .. and tossing pancakes onboard the new submarine HMS Turbulance

What happened to the noisy generals.......and where is FRES?

A round-up of the week's news from around the British forces world with John Adderley. This week - a major security crackdown in Basra ... a call for NATO to rethink its approach in Afghanistan ... further visible signs of normalisation in Northern Ireland ... an international day of action against child soldiers ... celebrating a new branch of the Royal Naval Association in Cyprus ... and everything from a guardsman's tunic to a green goddess fire engine - available now online.

 It's poppy pay-day in Afghanistan as they head for the biggest ever harvest of poppies - so what are we doing about it?

In this week's 7 Days

It's all change at the top in Afghanistan as the British commander General David Richards hands over the reins of power at ISAF to the Americans.  We hear his thoughts on his time in charge.

We take a look at the development role of British Forces in Mozambique

News of an Elephant which dropped into Chelsea Barracks for a quick Curry

and the new Mid-Air service which could get you hot under the collar.

Does modern diplomacy come out of the barrel of a gun?

The best of the week's interviews on BFBS Radio 2 compiled and presented by John Adderley

Why do Presidents and Prime Ministers lie?