Around the forces world in Seven Days on BFBS Radio Two with John Adderley. This week - British forces in southern Iraq say a leader of the Mehdi army has been killed in what's been described as a precision strike by Iraqi special forces, supported by British troops ... remembering the start of the land war to liberate the Falklands 25 years on ... how military bandsmen could take the role of infantry soldiers ... an RAF Typhoon milestone reached in Cyprus .. on exercise with the Gurkhas in Brunei .. the 90th anniversary of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission ... and life as Britain's first female Tornado fighter pilot.

Why does royalty do very well in the Royal Navy?

Around the forces world in Seven Days on BFBS Radio Two with John Adderley. This week - reaction to the decision against sending Prince Harry to Iraq ... more helicopters ease the pressure in Afghanistan ... remembering the Falklands conflict at the Imperial War Museum ...  the Royal Navy trials so-called "hotshipping" ... Belize hosts the annual Caribbean exercise ... the RAF Falcons leap into Cyprus and capturing the Falklands penguins on camera for a new book.

Are the Chinese draining the oil wells in Africa and, for how long will the British public support current levels of defence spending.

The best of the week's Service news from across the world compiled by John Adderley

Is Iraq the indelible blot on Tony Blair's legacy?

Around the forces world in Seven Days on BFBS Radio Two with John Adderley. This week we focus on the Falklands as lives lost are remembered 25 years on ... the first British soldier convicted of a war crime is jailed ... it's army pay day the JPA way ... fighting for a coveted place in the Red Arrows ... it's goodbye to the Commander in Gibraltar ... and the TA Major bankrolling Basra.

Why silence is no longer golden.....