U.K. resources.* The U.K. Forces Gulf Fund accepts donations at www.efundraising.org/ usthome.html to support members of the British Army The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. It came into being with unification of the governments and armed forces of England and Scotland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. , Air Force, and Navy and accompanying civilians involved in operations related to the Iraqi conflict. * The Royal Air Force Community Support Web site (www.rafcom. co.uk) offers information to RAF service members and their families, including information about operations in Iraq. * The British Army's Web site offers a "Soldier Welfare and Family" section (www.army.mod.uk/soldierwelfare). * The Royal Navy and Royal Marines Royal Marines Noun, pl Brit a corps of soldiers specially trained in amphibious warfare Family Support Web site (www.royalnavy.mod.uk/rn/families.html) provides information to sailors and marines and their families. * The Territorial Army Web site (www.army.mod.uk/ta/news/index.ht m) contains information about the planning and use of British reservists in relation to Operation Telic Operation (or Op) TELIC is the codename under which all British operations of the 2003 Invasion of Iraq and after are being conducted. A total of 46,000 troops of all the British Services were committed to the operation at its start. . * The Women's Royal Voluntary Service (www.wrvs.org.uk) is a charitable organization This article is about charitable organizations. For other uses of the word charity, see Charity. A charitable organization (also known as a charity) is an organization with charitable purposes only. that "works in partnership with the British Army supporting single soldiers in Britain and abroad." * The Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Families Association (www.ssafa. org.uk) assists "serving and ex-servicemembers" of the British armed forces and their families. * The British Forces Post Office The British Forces Post Office (or British Field Post Office) (BFPO) is an agency that provides a postal service to HM Forces, separate from that provided by Royal Mail in the United Kingdom. (www.bfpo.org.uk/bfposvcsoptelic.htm) offers free mail services in support of Operation Telic. |
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