July 04 - TA Soldiers Promotions
Five TA soldiers from The Royal Gibraltar Regiment were recently presented their promotions by Officer Commanding Major Ernest ‘Tito’ Danino.
Colour Sergeant Hernandez was promoted to Warrant Officer Class 2 and will become the new Company Sergeant Major. Sergeant Hitchcock received his Colour Sergeant and is a Platoon Commander. Corporal Vinas was promoted to Sergeant and is now the new Training Sergeant within the Recruiting Team. Lance Corporal Vazquez who is the Detachments Commander for B Company was promoted to Corporal and Private Consigliero received his Lance Corporal and is now the Section Second in Command.
Marking the 70th anniversary of General Sikorski’s death in Gibraltar, in 1943, a series of events were hosted in Gibraltar today. Polish Prime Minister General Sikorski’s death came about as a result of the joint Nazi Germany and Soviet Invasion of Poland.
Nuclear-powered sub HMS Talent arrived at HM Naval Base today as part of scheduled operational tasking.
The Gibraltar Port Authority and the Gibraltar Tourist Board are working together to demarcate Gibraltar’s beaches with a new set of buoys. These buoys are being positioned approximately 200m from the shoreline of all Gibraltar’s eastern and western beaches. Large yellow buoys are located at approximately 100m intervals with a string of smaller yellow buoys between them. Green channel buoys also mark the boat channels.
