Sitrep October 24th 2013

NATO defence ministers have met in Brussels as a new phase begins in Afghanistan.. As the so-called Sandhurst in the Sand opens for business Sitrep looks in detail at what makes British military training so special…. Why the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst is the envy of the world and how African Union troops in Somalia have benefited from British military training. Plus:With piracy being  given the Hollywood treatment in the latest Tom Hanks’ blockbuster– hear how the EU Naval Force are winning the real fight off the African coast   PRESENTER: Kate GerbeauSTUDIO GUEST: BFBS’s Defence Analyst Christopher Lee   OTHER INTERVIEWS:   BFBS reporter Rosie Laydon interviews the Defence Secretary Philip Hammond at a meeting of defence ministers in Brussels. BFBS reporter Ali Gibson at the official opening of the Afghan National Army Officer Academy Colonel Roy Parkinson from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst  Former commander of IMATT, Colonel Jamie Martin.by Rear Admiral Bob Tarrant, Operation Commander of the European Union Naval Force Somalia and Commander UK Maritime Forces. …………………………………………………………………………………You can listen on BFBS Radio 2 at 1630 (UK time) and at 1830 (UK time) on BFBS (via webb, App & DAB in the UK and on FM in Scotland, Colchester, Salisbury Plain, Aldershot, Catterick & Blandford Forum)  Alternatively listen again on the website