On this week's Sitrep, there’s reaction to the decision to close RAF Scampton, the Red Arrows' home in Lincolnshire.

 

It was announced on the same day as a pay rise for the armed forces -- but it's still not clear how that's going to be paid for.

 

Does it mean more cuts are on the way?

 

Plus, how worried should we be about Donald Trump's latest tweetstorm, aimed at Iran?

 

There’s worrying figures about suicide rates among military veterans ….

 

And we speak to the woman behind a new exhibition looking at how Britain commemorates its war dead

 

 

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