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While every effort is made to ensure that Managing Director: Ron Pearson advertisers are bona fida, no responsibility for the The Magazine of The Royal Air Force Police Managing Editor: Katie Mordue quality of goods or services offered by them can Amy Leverton Sales Manager: Amanda Mains be accepted by the publisher or editorship of the Cover picture: magazine. Air platform security Provost Parade 3 Commander RAFP / Provost Marshal (RAF) Gp Capt Bailey am honoured to be appointed integrated Force Protection. I for ensuring we have highly Provost Marshal (RAF) and was proud of the fact that motivated, trained and committed I Commander RAF Police. As I our personnel make such a personnel, supported by start my tenure of office I must significant contribution to Force their families. Therefore, the acknowledge, on behalf of Protection and their willingness maintenance of morale will us all, the contribution of my to place themselves in harms remain my top priority for 2014. predecessor, Gp Capt Sexton, in way to maintain security. At In January, I held a Commander’s creating the foundations upon the other end of the spectrum, Conference for senior RAF which we will build the future of during February, the RAF Police Police leaders within my area of the RAF Police within integrated were tasked to provide military responsibility to consider how Force Protection. Since my aid to the civil community in we can improve the Force and appointment, I have visited a response to the flooding in maintain morale. This Conference variety of RAF Police squadrons Hampshire. I visited the team on identified 4 areas that required this year, will be paraded at the and flights, the Defence School the evening of their deployment improvement: continuation RBL Festival of Remembrance on 8 of Policing and Guarding, the and again on their second day training; standardization of November. I am sure that you will Defence Animal Centre, 90 and was impressed with the procedures; engagement within all join with me to congratulate Signals Unit and the Air Warfare speed and professionalism of and outside the RAF Police; and the RAFPA on achieving Centre. Without exception, the our response and the zeal with Force Protection integration. My this milestone. RAF Police personnel I have met which our personnel met the task. Senior Management Team will were stoically working hard to Regretfully, my visit to the Falkland now work to address these issues. On the subject of milestones, I was support the delivery of Air Power. Islands in February had to be privileged to attend the Operation I am delighted that despite the postponed, but I look forward to I would like to take this HERRICK 20 Families Day on 22nd significant level of operational visiting in the autumn. opportunity to highlight the March. I had a delightful afternoon commitments we have managed excellent work that is currently that provided me with not only a to maintain our high standards. My various visits within the UK and being undertaken by the RAF chance to address the gathering, However, I fully appreciate the to Afghanistan have reinforced Police Association to maintain the but also to speak informally with difficult situation within which you my belief that maintaining RAF public profile of the RAF Police a number of the personnel who have been working and I am most Police morale is vital to our future and support retired RAF Police were deploying. This should be grateful for your continued energy success. Strong morale and a personnel. This year is the 30th our last large-scale deployment to and commitment. positive ethos is a fundamental Anniversary of the Association Afghanistan and the last phase for requirement of any military and this milestone will be marked the RAF Police’s time in Helmand. I recently visited the RAF Police organisation that requires its by a celebratory event on 9 I look forward to seeing all the in Bastion and Kandahar to see uniformed cadre to fight or August at RAF Halton. Moreover, members of Operation HERRICK 20 at first hand the excellent work to support the fight. I believe the National Standard of the home safe later this year. undertaken by the RAFP within they are essential prerequisites Association, which is 10 years old Fiat Justitia Editorial nother 6 months has on shaping the Force to ensure passed and once again we have the agility to support Athe flexibility and UK Contingency Air Operations resourcefulness of the Branch in the short, medium and long and Trade has delivered highly term time frames. This is critical in effective support to the vast being prepared to provide RAFP range of Committed, Adaptive Force Protection support to the and Responsive operational Expeditionary Air Wings wherever deployments, both overseas they may go in the Future and in the UK. From short Operating Environment. notice taskings on Op JINGLER to South Sudan, or to deliver Further to the operational outputs, aide to the Philippines after in this edition you will see your the total destruction caused efforts in maintaining core by Typhoon Haiyan on Op policing and Protective