In Pictures
Corporal Candice Hall, British Army, raises the first Armed Forces Day flag in Iraq [Picture: LA(Phot) Bernie Henesy, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]
Royal Marines on exercise in Brunei fly the Armed Forces Day flag [Picture: LA(Phot) Bernie Henesy, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]
Pipes and Drums from RAF Kinloss and Highlanders from the 4th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland parade through Forres, Moray, to mark Armed Forces Day [Picture: Cpl James Goodwin, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]
Personnel from Royal Air Force Kinloss parade through Forres, Moray, to mark Armed Forces Day [Picture: Cpl James Goodwin, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]
The Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, The Red Arrows, put on a display over Forres, Moray, following a parade through the town by personnel from RAF Kinloss to mark Armed Forces Day [Picture: Cpl James Goodwin, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]
In Gibraltar, Armed Forces Day was celebrated over three days with a static display of local units held in the centre of the town. Here, Senior Aircraftman Chris Myers explains the purpose of the bomb-disposal equipment to local children [Picture: Cpl Ralph Merry ABIPP RAF, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]
Sergeant Colin Gauci shows off the RAF bomb disposal section's wheelbarrow to Commander British Forces, Commodore Adrian Bell; Gibraltar's Mayor, Momy Levy; and 93-year-old Pepe Fabre, representing Gibraltar's British Legion [Picture: Cpl Ralph Merry ABIPP RAF, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]
Warrant Officer Class 2 Dave Clark, who serves with 105 Regiment Royal Artillery (Volunteers), delivers the post in his Army uniform as part of the Armed Forces Day Uniform to Work Day [Picture: Mark Owens, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]
Local dignitaries and Group Captain Gibson from RAF Leeming attend the Armed Forces Day flag raising ceremony at the Civic Centre Northallerton [Picture: Sgt John Hawkes RAF, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]
Royal Marines during a recent exercise in Brunei hold up an Armed Forces Day flag [Picture: LA(Phot) Bernie Henesy, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009]