The Falkland Islands are the UK's most remote overseas territory, being more than 8,000 miles away from Britain.

The isolated nature of the islands means that the troops stationed there must be almost self-sufficient.

The job of protecting 2,887 islanders, 700,000 sheep and more than a million penguins falls onto the Falkland Islands Defence Force (FIDF).

More: https://www.forces.net/operations/falklands/small-mighty-meet-40-strong-falklands-army

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