They were, however, beaten to the second ascent of Annapurna by a matter of days by a British Army expedition led by Henry Day.

It was first ascended in 1965 by members of a Brazilian Army expedition.

Hostilities came to an end after British Army expeditions in 1764 led to peace negotiations over the next two years.

The first being Maj Ashwini who climbed Mt Everest as a part of the Indian Army expedition.

In 1843, Lee was a part of John C. Frémont's Army expedition through the Western United States, including what is now the state of Oregon.

On January 18, 1900, a Mexican Army expedition encountered hundreds of Yaqui renegades about twenty miles east of Guaymas.

This was followed in 1981 by another Indian Army expedition of the Parachute Regiment which attempted both main and East peaks simultaneously.

In 1981, an Indian Army expedition followed the same line.

It is a 'true story' account of a British Army expedition in Malaysia that made headlines in 1994 when it went badly wrong.

Just after she clicks off, the news comes from Hawaii that the Army expedition touched down, and one staticopter flipped with the loss of six lives.