09/07/2026
What does esports really look like across the Armed Forces?
That’s what 'Get to Know', a new six-part series we produced for BFBS Esports, sets out to explore.
Following our earlier work producing launch content for BFBS Esports, Junior Video Producer Tom Hattam, working alongside Video Producer Leon Leenders, travelled from Bristol and Portsmouth to RAF Lossiemouth to spend time with the serving personnel and veterans helping military esports grow.
And there were plenty of stories to tell:
→ Building communities from scratch
→ Finding connection after leaving service
→ Creating more opportunities for women in esports
→ Challenging perceptions
→ Supporting people through difficult times
Each feature focuses on a different person, team or community. Together, they show a much bigger picture of the role esports is playing across the Armed Forces.
As Fezzy, Staff Sergeant and British Army Esports Game Lead, puts it:
“Esports is there to help mental health, it’s there to progress you, boost your morale, boost your confidence, and more importantly it’s there for people to listen.”
The first feature is now live. It takes you inside Royal Navy Esports to meet the people involved and hear, in their own words, about the community they’re building and the perceptions they’re challenging.
Meet the people behind the headset. 🎮
Here’s a teaser of what’s to come and to watch the first feature, head to YouTube via the link below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Adv-yuaRrk
