The Olympic security strategy will be implemented in tandem with overall national counter-terrorism efforts.
And as part of the military's Olympic security role, the Royal Navy's HMS Ocean and HMS Bulwark will also be based at Greenwich, in London, and Weymouth Bay, in Dorset, respectively.
After months of headlines about pasty taxes, plebgate, confusion over energy policy, West Coast mainline chaos, G4S Olympic security muddle, abandoned Lords' reforms and badger culls and so on, the government will hope it has a chance to change the narrative.
G4S was heavily criticised for its handling of the Olympic Games security contract last summer.
G4S, which failed to lay on enough security staff for the London 2012 Olympic Games, provides security for the UK Border Agency (UKBA) at the centre, in Pease Pottage, West Sussex.
Businesses based at Redhill aerodrome in Surrey fear they will suffer heavily as a result of security surrounding the Olympic Games this summer.
Others under consideration: disgruntled security guards or Olympic vendors who lost money during the Games, sources close to the case have told CNN.
G4S attracted fierce criticism last year after it failed to provide enough security guards for the 2012 Olympic Games.
It has decided not to bid for the security contract for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
The Royal Navy's largest ship, the helicopter carrier HMS Ocean, is moored in the Thames off Greenwich, where it will be a base for helicopter operations and house troops providing security at the Greenwich Park Olympic venue.
The Royal Navy's largest ship, the helicopter carrier HMS Ocean, is now moored in the Thames off Greenwich, where it will act as a base for helicopter operations and house 400 troops providing security at the Greenwich Park Olympic venue.
Mr Chapman is a former deputy director of the UK Border Agency, a former Metropolitan Police officer and he has spent the last two years working as a senior security advisor for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games.
Hardwick further alleges in the suit that she has been routinely discriminated against by the NBA, claiming she was denied promotions and raises because she is a woman, despite an extensive resume of experience, including working as a security official for the U.S. Olympic teams that competed in Athens in 2004 and in Beijing in 2008.
The huge security operation comes as London prepares to host the 2012 Olympic Games, which open in late July.
People with tickets for Olympic events have been sent e-mails giving details of the security requirements for each venue.
Recall the tragedy of Richard Jewell, the security guard falsely accused of bombing Atlanta's Centennial Olympic Park during the 1996 Olympics.
The Olympic Delivery Authority says the increase is necessary to cover extra staffing and security at the site.
Olympic organisers, by contrast, keep crowds moving through airport-style security checks in part by having lots of workers and scanners.
New York (CNN) -- A lawsuit claims that the head coach of the U.S. women's basketball team successfully demanded that a female security director be removed from her assignment for the upcoming 2012 Olympic Games in London after she rebuffed his sexual advances.
I'm really excited about attending some Olympic events although I'm a bit wary of using public transport and security.
The London Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG) early estimate of a need for 10, 000 security guards has now jumped to 23, 700.
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Glasberg said he believed the leaks were an attempt to show that investigators were making progress in the 10-month anthrax investigation, and compared the case to that of Richard Jewell, the security guard originally cited in media reports as a prime suspect in the 1996 Olympic Park bombing.
The Metropolitan Police have set up a dedicated specialist team to police the Olympic Park and businesses to help thwart would-be criminals and back up on-site security and co-ordination activities.
One reason G4S may have struggled is that the London Olympic organizing committee, known as Locog, reportedly encouraged the firm to keep wages for its security staff as low as possible during the games.
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Officers at Olympic venues will focus on preventing crime and keeping people and their property safe, while G4S is responsible for the security operation, it says.
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