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Monday, 10 December 2012
The first tranche of British troops to be sent home from Afghanistan, as announced by the Prime Minister last year, have returned to the UK....
Sunday, 09 December 2012
The families of II (Army Cooperation) Squadron personnel gathered at RAF Marham recently to welcome their loved ones home from Afghanistan....
Friday, 07 December 2012
HMS Blyth has begun her journey home to Scotland after a successful six-month deployment in the Mediterranean....
Friday, 07 December 2012
The excellent work of the Armed Forces and the people who support them was recognised last night at the fifth annual Sun Military Awards....
Friday, 07 December 2012
Troops from 1 SCOTS have supported the Afghan Army as they planned and led a large operation to clear an area of Afghanistan of insurgents....
Thursday, 06 December 2012
Two dozen Royal Navy personnel have overseen a concerted effort to tackle terrorism and piracy in the seas east of Suez....
Thursday, 06 December 2012
A £46 million contract to support and maintain a new combat system across the Royal Navy's submarine fleet has been awarded to BAE Systems....
Wednesday, 05 December 2012
RAF Officer Cadets are being put through the final demanding tests at RAF College Cranwell before they graduate....
Wednesday, 05 December 2012
Soldiers from the King's Royal Hussars have received their Afghanistan campaign medals from Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal....
Wednesday, 05 December 2012
Two Welsh regiments received heroes' welcomes yesterday as they paraded through Swansea and the London Borough of Hounslow....
Wednesday, 05 December 2012
The Royal Navy has welcomed its newly-appointed Fleet Commander and Deputy Chief of Naval Staff at a handover ceremony in Portsmouth....
Wednesday, 05 December 2012
Soldiers of 64 Works Group Royal Engineers have received the Firmin Sword of Peace at a civic reception held in their honour in Nottingham....
Tuesday, 04 December 2012
Soldiers from the Parachute Regiment are on a joint military exercise in Spain training for the threat of future conflicts around the world....
Tuesday, 04 December 2012
The First Sea Lord has visited Royal Marines of 40 Commando at their central Helmand base in Afghanistan....
Tuesday, 04 December 2012
A Royal Navy helicopter battled against the clock in wintry conditions to lift three climbers to safety in Glencoe....
Tuesday, 04 December 2012
Rochdale Borough Council has formally committed itself to doing all it can to help former Service personnel in the borough....
Tuesday, 04 December 2012
TV presenter and journalist Lorraine Kelly joined members of the Royal Marines on a zip wire from Wellington Arch in London today....
Monday, 03 December 2012
MOD held its first 'Marketplace' event today allowing small UK businesses to pitch ideas to some of the world's biggest defence companies....
Monday, 03 December 2012
Around 800 jobs in the UK maritime sector have been safeguarded after the MOD extended five maintenance contracts worth a total of £349m....
Monday, 03 December 2012
Manufacturing jobs in the British defence industry have been secured by a £25m contract for Paveway IV precision weapons for the RAF....
Monday, 03 December 2012
Soldiers from three Army regiments have all taken part in homecoming parades in recent days, cheered on by friends, family and the public....
Monday, 03 December 2012
HMS Bulwark returned to Plymouth last week after two months in the Mediterranean with the largest Royal Naval deployment of the year....
Monday, 03 December 2012
Speech by Philip Dunne, Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology....
Friday, 30 November 2012
Personnel from RAF stations Coningsby and Waddington have brought back moustaches for 'Movember', and raised vital funds for men's cancer....
Friday, 30 November 2012
Seventeen personnel from across the RAF have been awarded for their outstanding contribution towards a safe and secure London Olympic Games....
Wednesday, 28 November 2012
The Military Stabilisation Support Group has completed a two-week exercise in Kenya to test a new concept in upstream conflict prevention....
Wednesday, 28 November 2012
Royal Navy bomb disposal experts have blown up a huge German mine off the Kent coast after a delicate operation to remove it from a dredger....
Wednesday, 28 November 2012
Members of the Military Stabilisation Support Group (MSSG) have completed a two-week exercise in Kenya to test a new concept in upstream conflict prev...
Tuesday, 27 November 2012
An RAF Expeditionary Air Wing (EAW) has been declared ready to support NATO following a series of gruelling tests at RAF Waddington....
Tuesday, 27 November 2012
Sailors from HMS Illustrious have paid homage to their forebears as they helped smarten up Malta's naval cemetery....
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Air Accidents Investigation Branch The AAIB has dispatched a team to Dunkeswell Airfield, Devon
UK Health Security Agency UKHSA extends red heat-health alerts across England
Security Industry Authority SIA inspections uncover public safety risks in night-time economy