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Sunday, 17 June 2012
Deployed dads across Afghanistan’s Helmand province have received a welcome morale boost as Fathers’ Day cards have been delivered to the operational ...
Sunday, 17 June 2012
The first of the British Army's new Foxhound vehicles have arrived in Afghanistan....
Saturday, 16 June 2012
109 UK Service personnel have been granted state honours by Her Majesty The Queen in her annual Birthday Honours List....
Friday, 15 June 2012
RAF personnel and their families were among those lining the route of the Olympic Torch Relay earlier this week as the torch made its way past RAF Leu...
Friday, 15 June 2012
It is with sadness that the Ministry of Defence must announce that a soldier from 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment was killed in Afghanistan o...
Friday, 15 June 2012
Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) Fort Rosalie has made a rare visit to Cuba for a British ship to strengthen counter-narcotics collaboration work between U...
Thursday, 14 June 2012
RFA Argus has sailed into the biggest naval base in the world to take part in events marking the last time Britain and the USA went to war....
Thursday, 14 June 2012
Service personnel from all three Services are today commemorating 30 years since the liberation of the Falkland Islands....
Thursday, 14 June 2012
A £3.8m firearms training facility was opened at HM Naval Base Clyde yesterday, 13 June, for use by military personnel and Ministry of Defence Police....
Thursday, 14 June 2012
It is with sadness that the Ministry of Defence must announce that a soldier from the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards was killed in Afghanistan on Wedn...
Thursday, 14 June 2012
Territorial Army soldier Lance Corporal Aiden Cooper is currently working with the Afghan Uniform Police to help nurture an efficient police force who...
Wednesday, 13 June 2012
British forces have been assisting Afghans in Nad 'Ali to repair local roads that are vital to local commerce, helping to build confidence in the Afgh...
Wednesday, 13 June 2012
Leaving the Armed Forces can be a daunting prospect. After years of living a structured lifestyle which could involve fighting on the front line, ente...
Wednesday, 13 June 2012
Royal Navy divers from HMS Ledbury have helped to blow up a Second World War mine found off Sardinia's busiest port....
Wednesday, 13 June 2012
HMS Diamond set sail from Portsmouth for the Middle East today on her maiden operational deployment....
Wednesday, 13 June 2012
Children of Service personnel from RAF Lossiemouth received a surprise on Saturday when The Duke of York, Honorary Air Commodore of the station, atten...
Tuesday, 12 June 2012
The Secretary of State for Defence has today announced that Permanent Under Secretary of the Ministry of Defence (MOD) Ursula Brennan is to move to ta...
Tuesday, 12 June 2012
HMS Diamond, which played a starring role in Her Majesty’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations earlier this month, sails from Portsmouth on Wednesday (June 1...
Tuesday, 12 June 2012
London's Armed Forces cadets helped play a key role in the success of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee River Pageant on Sunday 3 June 2012....
Tuesday, 12 June 2012
Personnel from all three Services will today be notified if they have been selected for redundancy in the second tranche of the Armed Forces Redundanc...
Tuesday, 12 June 2012
The Secretary of State for Defence has today announced that the Permanent Under Secretary of the Ministry of Defence Ursula Brennan is to move to take...
Tuesday, 12 June 2012
More than 160 soldiers from 42 (North West) Brigade have received their Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medals at a rain-soaked ceremony held in Fulwood Barra...
Tuesday, 12 June 2012
Two RAF doctors have received international accolades for their work, at the Aerospace Medical Association's annual scientific conference and awards....
Monday, 11 June 2012
Army reservists were welcomed home from Afghanistan by cheering crowds in Liverpool on Saturday, before receiving their campaign medals outside the ci...
Monday, 11 June 2012
Members of 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment ('The Vikings') have handed over control of Patrol Base Silab in Nad 'Ali to the Afghan security f...
Monday, 11 June 2012
A Royal Gibraltar Regiment soldier is currently working with an advisory team in Helmand to provide lifesaving medical training to Afghan soldiers....
Monday, 11 June 2012
The Ministry of Defence is seeking the views of industry on how to improve facilities for soldiers based in central London....
Monday, 11 June 2012
An RAF Search and Rescue (SAR) crew has assisted lifeboat volunteers to rescue hundreds from floodwaters in Wales after two months' rain fell in just ...
Monday, 11 June 2012
The Army has launched phase two of its 'Don't Bottle It Up' campaign which focuses on reducing the stigma surrounding mental health....
Friday, 08 June 2012
Personnel from the Gloucestershire-based Allied Rapid Reaction Corps headquarters have been preparing for a 12-month posting as NATO's Response Force....