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Wednesday, 22 February 2012
A new generation of 37,000-tonne tankers is to be ordered for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) to support future Royal Navy operations around the globe...
Wednesday, 22 February 2012
Last week the Defence Academy at Shrivenham played host to twenty-five politicians and Members of Parliament as part of the Armed Forces Parliamentary...
Wednesday, 22 February 2012
The week consists of a series of bespoke exercises which form the pre-deployment training for 617 Sqn before they deploy to Kandahar to replace…...
Wednesday, 22 February 2012
The Tongan Prime Minister, Lord Tu'ivakano, and the Commander of the Tonga Defence Services, Brigadier General 'Uta'atu, were welcomed to the Ministry...
Wednesday, 22 February 2012
Data collected by Royal Navy submarines, as part of standard operations, is set to provide clues on Arctic climate change....
Wednesday, 22 February 2012
Representatives from the Fife Partnership and the Armed Forces met yesterday, 21 February, in Glenrothes to sign Fife’s Armed Forces Community…...
Tuesday, 21 February 2012
Speech by Peter Luff, Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology....
Tuesday, 21 February 2012
Trainee chefs undergoing their professional training at HMS Raleigh have been learning how to rustle up a family favourite in preparation for Shrove T...
Tuesday, 21 February 2012
Service personnel and their families are being encouraged to register to vote in this year's upcoming elections....
Tuesday, 21 February 2012
Hundreds of workers at a British missile factory have been thanked by the Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology Peter Luff for their ...
Tuesday, 21 February 2012
Following his posting as Commander of the UK Counter-Piracy Task Group, Captain Gerry Northwood, Royal Navy, has written in The Times newspaper about ...
Tuesday, 21 February 2012
Building on the success of previous years, Families' Activity Breaks (FAB) are returning in the summer of 2012 to offer bereaved military families fun...
Monday, 20 February 2012
Soldiers from 5th Battalion The Rifles (5 RIFLES) have joined Afghan security forces in an operation to clear a key insurgent 'safe haven' in Helmand ...
Monday, 20 February 2012
Colchester-based 7th Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery (7 Para RHA) held a best gun detachment competition last week at Warcop, in Cumbria…...
Monday, 20 February 2012
Defence Secretary Philip Hammond today informed Parliament that a call-out order has been made under the Reserve Forces Act and that call-out…...
Monday, 20 February 2012
Developed under the Next Generation Estate Contracts (NGEC) programme, the contracts have an estimated combined value of up to £4.35 billion…...
Monday, 20 February 2012
Sappers from the Royal Engineers deployed on the complex operation under the cover of darkness, with protection provided by the Afghan Uniform…...
Monday, 20 February 2012
Senior Aircraftman Bartley, an RAF medic for nine years, was driving back to Linton-on-Ouse from duty at RAF Church Fenton when he came across…...
Friday, 17 February 2012
RAF personnel conducted numerous missions across southern Afghanistan from 5 to 11 February 2012. Here follows an operational update....
Friday, 17 February 2012
The recent 2012 Inter-Services Ski and Snowboard Championships (ISSSC) saw the Combined Services Disabled Ski Team (CSDST) put a difficult season behi...
Friday, 17 February 2012
Patrol Base Jahan Zeb, which was built by Afghan contractors over four months, has been officially handed over to 280 warriors of the 4th Kandak…...
Friday, 17 February 2012
The Royal Navy's next generation helicopter, Wildcat, has completed demanding trials aboard HMS Iron Duke, laying the groundwork for future operations...
Friday, 17 February 2012
British and French soldiers have been taking part in a training exercise this week at the Otterburn Training Area in Northumberland as part of the con...
Thursday, 16 February 2012
The Royal Navy's flagship HMS Bulwark has paid an unexpected visit to the home of the German Navy after winter weather thwarted efforts to visit the c...
Thursday, 16 February 2012
The extra culinary training will help the soldiers prepare a range of meals from their ten-man ration packs in the most austere areas of Helmand…...
Thursday, 16 February 2012
Bringing servicemen, women and civil servants home from anywhere in the world when their families need them most is an exacting task, handled with gre...
Thursday, 16 February 2012
A former Nigerian sprinter, who is the holder of the African record at 100 metres, is among the latest recruits to qualify as a Royal Navy logistics s...
Wednesday, 15 February 2012
Army medic and mother-of-three Lieutenant Colonel Sharon Stewart recently became the recipient of one of the nursing profession's highest honours. Rep...
Wednesday, 15 February 2012
Lance Corporal Denis Larubi, from 2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment (2 MERCIAN), was twice shot at by insurgents while on sentry duty at Checkpoint…...
Wednesday, 15 February 2012
Nearly 2,500 troops from the Royal Navy, the Army and the Royal Air Force will parade through Windsor in the presence of Her Majesty and the…...
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Department for Business and Trade Trade Secretary speech at UK-China JETCO
HM Treasury Green Book changes to drive investment in all parts of UK
Food Standards Agency Welsh Food Advisory Committee (WFAC) themed meeting on NFCU
Legal Aid Agency New guidance published on expert witness costs in criminal cases