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Friday, 28 October 2011
The MOD’s Community Covenant Grant Scheme, launched in August 2011, aims to strengthen the ties between the Armed Forces and the general public…...
Friday, 28 October 2011
The Royal Navy’s key deployment of 2012 - which will see the UK Response Force Task Group (UK RFTG) head to the Mediterranean - is due to join…...
Friday, 28 October 2011
British military assets used in operations over Libya are on their way home tonight, following today's decision by NATO to conclude the mission on Mon...
Thursday, 27 October 2011
Speech by Andrew Robathan, Minister for Defence Personnel, Welfare and Veterans....
Thursday, 27 October 2011
With the announcement today by the United Nations Security Council to end the mandate for operations in Libya, the UK's Chief of Joint Operations (CJO...
Thursday, 27 October 2011
Members of HM Armed Forces today attended the launch of the Royal British Legion's 2011 Poppy Appeal, which aims to break previous years' fundraising ...
Thursday, 27 October 2011
The UK’s Attack Helicopter Force (AH Force), based at Wattisham in Suffolk and part of 16 Air Assault Brigade, has picked up four awards in …...
Thursday, 27 October 2011
An independent audit commissioned by the MOD has shown the majority of nuclear test veterans feel their health needs are being met well by the NHS....
Wednesday, 26 October 2011
Outstanding photography from Afghanistan and Army life has been recognised at the annual Army Photographic Competition....
Wednesday, 26 October 2011
Captain Simon Oxley was employed as the Operations Officer as part of 517 Specialist Team Royal Engineers, 170 (Infrastructure Support) Group…...
Wednesday, 26 October 2011
Famously portrayed in the 1963 Hollywood movie starring Steve McQueen, the re-enactment of the mass escape in 1944 took place over two weeks…...
Wednesday, 26 October 2011
Royal Navy frigate HMS Montrose has set sail for a six-and-a-half month deployment to the South Atlantic to maintain a continuous presence protecting ...
Wednesday, 26 October 2011
Royal Marines from M Company of 42 Commando have returned home to a rapturous welcome from friends and family after a successful combat deployment in ...
Tuesday, 25 October 2011
Defence Secretary Philip Hammond outlined his vision for Defence in a speech to the Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association (SSAFA) Annual ...
Tuesday, 25 October 2011
The RAF's Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are the eyes in the sky keeping tabs on the insurgency in Afghanistan. Report by Andrew Simms....
Tuesday, 25 October 2011
David Cameron was joined by the new Defence Secretary Philip Hammond and the Head of the Army to announce that the vehicles will be fitted with…...
Tuesday, 25 October 2011
Royal Air Force personnel from two Yorkshire air bases played a central part in the unveiling of a memorial to Second World War French airmen in York ...
Monday, 24 October 2011
Following yesterday's announcement by Libya's National Transitional Council that the country has now been fully liberated, UK Defence Secretary Philip...
Monday, 24 October 2011
Phoenix House is the newest of the Army-led Personnel Recovery and Assessment Centres which are being built across the country in partnership…...
Monday, 24 October 2011
In atrocious weather and after three aborted landings a Royal Navy Search and Rescue crew from HMS Gannet came to the aid of a newborn baby....
Monday, 24 October 2011
Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS) General Sir David Richards has written the following article for today's Daily Telegraph in which he expresses his pr...
Monday, 24 October 2011
Over 100 Highlanders from 4th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (4 SCOTS) received an emotional and rapturous welcome when they returned to the...
Monday, 24 October 2011
Speech by Phillip Hammond, Secretary of State for Defence....
Monday, 24 October 2011
Territorial Army medics from the North West of England have received the Freedom of the City of Manchester for their life-saving work in Afghanistan....
Friday, 21 October 2011
Mr Hammond said that British forces have been hugely involved in prosecuting the campaign in Libya and that there have been over 3,000 sorties…...
Friday, 21 October 2011
The government is investing up to £15m to improve prosthetics services for military veterans who have lost a limb while serving their country....
Friday, 21 October 2011
The squadron is responsible for the deployment, care and welfare of over 80 military working dogs. The dogs provide security at operating bases…...
Friday, 21 October 2011
Soldiers from the 7th Armoured Brigade Headquarters and Signal Squadron (207 Signal Squadron) have been presented with campaign medals after a demandi...
Friday, 21 October 2011
Behind the scenes on Operation ELLAMY a small team of 'squippers' or, more correctly termed, Survival Equipment Fitters, work around the clock to ensu...
Thursday, 20 October 2011
Soldiers from 32 Engineer Regiment have been presented with their campaign medals after a demanding six-month tour in Afghanistan....