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Friday, 18 March 2011
A new form of armoured netting which can stop rocket-propelled grenades damaging vehicles was one of the items showcased at an event to mark National ...
Thursday, 17 March 2011
Corporal Jamie Williams from The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 5th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (5 SCOTS), is based in Patrol Base At...
Thursday, 17 March 2011
British bomb disposal experts successfully disposed of a roadside bomb this week which had been brought to them by local villagers....
Thursday, 17 March 2011
The Royal Navy frigate HMS Somerset has been recognised for her excellent work policing international waters....
Thursday, 17 March 2011
The RAF's newest C-17 aircraft has completed its first operational mission to Afghanistan, delivering essential supplies to the front line....
Thursday, 17 March 2011
Royal Navy personnel are being trained in weapon-handling skills at HMS Raleigh ahead of deploying to Afghanistan and on other land operations....
Wednesday, 16 March 2011
The only medic stationed at the small camp of Tapa Topche, more commonly known as Artillery Hill, outside Gereshk in southern Helmand, is providing es...
Wednesday, 16 March 2011
Foreign Secretary William Hague has updated Parliament on the response to the situation in Libya following the G8 Foreign Ministers meeting in Paris....
Wednesday, 16 March 2011
Repatriation ceremonies for those killed in operational theatres will move to RAF Brize Norton by 1 September 2011 the Defence Secretary Dr Liam Fox h...
Wednesday, 16 March 2011
The Commanders of ISAF troops in Helmand province, where the vast majority of UK personnel deployed to Afghanistan are working, gave a briefing yester...
Wednesday, 16 March 2011
Hampshire County Council helped organise an event this week aimed at offering people leaving the Armed Forces advice on future careers....
Tuesday, 15 March 2011
Speech by Bernard Gray, Chief of Defence Materiel....
Tuesday, 15 March 2011
A village previously seen as a failure in the eyes of Helmand's people has been retaken, regenerated and repopulated in an ongoing operation led by Br...
Tuesday, 15 March 2011
British soldiers and their Afghan National Army counterparts have overseen the clearance of numerous wrecked vehicles from a major route in Afghanista...
Tuesday, 15 March 2011
The importance of looking after the families of soldiers serving on operations was the focus of a recent visit to Colchester Garrison by the Minister ...
Tuesday, 15 March 2011
The Royal Navy frigate HMS Campbeltown has marked her final sailing from her affiliated town of Campbeltown with an eleven-gun salute, prior to her de...
Tuesday, 15 March 2011
Soldiers and their families received a standing ovation from thousands of football fans in Swindon at the weekend....
Monday, 14 March 2011
A Royal Navy Search and Rescue Squadron airlifted five Newlyn fishermen from their sinking vessel to safety last week....
Monday, 14 March 2011
1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment (1 R IRISH) has conducted a huge air assault operation in Helmand province, overwhelming an insurgent safe have...
Monday, 14 March 2011
Service personnel based at Headquarters Task Force Helmand (HQ TFH) in Lashkar Gah have taken part in a half-marathon relay race around their small ba...
Monday, 14 March 2011
Secretary of State for Defence Dr Liam Fox has paid tribute to the Maltese Government and its people for their assistance in evacuating stranded Briti...
Monday, 14 March 2011
Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) programme and project managers are performing near the top of a wide field of international blue chip companies a...
Friday, 11 March 2011
A major multinational exercise held at Camp Bastion has demonstrated how International Security Assistance Force combat vehicles are recovered in the ...
Friday, 11 March 2011
Soldiers from Alpha Troop, 244 Signal Squadron, 21 Signal Regiment (Air Support) received their Afghanistan Operational Service Medals...
Friday, 11 March 2011
Families and friends of Royal Marines deploying to Afghanistan have been briefed on what to expect when they are separated for the duration of a six-m...
Friday, 11 March 2011
Veterans with mental health problems will get targeted support from today with the launch of the Combat Stress Support Helpline, delivered by Rethink ...
Thursday, 10 March 2011
Speech delivered by Under Secretary of State at the Sandhurst Foundation Dinner, Goodenough College, London on Thursday 10 March 2011....
Thursday, 10 March 2011
Defence Secretary Dr Liam Fox and Foreign Secretary William Hague have issued statements following media reporting that Iranian-made weapons destined ...
Thursday, 10 March 2011
A British-trained hero of the Afghan National Army (ANA) showed the true grit and courage of the Paras who coached him when he shrugged and carried on...
Thursday, 10 March 2011
Ahead of the NATO Defence Ministers meeting commencing in Brussels today, UK Defence Secretary Dr Liam Fox has spoken to the BBC about the issue of im...
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