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Tuesday, 18 January 2011
A newly-built police station has been opened this week in Chah-e Anjir, a key town in the northern Nad 'Ali district of Helmand province....
Tuesday, 18 January 2011
Troops from 1st Battalion The Rifles have been going through the final stages of their pre-deployment training for their upcoming deployment to Helman...
Monday, 17 January 2011
The transition of security responsibilities from British to Afghan forces has taken a big step forward, with the closure of a UK-run checkpoint....
Monday, 17 January 2011
RFA Lyme Bay, currently operating in support of four minehunters based in Bahrain, was recently visited by the head of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary....
Monday, 17 January 2011
Defence Secretary Dr Liam Fox has held meetings with the Malaysian Prime Minister and Defence Minister, during which he reaffirmed his desire to reinv...
Monday, 17 January 2011
British soldiers marked a security success this weekend by facilitating a district governor's shura - a traditional Afghan public meeting - in the pre...
Monday, 17 January 2011
130 personnel from 1 Squadron RAF Regiment, based at RAF Honington in Suffolk, have been given a rousing welcome home from their six-month deployment ...
Friday, 14 January 2011
Fed up with the endless newspaper articles about how troops were being sent to war with inadequate kit, TV presenter Mike Brewer decided it was time t...
Friday, 14 January 2011
Members of the RAF's 51 Squadron have completed their first week of training with the US Air Force on the Rivet Joint aircraft, designed for airborne ...
Friday, 14 January 2011
The Royal Air Force has for the first time attained prestigious recognition by renowned charity Stonewall as a 'Top 100' employer for lesbian, gay and...
Friday, 14 January 2011
Already in 2011 British-trained Afghan Police in Helmand province have conducted numerous operations which have seen dozens of insurgents killed or ar...
Friday, 14 January 2011
A team of British Army bomb disposal specialists have found and rendered safe 12 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) during one operation in Afghanist...
Thursday, 13 January 2011
British-trained policemen in Afghanistan's Helmand province have extended their influence to a new area and detained five suspected poppy farmers in a...
Thursday, 13 January 2011
Ongoing co-operation following the UK-France Summit and the mission in Afghanistan were top of the agenda during British Defence Secretary Dr Liam Fox...
Thursday, 13 January 2011
Investment from the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) and the Military Stabilisation Support Team (MSST) has seen a school in Nad 'Ali fully restor...
Thursday, 13 January 2011
Four soldiers, severely injured during operations in Afghanistan, have been chosen as the 'Walking With The Wounded' team that will journey, unaided, ...
Thursday, 13 January 2011
Technologies which could deliver benefits to the front line of the future were shown off today by Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) who have r...
Wednesday, 12 January 2011
British-trained Afghan National Police (ANP) in Helmand province are becoming increasingly independent and professional, according to senior UK milita...
Wednesday, 12 January 2011
The Royal Navy duty Search and Rescue crews from HMS Gannet at Prestwick in Ayrshire have just completed a run of seven call-outs in eight days....
Wednesday, 12 January 2011
Two members of the RAF Regiment are currently preparing for an expedition that will see them ski, walk, swim and paddle their way unsupported across p...
Wednesday, 12 January 2011
In the past week soldiers from the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment have used their Mastiff vehicles to escort veterinary teams and engineers around the danger...
Wednesday, 12 January 2011
Behind every battle-winning Apache in Afghanistan is a team of unsung heroes working tirelessly to ensure the British Army's gunship is fully serviced...
Tuesday, 11 January 2011
RAF Akrotiri supports operations in Afghanistan in more ways than you might think writes Greg Taylor, an Officer Cadet with 7644 Squadron of the Royal...
Tuesday, 11 January 2011
As progress in Afghanistan continues British artillery guns are firing less than on previous deployments but Gunners like Jonathan Long remain ready t...
Tuesday, 11 January 2011
For his part in a dramatic and difficult rescue at sea, Petty Officer Airman 'Cags' Lacy was recently presented with the Queen's Gallantry Medal by th...
Tuesday, 11 January 2011
Armed Forces' medics are to get new training facilities and accommodation under the latest phase of a programme to focus military medical expertise in...
Tuesday, 11 January 2011
Troops from the Tonga Defence Force have deployed for the first time to southern Afghanistan and commenced security duties with RAF troops at Camp Bas...
Monday, 10 January 2011
Speech delivered by Minister for the Armed Forces at the Royal United Services Institute, London on Monday 10 January 2011....
Monday, 10 January 2011
Crowds of families and friends waved off Portsmouth-based warship HMS Iron Duke today as she left for a six-month deployment to the Gulf....
Monday, 10 January 2011
The force structure set out in the SDSR and the remodelling of the MOD will be the most significant reform programme for a generation Minister for the...
HM Treasury Joint statement from member countries of the Multilateral Defence Mechanism
Department for Education Government to cut costs for parents ahead of new school year
UK Health Security Agency UKHSA updates heat health alerts across England
UK Health Security Agency UKHSA updates heat health alerts across England