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Monday, 06 December 2010
The school in Kushal Kalay closed more than three years ago when insurgent fighters wreaked havoc in the area, killing and harassing locals.…...
Friday, 03 December 2010
The RAF's newest recruits have been putting their skills to the test during Exercise Blue Warrior whilst being observed by the Royal Australian Air Fo...
Friday, 03 December 2010
HMS Ark Royal has entered her home port of Portsmouth for the last time today, bringing her 25 years of service in the Royal Navy to a close....
Friday, 03 December 2010
The Band of The Parachute Regiment is heading out to Afghanistan for a morale-boosting tour over the Christmas and New Year period....
Friday, 03 December 2010
Two Search and Rescue helicopters have been sent from RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus to help battle the massive forest fire which has spread out of control in...
Thursday, 02 December 2010
Hundreds of well-wishers welcomed the ship home at HM Naval Base Devonport. Entertainment on the jetty-side included a Royal Marines Band, a…...
Thursday, 02 December 2010
Ursula Brennan, the new Permanent Secretary (PUS) at the Ministry of Defence, and General Sir David Richards, the new Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS)...
Thursday, 02 December 2010
Recently, the ‘Tankies’, as the 2 RTR soldiers are known, were ‘crashed out’ to assist with an explosion in the market area of Lashkar Gah -…...
Thursday, 02 December 2010
Prize-winning images of soldiers at work and play have been celebrated as the winners of this year's Army Photographic Competition were announced at t...
Wednesday, 01 December 2010
The RAF Merlin Helicopter Force has reached its first anniversary of operations in Afghanistan....
Wednesday, 01 December 2010
On 30 November RFA Fort Victoria’s helicopter identified a whaler-type vessel, fully loaded with fuel and carrying what appeared to be pirates…...
Wednesday, 01 December 2010
The uk4u Thanks! 2010 Christmas Box campaign was launched at St John's Wood Barracks in London, home of the famous King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery,...
Wednesday, 01 December 2010
Soldiers from 2 SCOTS have been working with members of the Afghan National Police to successfully clear an insurgent stronghold in the rural area of ...
Wednesday, 01 December 2010
Defence Estates has signed an agreement with Birmingham-based Lingfield Securities to undertake the development of the latest phase of a new town cent...
Tuesday, 30 November 2010
Foxhound, the British Armed Forces’ name for the contract-winning FPE Ocelot vehicle, has been designed to provide unprecedented levels of blast…...
Tuesday, 30 November 2010
Members of The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 5th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (5 SCOTS), are currently deployed in southern…...
Tuesday, 30 November 2010
After three decades of war and violence, the quality of life for inhabitants in parts of Kabul is slowly improving thanks in part to the efforts of a ...
Tuesday, 30 November 2010
The tri-Service Military Stabilisation Support Group (MSSG) has been awarded the prestigious Firmin Sword of Peace in recognition of the unit's humani...
Tuesday, 30 November 2010
The first contingent of troops from the Tonga Defence Services who will soon join the RAF Regiment in Afghanistan are reaching the end of intensive pr...
Monday, 29 November 2010
What has been described as the most significant operation conducted yet by the Afghan National Army (ANA) in Helmand has now concluded, driving a wedg...
Monday, 29 November 2010
British soldiers and their partners in the Afghan National Police have re-established government control in an area of Helmand province previously und...
Monday, 29 November 2010
Since October last year, RAF Tornado GR4 squadrons have been flying over the landscape of Afghanistan providing support to troops on the ground. But i...
Monday, 29 November 2010
Members of the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment (2 RTR) have taken a short break from operations in Afghanistan to celebrate their main battle honour - Cambrai...
Monday, 29 November 2010
The Ministry of Defence review into the policy that excludes female members of the Armed Forces is to remain unchanged....
Friday, 26 November 2010
Emulating their cricketing heroes in the real Ashes in Australia, British and Australian soldiers fight over the 'Afghan Ashes' in Helmand....
Friday, 26 November 2010
With just one week left for families to send Christmas cards and presents to their loved ones in Afghanistan, members of the general public are once a...
Friday, 26 November 2010
The Military Operational Surgical Training (MOST) course - a collaboration between the Academic Department of Military Surgery and Trauma (…...
Friday, 26 November 2010
The Prime Minister commissioned the six-month review of the Reserve Forces, to be known as Future Reserves 2020 (FR20), as part of the Strategic…...
Friday, 26 November 2010
Contestants on the X Factor TV programme have released a charity single to promote awareness of and raise money for injured Service personnel, some of...
Thursday, 25 November 2010
Colonel Farid Ahmadi, who has served in the Afghan National Army (ANA) for almost 20 years, was so impressed with The London Regiment soldiers…...
Department for Work and Pensions Views sought to transform benefit paid to carers
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