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Monday, 25 October 2010
As Energy Saving Week begins, staff at the Ministry of Defence Police and Guarding Agency headquarters have been leaving their cars at home and gettin...
Monday, 25 October 2010
HMS Astute was unable to free herself at first but refloated on the first high tide on Friday night. This was a non-nuclear incident and there…...
Monday, 25 October 2010
The 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment Battle Group recently deployed to Helmand as part of 16 Air Assault Brigade and is forward mounted…...
Monday, 25 October 2010
A young Afghan girl who was shot by Taliban insurgents as they attacked a British patrol in Helmand has been given lifesaving treatment by soldiers fr...
Monday, 25 October 2010
Sea Cadets led 550 young people from across the Cadet Forces as they celebrated the historic 205th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar with a spect...
Friday, 22 October 2010
Camp Bastion is at the heart of British operations in Afghanistan - the logistics hub that keeps operations flowing - and it is RAF force protection t...
Friday, 22 October 2010
One of Britain's newest warships HMS Daring has spent most of October working with the US aircraft carrier USS Enterprise off the Eastern Seaboard of ...
Friday, 22 October 2010
The crisp autumnal morning chill is punctuated by the dull crump of tank shells hitting their distant targets. Precise instructions ensure that weapon...
Friday, 22 October 2010
Almost 1,000 personnel from the HQ Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC) and other agencies linked up in Cornwall last week for a key NATO training exerc...
Friday, 22 October 2010
A team from 2 Close Support Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) has won 7th Armoured Brigade's annual regatta in one of the clo...
Friday, 22 October 2010
Various media outlets have reported that HMS Astute appears to have grounded off the Isle of Skye. ...
Thursday, 21 October 2010
Over 500 soldiers from 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment (2 PARA) were preparing to leave Merville Barracks in Colchester last week for a six-month...
Thursday, 21 October 2010
As a ceremony took place this morning on HMS Victory to mark the 205th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar, the most important day in the Royal Nav...
Thursday, 21 October 2010
HMS Ocean assisted the Italian-registered 'Grand Guinea' last week when one of the crew members was struck down with an acute case of suspected append...
Thursday, 21 October 2010
Secretary of State for Defence, Dr Liam Fox, and Foreign Secretary William Hague met with their Polish counterparts today, Defence Minister Bogdan Kli...
Wednesday, 20 October 2010
Check Point Kartelegan is a key base for the Afghan National Police in Helmand’s provincial capital of Lashkar Gah. It has been extended and…...
Wednesday, 20 October 2010
Members of the Afghan National Army in Helmand have launched Operation OMID CHAR, described as their most significant operation yet....
Wednesday, 20 October 2010
The Reception, Staging and Onward Integration (RSOI) training is mandatory for all soldiers entering Afghanistan. It is their last chance…...
Wednesday, 20 October 2010
The government has today agreed funding for Defence of £33.8bn in 2011-12, £34.4bn in 2012-13, £34.1bn in 2013-14 and £33.5bn in 2014-15. This settlem...
Tuesday, 19 October 2010
The outcome of the Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR), which sets out how the Government will deliver the priorities identified in the Natio...
Tuesday, 19 October 2010
Personnel from 854 and 857 Naval Air Squadrons have been serving at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan since June 2009 where they have been providing…...
Tuesday, 19 October 2010
Helmand villagers recently told British soldiers who stopped by to hold a shura that a school built by ISAF forces three years ago is now thriving....
Tuesday, 19 October 2010
The termination of the Defence Training Rationalisation (DTR) project and the Metrix Consortium's appointment as preferred bidder has been announced b...
Monday, 18 October 2010
Group Captain van den Berg, formerly Commanding Officer of 903 Expeditionary Air Wing, took over the role of Commander Bastion on Wednesday …...
Monday, 18 October 2010
In 2000, HMS Ocean played a pivotal role in Operation PALLISER, mounted to provide salvation for the beleaguered Freetowners when rebel forces…...
Monday, 18 October 2010
The six-wheeled Wolfhound joins Coyote and Husky as the biggest of the tactical support vehicle family. Defence Secretary Dr Liam Fox said:…...
Monday, 18 October 2010
The Government has published its National Security Strategy, 'A Strong Britain in an Age of Uncertainty', today, which outlines our reappraisal of Bri...
Monday, 18 October 2010
RAF Lyneham's Corporal Gareth Scutt and his patrol dog, air dog Argin, were last week crowned the winners of the Royal Air Force Police UK Military Wo...
Friday, 15 October 2010
An ex-Para who was involved in the capture of Goose Green during the Falklands conflict has rejoined the military as a RAF paramedic and has just retu...
Friday, 15 October 2010
Prime Minister David Cameron met International Security Assistance Force Commander General David Petraeus at 10 Downing Street in London yesterday, Th...