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MOD Welfare Conference 2010

MOD Welfare Conference 2010

Tuesday, 21 September 2010

Speech by Andrew Robathan, Minister for Defence Personnel, Welfare and Veterans....

HMS Bulwark leaves dry dock in £30m refit

HMS Bulwark leaves dry dock in £30m refit

Tuesday, 21 September 2010

The Royal Navy amphibious landing ship HMS Bulwark has been floated out of dry dock after 127 days as part of a £30m refit at Devonport Royal Dockyard...

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British and US Marines play charity cricket match in Sangin

British and US Marines play charity cricket match in Sangin

Tuesday, 21 September 2010

Before the responsibility for security in Sangin transferred from the UK to the US, Marines from the two nations joined together for some sporting rel...

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Gloucestershire welcomes the ARRC with formal cathedral service

Gloucestershire welcomes the ARRC with formal cathedral service

Tuesday, 21 September 2010

The people of Gloucestershire have formally welcomed HQ Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC) at a glittering service in Gloucester Cathedral....

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Gibraltar Squadron celebrates 25 year anniversary

Gibraltar Squadron celebrates 25 year anniversary

Tuesday, 21 September 2010

The little-known Gibraltar Squadron - the Royal Navy's smallest, permanent, overseas seagoing unit - is celebrating its 25th anniversary....

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New accommodation puts Dover military school top of its class

New accommodation puts Dover military school top of its class

Monday, 20 September 2010

A brand new accommodation block has been completed at the Duke of York's Royal Military School, in Dover which it's hoped will improve life for the te...

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British helicopter crews support Afghan elections in joint ISAF mission

British helicopter crews support Afghan elections in joint ISAF mission

Monday, 20 September 2010

British Lynx crews from the Joint Helicopter Force (Afghanistan), in partnership with their US colleagues and Afghan pilots from the Afghan Air Force ...

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UK forces transfer responsibility for security in Sangin to US

UK forces transfer responsibility for security in Sangin to US

Monday, 20 September 2010

ISAF has today announced that British forces in southern Afghanistan have handed responsibility for security in Sangin to US forces...

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New Reaper aircraft provides extra support to operations in Afghanistan

New Reaper aircraft provides extra support to operations in Afghanistan

Monday, 20 September 2010

An extra Reaper remotely-piloted aircraft has arrived in Afghanistan, increasing support to troops....

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Service, parade and flypast mark Battle of Britain anniversary

Service, parade and flypast mark Battle of Britain anniversary

Monday, 20 September 2010

Senior royal figures, politicians and civic dignitaries joined Battle of Britain veterans and hundreds of worshippers at Westminster Abbey on Sunday 1...

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Soldier from The Queen's Royal Lancers and soldier from the Royal Engineers killed in Afghanistan

Soldier from The Queen's Royal Lancers and soldier from the Royal Engineers killed in Afghanistan

Sunday, 19 September 2010

It is with sadness that the Ministry of Defence must announce that a soldier from The Queen's Royal Lancers and a soldier from the Royal Engineers, se...

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Prince William becomes a fully operational Search and Rescue pilot

Prince William becomes a fully operational Search and Rescue pilot

Friday, 17 September 2010

Prince William has today graduated from his Search and Rescue training course at Royal Air Force Valley in Anglesey, Wales....

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ANP take the lead on security for Afghan elections

ANP take the lead on security for Afghan elections

Friday, 17 September 2010

In a further sign of progress, when the Afghan parliamentary elections get underway tomorrow it will be the Afghan National Police (ANP) who have the ...

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Defence Minister signs cooperation treaty with Brazil

Defence Minister signs cooperation treaty with Brazil

Friday, 17 September 2010

Minister for International Security Strategy, Gerald Howarth, signed the treaty with the Commander of the Brazilian Navy, Admiral Moura Neto…...

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Soldiers show off best of British in Germany

Soldiers show off best of British in Germany

Friday, 17 September 2010

Officers and soldiers of 20th Armoured Brigade (The Iron Fist) who are based in Paderborn in north west Germany welcomed their hosts to a special…...

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Top British General speaks of progress in Kandahar

Top British General speaks of progress in Kandahar

Friday, 17 September 2010

Major General Nick Carter, the Commander of Regional Command (South) in Afghanistan, has given an update on the progress of operations in Kandahar - t...

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Royal Marine leads first landings with Brazilian Marines

Royal Marine leads first landings with Brazilian Marines

Thursday, 16 September 2010

Lieutenant Colonel Neil Wraith oversaw the dynamic drills that involved hundreds of Brazilian Marines and Royal Marines from the Royal Navy&…...

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Battle of Britain fighter chief honoured with permanent statue

Battle of Britain fighter chief honoured with permanent statue

Thursday, 16 September 2010

To mark the 70th anniversary of the day which saw the peak air activity of the Battle of Britain, a bronze statue of Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park ...

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Public urged not to send unsolicited Christmas mail to troops

Public urged not to send unsolicited Christmas mail to troops

Thursday, 16 September 2010

The MOD expresses its gratitude for the support and generosity many members of the public show in this period but is reminding them that the…...

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Rt Hon Lord Philip to chair Mull of Kintyre crash review

Rt Hon Lord Philip to chair Mull of Kintyre crash review

Thursday, 16 September 2010

Defence Secretary Dr Liam Fox announced today that the Rt Hon Lord Philip will chair the independent review of the evidence into the Mull of Kintyre C...

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British forces train Kazakh peacekeeping troops

British forces train Kazakh peacekeeping troops

Thursday, 16 September 2010

British soldiers have played a key role in a large-scale, multinational military exercise in Kazakhstan this August helping the Kazakh Ministry of Def...

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New head of the British Army takes up post

New head of the British Army takes up post

Wednesday, 15 September 2010

General Sir Peter Wall, whose appointment as Chief of the General Staff (CGS) was approved by Her Majesty The Queen in July, has taken up the post tod...

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TA soldiers take to the hills for Exercise Scottish Buzzard

TA soldiers take to the hills for Exercise Scottish Buzzard

Wednesday, 15 September 2010

Known as ‘The Fighting 51st’, the brigade is the regional administrative formation responsible for all Territorial Army units based in Scotland…...

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Cavalry soldiers protect engineers building new Helmand road

Cavalry soldiers protect engineers building new Helmand road

Wednesday, 15 September 2010

Cavalry soldiers from The Royal Dragoon Guards have been protecting British engineers and Afghan contractors as, over recent weeks, they have come und...

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IN PICTURES: Battle of Britain Day

IN PICTURES: Battle of Britain Day

Wednesday, 15 September 2010

Today, 15 September 2010, marks the 70th anniversary of the day which saw the peak air activity of the Battle of Britain and was described by the wart...

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Defence Committee reports on the SDSR

Defence Committee reports on the SDSR

Wednesday, 15 September 2010

The responsibility of the HCDC is to monitor and to hold to account the Ministry of Defence and its associated public bodies, including the …...

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Royal College of Defence Studies course

Royal College of Defence Studies course

Tuesday, 14 September 2010

Speech delivered by Sir Nick Harvey, Minister for the Armed Forces....

Ursula Brennan to be new Permanent Secretary of MOD

Ursula Brennan to be new Permanent Secretary of MOD

Tuesday, 14 September 2010

The Prime Minister, with the agreement of the Secretary of State for Defence, has approved the appointment of Ursula Brennan as the new Permanent Secr...

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PM unveils Spitfire in Whitehall marking Battle of Britain Week

PM unveils Spitfire in Whitehall marking Battle of Britain Week

Tuesday, 14 September 2010

The Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Defence have paid their respects to the veterans of the Battle of Britain by welcoming a full-size repli...

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Grob Tutor crash inquiry findings published

Grob Tutor crash inquiry findings published

Tuesday, 14 September 2010

The Service inquiry findings into the loss of the Grob Tutor aircraft, which resulted in the deaths of Flight Lieutenant Mike Blee and Cadet Nicholas ...

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