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Wednesday, 25 August 2010
On his first deployment to Afghanistan, Lieutenant Antony Raine is playing a key role in enabling the Afghan security forces to provide long term secu...
Wednesday, 25 August 2010
Players and staff from Nottingham Rugby Football Club have visited RAF Shawbury to pick up a few tips on physical training and leadership to ensure th...
Tuesday, 24 August 2010
Civilian and military teams are working together in Afghanistan to bring stable government to the area. In sun-baked Helmand, a quiet revolution has b...
Tuesday, 24 August 2010
Having already deployed to the Caribbean in 2007, when the amphibious assault ship made a major impact on drug smuggling by seizing illegal …...
Tuesday, 24 August 2010
Overseas travel invariably starts with a long wait at an airport terminal before passengers finally board their plane and take to the skies.…...
Tuesday, 24 August 2010
The previously unlocated wrecks of light cruiser HMS Cassandra and Arabis-Class minesweeper HMS Gentian have been discovered off the coast of Estonia ...
Monday, 23 August 2010
A British major serving in Afghanistan is intending to put his long distance running skills to the test to raise money for fellow soldiers hurt in the...
Monday, 23 August 2010
Group Captain Billy Drake, Battle of Britain Hurricane pilot, points to the name badge on Typhoon pilot Flight Lieutenant Rich Walton’s flying…...
Monday, 23 August 2010
HMS Portland encountered the massive block of ice on a recent trip to the remote UK territory hundreds of miles to the east of South America…...
Monday, 23 August 2010
As the 1st Battalion Scots Guards work to keep traffic flowing on the strategically important Route 601 in Helmand, Lance Corporal Matthew Ellis of 15...
Monday, 23 August 2010
Upgraded Desert Hawks - hand-launched, remote-controlled surveillance aircraft which can record video footage day and night, sending it directly to tr...
Friday, 20 August 2010
The MOD is developing plans to defend its establishments from an increasing threat – the changing environment around us....
Friday, 20 August 2010
Lance Bombardier Mark Hope, aged 25, and Gunner Michael Morritt, aged 21, are both currently deployed to Forward Operating Base Budwan in the…...
Friday, 20 August 2010
The number of Jackal vehicles procured for UK forces has passed the 500 mark....
Friday, 20 August 2010
The role of the Forward Air Controller (FAC) in coordinating such precise integration between air and land forces is vital and requires intensive…...
Friday, 20 August 2010
HMS Gloucester set sail for the South Atlantic this morning where for the next seven months she will take part in maritime security patrols and exerci...
Friday, 20 August 2010
Over twenty Army cadets from various towns in Kent visited the Rock of Gibraltar recently as part of the Army Cadet Force's 150th anniversary celebrat...
Thursday, 19 August 2010
Now repair work on the Iraqi Navy Ship (INS) Nasser has come to an end, Royal Navy personnel have been training the ship's crew so they can take her o...
Thursday, 19 August 2010
Britain is supporting the Government of Pakistan’s efforts to provide safe drinking water, hygiene kits, toilets, sewage clearance and waste…...
Thursday, 19 August 2010
As the Royal Marines of 40 Commando work hard to bring security to the population of Sangin in Helmand province they are often tasked to protect resid...
Thursday, 19 August 2010
In 1943 the most decorated woman of the Second World War made her escape from the Gestapo through the Pyrenees. Now female Armed Forces personnel will...
Thursday, 19 August 2010
From medical evacuation and troop movements to resupply and ground attack, the men and women of the Joint Helicopter Force do it all....
Wednesday, 18 August 2010
Up-to-the-minute lessons being brought back from southern Afghanistan's front lines are redefining marksmanship within the Army; changes brought into ...
Wednesday, 18 August 2010
A Royal Auxiliary Air Force (RAuxAF) nurse has returned to the UK after completing her first tour of Afghanistan where she managed several of the ward...
Wednesday, 18 August 2010
Retired or serving Armed Forces personnel who deployed to Iraq have been invited to feed their views into the Iraq Inquiry by its Chairman, Sir John C...
Wednesday, 18 August 2010
The key access road Route 601 is an important communications route that connects Lashkar Gah in Helmand with the city of Kandahar to the east…...
Wednesday, 18 August 2010
Staff at HMS Raleigh's Triumph Squadron have recently donated money to help care for stray dogs and other animals in Afghanistan....
Tuesday, 17 August 2010
2nd Battalion The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (2 LANCS) officially took control of a new battle group area of operations in Helmand province, Afghani...
Tuesday, 17 August 2010
Aircraftman George, a two-year-old Golden Guernsey-Boer goat, made his first appearance as the mascot of the Recruit Training Squadron at RAF Halton l...
Tuesday, 17 August 2010
Two Territorial Army volunteers from Jersey Field Squadron have swapped civilian life on the channel island for the heat and dust of Helmand province,...