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Wednesday, 28 July 2010
Men, machines, and most recently, animals, are working together to beat the biggest threat to troops in Afghanistan - improvised explosive devices (IE...
Wednesday, 28 July 2010
After several weeks providing support to troops on the ground in Helmand province, the Merlin helicopter crews from 28 (Army Cooperation) Squadron's B...
Wednesday, 28 July 2010
The Ministry of Defence's 'Battle Back' programme for injured servicemen and women has teamed up with the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) to develop opp...
Wednesday, 28 July 2010
The Fleet Protection Group, who are tasked with protecting the ships and submarines alongside at the naval base, operate a variety of craft …...
Tuesday, 27 July 2010
The nationwide programme to build the Royal Navy's new Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers passed another milestone when construction on the first...
Tuesday, 27 July 2010
Captain Adams is serving with 40 Commando Royal Marines in the Sangin district centre. He was last in the town in 2005 serving with the Mobile…...
Tuesday, 27 July 2010
The open day featured most elements of 16 Air Assault Brigade including The Band of The Parachute Regiment and the Pipes and Drums of The Royal…...
Tuesday, 27 July 2010
His Royal Highness Prince Harry has officially opened the new £5m Meiktila mess at RAF Honington during his first visit there as Honorary Air Commanda...
Monday, 26 July 2010
The relatives of HMS Chatham's ship's company recently experienced life at sea, joining their loved ones for the final leg of the frigate's journey ba...
Monday, 26 July 2010
Lance Corporal 'Gaz' Lovett, an aviation crewman on a new Lynx Mark 9A helicopter, tells of his experiences as he provides firepower from the skies in...
Monday, 26 July 2010
Sailors from HMS Monmouth are currently training at HMS Raleigh in Cornwall, learning how to carry out one of the most important Royal Navy roles - bo...
Monday, 26 July 2010
The MOD Guard Service has been awarded the top accreditation in the security industry....
Monday, 26 July 2010
A group of horses and soldiers from the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery have travelled from London to Blackpool to indulge in a week of training an...
Friday, 23 July 2010
Army helicopter pilots, ground crew and technicians who have served in Afghanistan were presented with campaign medals by His Royal Highness The Princ...
Friday, 23 July 2010
Marine Jason Nash was on duty in Helmand province when he was shot by insurgents in April 2010. But thanks to body armour doing its job, the…...
Friday, 23 July 2010
Mr Luff, Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology, said a green paper will be published by the end of this year, following the…...
Friday, 23 July 2010
The ships - FS Primauguet from France, RFS Severomorsk from Russia, HMS Kent from the UK, and USS Mount Whitney from America - spent the week…...
Thursday, 22 July 2010
Speech delivered by Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology at the RAF Club, Piccadilly, London on Thursday 22 July 2010....
Thursday, 22 July 2010
Two RAF reservists have been helping co-ordinate a battle group sized operation to defend the giant coalition air base at Kandahar in Afghanistan...
Thursday, 22 July 2010
For a minister with only a limited military background, the new Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology, Peter Luff, has quickly develo...
Thursday, 22 July 2010
Organised by The Sun newspaper in close association with the Ministry of Defence, the Millies focus on the excellence of Her Majesty’s Armed…...
Thursday, 22 July 2010
Providing flexible space for 600 desks, the new Oak building is part of a major programme to transfer 4,000 posts from the more expensive south…...
Thursday, 22 July 2010
Reverend Abeledo, aged 51, is spending six months working as Task Force Helmand senior chaplain, where all his skills as a minister will be …...
Thursday, 22 July 2010
The move delivers on the commitment outlined in the Coalition Programme for Government to maximise R&R as part of rebuilding the military covenant…...
Wednesday, 21 July 2010
The UK's Defence and Foreign Secretaries today met with their Italian counterparts at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to discuss the ongoing worki...
Wednesday, 21 July 2010
A former Mujahidin fighter, now a senior non-commissioned officer in the Afghan National Army (ANA), is bringing medical care to remote villages in ce...
Wednesday, 21 July 2010
The period in which personnel injured in service can claim compensation is to rise from five to seven years from point of diagnosis as part of a serie...
Wednesday, 21 July 2010
After nearly two months of being operational in Afghanistan, the world's fastest helicopter, the Lynx Mark 9A, has proved to be a vital boost to the U...
Wednesday, 21 July 2010
At the Kabul conference yesterday the international community expressed its support for President Karzai's objective that the Afghan National Security...
Tuesday, 20 July 2010
Speech by Dr Liam Fox, Secretary of State for Defence ...