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Monday, 12 July 2010
Soldiers from 3rd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment (3 YORKS) received their Op HERRICK medals on Friday 9 July 2010 in recognition of the part they ha...
Monday, 12 July 2010
A new Headquarters and improved facilities at Air Weapons Range (AWR) Holbeach which provides pre-deployment training for Armed Forces headed for Afgh...
Monday, 12 July 2010
Technology currently used in Formula 1 racing cars could help our troops on the front line, the MOD's Lord Astor has said....
Friday, 09 July 2010
Commanders in Afghanistan issued a plea for the weight of essential power sources for radios and other communications equipment used on front…...
Friday, 09 July 2010
Every two weeks, groups of up to 600 Afghan National Army (ANA) recruits arrive at Camp Bastion. All will have completed basic infantry training…...
Friday, 09 July 2010
International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) newspapers are being used by local elders in the Nad 'Ali district of Helmand province, Afghanistan, to...
Thursday, 08 July 2010
Keeping the forward operating bases supplied in Afghanistan is no easy task, but one that is crucial to the success of the mission. Sharon Kean report...
Thursday, 08 July 2010
Dozens of British Service personnel trained to speak Dari or Pashtu in the run up to their Afghanistan deployment have been using their language skill...
Thursday, 08 July 2010
The arrival of the new Talisman counter-IED system in Afghanistan is helping 15 Field Support Squadron, 38 Engineer Regiment, deal with the menace in ...
Thursday, 08 July 2010
MOD civil servant Stacey Cooper has been awarded for her remarkable work in Afghanistan that has led to savings of £6m for the British Government....
Wednesday, 07 July 2010
Speech by Sir Nick Harvey Minister for the Armed Forces....
Wednesday, 07 July 2010
As part of a year of celebrations marking the 150th anniversary of the cadet movement, hundreds of youngsters from all three Services paraded past His...
Wednesday, 07 July 2010
Changes to the international force structure in southern Afghanistan, including the deployment of the UK's Theatre Reserve Battalion and the redeploym...
Wednesday, 07 July 2010
The government is providing £189m from the Treasury Reserve for new equipment for UK troops in support of operations in Afghanistan, Defence Secretary...
Tuesday, 06 July 2010
Dr Fox said during a defence debate in the House of Commons yesterday that the Government has committed to maintaining Britain’s nuclear deterrent…...
Tuesday, 06 July 2010
Route Trident links the Helmand capital of Lashkar Gah to the economic hub of Gereshk. Its upgrade, which should help improve the lives of the…...
Tuesday, 06 July 2010
The flagship of the Royal Navy, HMS Ark Royal, currently deployed in the western Atlantic Ocean, celebrated her 25th birthday last week....
Tuesday, 06 July 2010
Soldiers stationed at Bergen-Hohne Garrison in Germany have benefited from a programme of improvements to their Single Living Accommodation (SLA), car...
Monday, 05 July 2010
Thanks to the training they have received from ISAF soldiers, 90 more recruits have just qualified as fully-trained Afghan National Police (ANP) offic...
Monday, 05 July 2010
After 50 days at sea and 2,100 miles (3,380km), two Army doctors finished their record-breaking row around Great Britain last week....
Monday, 05 July 2010
General Petraeus emphasised the continuity of the counter-insurgency strategy as he assumed command, and NATO Secretary General, Anders Fogh…...
Monday, 05 July 2010
Originally Iraq-centred, but now focused on the requirements of operations in Afghanistan, training estate improvements include the 2009 developments…...
Monday, 05 July 2010
The marchers were joined by four pipe bands and two military bands, as well as a variety of military vehicles from Word War Two. The parade…...
Friday, 02 July 2010
Dr Fox robustly called for the US to ratify the treaty between Britain and the Americans. Both governments signed the treaty three years ago…...
Friday, 02 July 2010
Formerly separate events, the Civil Service LGBT Summer Forum and the Tri-Service Annual LGBT Conference have been combined into today&rsquo…...
Friday, 02 July 2010
Major General Gordon Messenger, the Chief of the Defence Staff’s Strategic Communications Officer, and Colonel Peter Smith, Assistant Director…...
Friday, 02 July 2010
Continuing a tradition that stretches back to the Second World War, members of the UK's Armed Forces have again been in attendance at the Wimbledon Te...
Friday, 02 July 2010
The Marines, from Charlie Company, 40 Commando Group, working in conjunction with colleagues from the Counter-IED Task Force, put in place a…...
Thursday, 01 July 2010
Joint patrols between members of 1st Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles (1 RGR) and Afghan National Army (ANA) troops have seen the pernicious influenc...
Thursday, 01 July 2010
British and Afghan soldiers recently deployed on an operation to the south of Nad 'Ali after they heard that local villagers were being terrorised by ...
Mining Remediation Authority Sinkhole at North Tyneside allotments repaired in 2 days
UK Export Finance £11 billion of export financing supports 85,000 jobs
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero Sizewell B power plant given lifetime extension to 2055
Department for Education Education Secretary's speech at Ruskin College
Home Office UK defences strengthened against foreign state-backed groups