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HMS Northumberland prepares for patrol

HMS Northumberland prepares for patrol

Friday, 23 November 2012

Sailors and Royal Marines from Royal Naval warship HMS Northumberland have carried out final boarding training in Crete for their upcoming maritime po...

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Injured troops set for Dakar rally

Injured troops set for Dakar rally

Thursday, 22 November 2012

Injured troops have met the media ahead of their departure for Peru in a bid to become the first disabled team to complete the Dakar rally....

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Air Cadets prove to be a hit with Bhangra

Air Cadets prove to be a hit with Bhangra

Wednesday, 21 November 2012

When the Air Cadets of 1846 (Southall) Squadron suggested that they introduce Bhangra dance to their squadron activities they couldn't have guessed th...

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Delivering value for money and innovation in defence

Delivering value for money and innovation in defence

Wednesday, 21 November 2012

Speech by Philip Hammond, Secretary of State for Defence....

British and Albanian navies work together in the Adriatic

British and Albanian navies work together in the Adriatic

Tuesday, 20 November 2012

A major two-week exercise involving British and Albanian naval forces in the western Balkans ended with Albania's President, His Excellency Mr Bujar N...

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Science and technology in optimising security, defence and security

Science and technology in optimising security, defence and security

Tuesday, 20 November 2012

Speech delivered by Philip Dunne, Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology....

Medics test battlefield skills in Californian desert

Medics test battlefield skills in Californian desert

Monday, 19 November 2012

In the searing heat of the Californian desert, which best mimics the conditions faced by Royal Marines in Afghanistan, medics have been putting their ...

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HMS Blyth leads NATO exercise in Turkey

HMS Blyth leads NATO exercise in Turkey

Monday, 19 November 2012

Sandown Class mine countermeasures vessel HMS Blyth recently took part in a NATO exercise in the Bay of Izmir in Turkey, successfully locating dummy m...

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Saracens players learn from the experiences of Royal Air Force adventurers

Saracens players learn from the experiences of Royal Air Force adventurers

Monday, 19 November 2012

The Royal Air Force Rugby Union recently played host to 12 members of the Saracens squad at RAF Halton near Wendover in Buckinghamshire....

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007 joins UK Forces in Afghanistan for Skyfall screening

007 joins UK Forces in Afghanistan for Skyfall screening

Sunday, 18 November 2012

Soldiers, sailors and airmen serving at Camp Bastion in Helmand, southern Afghanistan, met 007 star Daniel Craig when he visited the base today, 18 No...

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Hot competition at Army curry fundraiser

Hot competition at Army curry fundraiser

Friday, 16 November 2012

A lamb biryani has helped secure the title of 'Best Curry' at an annual charity curry lunch held at the Army's headquarters in Andover....

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Royal Marines stateside for live firing exercise

Royal Marines stateside for live firing exercise

Friday, 16 November 2012

Despite the devastation wreaked by Hurricane Sandy, 42 Commando Royal Marines have commenced training in Twentynine Palms, California....

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HMS Monmouth sharpens skills for the Gulf

HMS Monmouth sharpens skills for the Gulf

Friday, 16 November 2012

The ship's company of Royal Navy warship HMS Monmouth have been keeping themselves in shape and ready for operations in the Gulf while transiting the ...

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Royal Marines storm former Cold War base

Royal Marines storm former Cold War base

Friday, 16 November 2012

Royal Marines and Albanian forces recently joined together for an assault on an abandoned Soviet submarine base as part of Exercise Albanian Lion....

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Call me Padre'   meet the Army's head chaplain

Call me Padre' meet the Army's head chaplain

Thursday, 15 November 2012

Chaplain-General the Reverend Jonathan Woodhouse talks to Lorraine McBride about issues of faith and his role as head of the British Army Chaplaincy....

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Bagger meets Type 45 for first time

Bagger meets Type 45 for first time

Thursday, 15 November 2012

A Royal Navy airborne surveillance Sea King helicopter has worked together with a Type 45 destroyer for the first time....

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Army soldiers support Defence Exports

Army soldiers support Defence Exports

Thursday, 15 November 2012

A group of 30 Army personnel are part way through a secondment with the UK Trade and Investment Defence and Security Organisation where they are suppo...

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One hundred objects to symbolise First World War in the air

One hundred objects to symbolise First World War in the air

Thursday, 15 November 2012

With the centenary of the First World War just 18 months away, the RAF Museum is asking members of the public what objects from its archives they woul...

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Royal Navy Lynx joins French frigate for counter piracy ops

Royal Navy Lynx joins French frigate for counter piracy ops

Wednesday, 14 November 2012

The first Royal Navy Lynx helicopter to join a French frigate for a full counter-piracy deployment has arrived on board the ship in Toulon, on France'...

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Brunei based British forces remember the fallen

Brunei based British forces remember the fallen

Wednesday, 14 November 2012

Soldiers from British Forces Brunei (BFB) have paid their respects to fallen Service personnel by laying wreaths at several sites across Borneo, inclu...

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Hundreds gather in Barnsley to welcome home the Light Dragoons

Hundreds gather in Barnsley to welcome home the Light Dragoons

Wednesday, 14 November 2012

Hundreds of people lined the streets of Barnsley yesterday to welcome home soldiers of the Light Dragoons from Afghanistan....

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New fleet of RFA tankers named

New fleet of RFA tankers named

Wednesday, 14 November 2012

Four new Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) tankers, which will be bought as part of the Military Afloat Reach and Sustainability (MARS) programme, will be c...

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Defence organisations top workplace equality lists

Defence organisations top workplace equality lists

Wednesday, 14 November 2012

The British Army and the Royal Navy are among the top 10 UK public sector organisations for female employment, while both the MOD and the RAF are in t...

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From stabilisation to transition in Afghanistan

From stabilisation to transition in Afghanistan

Tuesday, 13 November 2012

Transition means a new role for stabilisation writes Ian Carr from Nad 'Ali (South)....

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19th Regiment Royal Artillery receive Afghanistan medals

19th Regiment Royal Artillery receive Afghanistan medals

Tuesday, 13 November 2012

Soldiers from 19th Regiment Royal Artillery received their Afghanistan Operational Service Medals on Saturday 10 November after their deployment as pa...

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RAF catering squadron sustains charity Sleep Out

RAF catering squadron sustains charity Sleep Out

Tuesday, 13 November 2012

Fresh from feeding Armed Forces personnel during the Olympics, No 3 Mobile Catering Squadron (3 MCS) were back in action in London last week, playing ...

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2012 Community Covenant Conference

2012 Community Covenant Conference

Monday, 12 November 2012

Swapping ideas and experiences and sharing best practice were all themes of the 2012 Armed Forces Community Covenant Conference. Report by Lorraine Mc...

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IN PICTURES: Services around the globe mark Remembrance Sunday

IN PICTURES: Services around the globe mark Remembrance Sunday

Monday, 12 November 2012

Services of Remembrance took place on board Royal Navy ships, in Army barracks and at RAF stations across the UK and around the world this year as wel...

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MOD's veterans' Medical Assessment Programme moved and renamed

MOD's veterans' Medical Assessment Programme moved and renamed

Monday, 12 November 2012

The Medical Assessment Programme (MAP) - a veteran's mental health service - is moving from London to the Department of Community Mental Health Chilwe...

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Captured Taliban motorbike features in Imperial War Museum exhibition

Captured Taliban motorbike features in Imperial War Museum exhibition

Monday, 12 November 2012

A newly acquired Honda motorbike, captured from Taliban insurgents by members of 1st Battalion The Rifles during their tour of Afghanistan last year, ...

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