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Soldier from 1 SCOTS killed in Afghanistan

Soldier from 1 SCOTS killed in Afghanistan

Monday, 12 November 2012

It is with great sadness that the Ministry of Defence must announce that a soldier from 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (1 SCOTS) was kil...

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Remembrance Sunday

Remembrance Sunday

Sunday, 11 November 2012

Armistice Day and Remembrance Sunday have been marked this year by Her Majesty's Forces in Afghanistan, on board Royal Navy ships, in Army barracks an...

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Royal Navy surveys remote volcanic archipelago

Royal Navy surveys remote volcanic archipelago

Friday, 09 November 2012

Royal Navy ice patrol ship HMS Protector has visited the remote South Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha to conduct the first systematic survey of th...

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Closing patrol bases in a cost effective way

Closing patrol bases in a cost effective way

Friday, 09 November 2012

Sorting out the stuff that is returned from patrol bases in Afghanistan is a salvager's dream writes Ian Carr from Camp Bastion's 'Warlike Scrap' yard...

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RN weather experts prepare for new carriers with US Navy

RN weather experts prepare for new carriers with US Navy

Friday, 09 November 2012

Two Royal Navy meteorologists are enjoying a taste of forecasting on board the US Navy supercarrier USS Harry S Truman....

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Duke of Edinburgh opens Field of Remembrance

Duke of Edinburgh opens Field of Remembrance

Friday, 09 November 2012

The Field of Remembrance to honour Britain's war dead was officially opened at Westminster Abbey yesterday by His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh...

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Novel approach to get soldiers reading

Novel approach to get soldiers reading

Friday, 09 November 2012

The Army has brought in bestselling novelist and former Special Air Service (SAS) soldier Andy McNab to kick-start a new scheme designed to help soldi...

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146/2012   A fresh start for Britain’s Reserves

146/2012 A fresh start for Britain’s Reserves

Thursday, 08 November 2012

Measures to overhaul Britain’s Reserve Forces, to create a fully integrated Armed Forces, were unveiled today as part of a wide-ranging consultation p...

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Checking in with the Joint Air Mounting Centre

Checking in with the Joint Air Mounting Centre

Thursday, 08 November 2012

A good start to a journey is a boon for troops going on tour writes Ian Carr who visited the Joint Air Mounting Centre (JAMC)....

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Navy Lynx crews train in US for Afghanistan ops

Navy Lynx crews train in US for Afghanistan ops

Thursday, 08 November 2012

After months of meticulous preparation, 847 Naval Air Squadron (NAS) has deployed to the US Naval Air Facility at El Centro in California for the fina...

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MOD scientists use flower power to detect toxic substances

MOD scientists use flower power to detect toxic substances

Thursday, 08 November 2012

New research by the MOD's Defence Science and Technology Laboratory has found that plants could be used to detect nerve agents similar to those used i...

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Consultation launched on the future of Britain's Reserve Forces

Consultation launched on the future of Britain's Reserve Forces

Thursday, 08 November 2012

Measures to overhaul Britain's Reserve Forces to create a fully integrated Armed Forces were unveiled today as part of a wide-ranging consultation pub...

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Future Reserves 2020

Future Reserves 2020

Thursday, 08 November 2012

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

Operational deployments offer MOD civilians a fresh perspective

Operational deployments offer MOD civilians a fresh perspective

Wednesday, 07 November 2012

Alan Lawson is a seasoned volunteer with MOD's civilian 'Support to Operations' programme. Here he talks to Shell Daruwala about his latest deployment...

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Romford welcomes home the Vikings

Romford welcomes home the Vikings

Wednesday, 07 November 2012

Hundreds of people lined the streets of Romford yesterday, 6 November, to welcome home the soldiers of 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment (1 R A...

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IN PICTURES: British sappers lay 'Golden Egg' in Afghanistan

IN PICTURES: British sappers lay 'Golden Egg' in Afghanistan

Wednesday, 07 November 2012

Royal Engineers from 21 Engineer Regiment have replaced an important bridge to assist the local population of Nahr-e Saraj, in Afghanistan's Helmand p...

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Essex pledges support for Armed Forces Community

Essex pledges support for Armed Forces Community

Wednesday, 07 November 2012

Essex's support for the Armed Forces has been confirmed in writing with the signing of one of the largest ever Armed Forces Community Covenant pledges...

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Rifles reservists train with Regular Army colleagues

Rifles reservists train with Regular Army colleagues

Tuesday, 06 November 2012

A hundred Army reservists from 6th Battalion The Rifles (6 RIFLES) recently spent two weeks in Germany training alongside their regular regimental col...

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Royal Engineers prepare for FA Cup Final rematch

Royal Engineers prepare for FA Cup Final rematch

Tuesday, 06 November 2012

The Royal Engineers have been hard in training and have conducted their final practice session before attempting to reverse the loss suffered in the f...

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Air Chief welcomes RAF police home from Afghanistan

Air Chief welcomes RAF police home from Afghanistan

Tuesday, 06 November 2012

The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton, has presented Operational Service Medals to RAF police personnel on their return fro...

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Huge section of HMS Queen Elizabeth leaves shipyard

Huge section of HMS Queen Elizabeth leaves shipyard

Tuesday, 06 November 2012

The largest section of future carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth is now complete and on its way to join the rest of the ship....

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Address to the Armed Forces Community Covenant Conference 2012

Address to the Armed Forces Community Covenant Conference 2012

Tuesday, 06 November 2012

Speech by Mark Francois, Minister for Defence Personnel, Welfare and Veterans....

3 RIFLES first English battalion granted Freedom of Edinburgh

3 RIFLES first English battalion granted Freedom of Edinburgh

Monday, 05 November 2012

Soldiers from 3rd Battalion The Rifles (3 RIFLES), recently returned from Afghanistan, marched through Edinburgh on Saturday after becoming the first ...

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Service charities the best way to support HM Forces this Christmas

Service charities the best way to support HM Forces this Christmas

Monday, 05 November 2012

With 50 days to go until Christmas the Ministry of Defence is urging the public to consider Service charities as an alternative way of showing their s...

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HMS Sutherland sailors renovate Tanzanian orphanage

HMS Sutherland sailors renovate Tanzanian orphanage

Monday, 05 November 2012

During a break from patrolling the Indian Ocean, sailors from HMS Sutherland have helped redecorate and renovate certain areas of a Tanzanian orphanag...

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RAF father and son reunite in Kabul

RAF father and son reunite in Kabul

Monday, 05 November 2012

A father and son, both of whom are in the Royal Air Force serving in the Middle East on operations, had an unexpected reunion at Kabul International A...

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Light Dragoons soldiers welcomed home from Afghanistan

Light Dragoons soldiers welcomed home from Afghanistan

Monday, 05 November 2012

Overjoyed family and friends welcomed home 45 members of the Light Dragoons to Robertson Barracks in Norfolk last night as they returned from operatio...

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1 SCOTS improves relations with Afghan National Army

1 SCOTS improves relations with Afghan National Army

Friday, 02 November 2012

A Scottish regiment's soldiers newly-arrived in Afghanistan are already hard at work building relationships with their Afghan National Army counterpar...

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Personnel visit Singapore for international tri Service exercise

Personnel visit Singapore for international tri Service exercise

Friday, 02 November 2012

A group of Service personnel has taken part in a major exercise in the Asia-Pacific run in support of the Five Power Defence Arrangements (FPDA)....

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RAF Force Protection Wing returns home from Afghanistan

RAF Force Protection Wing returns home from Afghanistan

Friday, 02 November 2012

In the early hours of this morning 146 personnel from No 5 RAF Force Protection Wing returned home following a six-month tour of duty protecting Camp ...

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