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HMS St Albans strengthens ties with Germany

HMS St Albans strengthens ties with Germany

Friday, 22 June 2012

Royal Navy frigate HMS St Albans has spent the past week in Germany where members of the ship's company paid their respects to the fallen at the Commo...

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RAF wins Inter Services Cricket Tournament

RAF wins Inter Services Cricket Tournament

Friday, 22 June 2012

The Royal Air Force has won this year's Inter Services Twenty20 Cricket Tournament which was held at Lord's cricket ground in London earlier this week...

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081/2012   Army’s new Foxhound vehicle is put on display

081/2012 Army’s new Foxhound vehicle is put on display

Thursday, 21 June 2012

Defence Minister Peter Luff has today visited Europe’s biggest Defence Vehicle Demonstration (DVD) in Millbrook, Bedfordshire, where he saw the unveil...

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Bear Grylls puts Navy reservists through their paces

Bear Grylls puts Navy reservists through their paces

Thursday, 21 June 2012

Personnel at North East England's naval reserve unit HMS Calliope have been paid a visit by honorary Lieutenant Commander in the Royal Naval Reserve B...

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New Foxhound vehicle on display in the UK

New Foxhound vehicle on display in the UK

Thursday, 21 June 2012

The British Army's new Foxhound vehicle has been unveiled for the first time since its arrival in Afghanistan....

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Afghan and British soldiers bridge canal to relieve troubled area

Afghan and British soldiers bridge canal to relieve troubled area

Thursday, 21 June 2012

Afghan warriors and British soldiers recently bridged a canal while under enemy fire as part of an operation to bring security to a troubled area of H...

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Service personnel selected for GB sitting volleyball Olympic team

Service personnel selected for GB sitting volleyball Olympic team

Thursday, 21 June 2012

Three serving and ex-serving members of the UK's Armed Forces will compete in the London 2012 Paralympic Games sitting volleyball events it was announ...

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MOD celebrates 10 years of supporting at risk students

MOD celebrates 10 years of supporting at risk students

Thursday, 21 June 2012

The MOD has marked the 10th anniversary of its award-winning educational programme that equips students from deprived backgrounds with valuable lifelo...

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Political will, military capacity: maritime security in the Middle East

Political will, military capacity: maritime security in the Middle East

Thursday, 21 June 2012

Speech by Sir Nick Harvey, Minister for the Armed Forces....

Defence vehicles dynamics (DVD) 2012

Defence vehicles dynamics (DVD) 2012

Thursday, 21 June 2012

Speech by Peter Luff, Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology....

Parliament welcomes 20th Armoured Brigade home from Helmand

Parliament welcomes 20th Armoured Brigade home from Helmand

Wednesday, 20 June 2012

Armed Forces personnel recently returned from Afghanistan paraded through Westminster yesterday and attended a reception at the Palace of Westminster....

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Glowing review for Military Corrective Training Centre

Glowing review for Military Corrective Training Centre

Wednesday, 20 June 2012

The Chief Inspector of Prisons has heaped praise on the Military Corrective Training Centre (MCTC) in Colchester in his report published today, 20 Jun...

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Government scheme helps 3,000 veterans start a business

Government scheme helps 3,000 veterans start a business

Wednesday, 20 June 2012

A government-backed initiative providing ex-Service personnel with the tools they need to get into business has now helped nearly 3,000 people over tw...

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Irish Guards Band helps unveil Olympic Rings

Irish Guards Band helps unveil Olympic Rings

Wednesday, 20 June 2012

The Band of the Irish Guards along with the Welsh Guards' poster boy Garrison Sergeant Major William Mott helped to unveil giant Olympic Rings at Heat...

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Armed Forces Day 2012 launched in Scotland

Armed Forces Day 2012 launched in Scotland

Wednesday, 20 June 2012

A Royal Marines Band and representatives from all three Services launched Armed Forces Day 2012 in Scotland today at MOD Caledonia in Rosyth....

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Afghan forces and British troops clear insurgent hot spot

Afghan forces and British troops clear insurgent hot spot

Tuesday, 19 June 2012

Afghan policemen accompanied by British troops recently cleared an insurgent hot spot to the east of Lashkar Gah in Helmand province....

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Military cadets discuss volunteering with Prime Minister

Military cadets discuss volunteering with Prime Minister

Tuesday, 19 June 2012

Two military cadets were among a select group of youngsters who recently met Prime Minister David Cameron to discuss the virtues of volunteering....

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MOD scientists honoured in Queen's Birthday List

MOD scientists honoured in Queen's Birthday List

Tuesday, 19 June 2012

Two MOD scientists from the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) were among those to be granted state honours this weekend by Her Majesty ...

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RAF personnel in Afghanistan run for charity

RAF personnel in Afghanistan run for charity

Tuesday, 19 June 2012

Over 100 Service personnel from 904 Expeditionary Air Wing and their coalition partners based at Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan donned pink T-shirts...

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HMS Sutherland crew rescue drowning deer

HMS Sutherland crew rescue drowning deer

Tuesday, 19 June 2012

Sailors from the Royal Navy warship HMS Sutherland have rescued a deer from Plymouth Sound....

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Global strategy forum 2012

Global strategy forum 2012

Tuesday, 19 June 2012

Speech by Adrimal Sir Mark Stanhope, First Sea Lord....

080/2012   Hammond announces £1billion contract to power future submarines

080/2012 Hammond announces £1billion contract to power future submarines

Monday, 18 June 2012

The MoD has awarded Rolls Royce a £1.1 billion contract to produce new reactor cores for the Royal Navy’s nuclear submarines and upgrade the plant whe...

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Troops in Afghanistan celebrate Father's Day

Troops in Afghanistan celebrate Father's Day

Monday, 18 June 2012

Deployed dads across Afghanistan's Helmand province received a welcome morale-boost yesterday when they opened Father's Day cards from their sons and ...

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Royal Navy submarine contract awarded

Royal Navy submarine contract awarded

Monday, 18 June 2012

The MOD has secured a supplier to produce new reactor cores for the Royal Navy's nuclear submarines and to upgrade the plant where they will be built....

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RAF units to remain at Scampton

RAF units to remain at Scampton

Monday, 18 June 2012

It has been announced that RAF Scampton is to remain the base for the RAF Aerobatic Team (RAFAT) - also known as the Red Arrows - and the RAF's Air Su...

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079/2012   Celebrating Fathers’ Day in Afghanistan

079/2012 Celebrating Fathers’ Day in Afghanistan

Sunday, 17 June 2012

Deployed dads across Afghanistan’s Helmand province have received a welcome morale boost as Fathers’ Day cards have been delivered to the operational ...

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Foxhound arrives in Afghanistan

Foxhound arrives in Afghanistan

Sunday, 17 June 2012

The first of the British Army's new Foxhound vehicles have arrived in Afghanistan....

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Queen's 2012 Birthday Honours for Service personnel and Defence civilians

Queen's 2012 Birthday Honours for Service personnel and Defence civilians

Saturday, 16 June 2012

109 UK Service personnel have been granted state honours by Her Majesty The Queen in her annual Birthday Honours List....

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RAF Leuchars celebrates Olympic Torch Relay

RAF Leuchars celebrates Olympic Torch Relay

Friday, 15 June 2012

RAF personnel and their families were among those lining the route of the Olympic Torch Relay earlier this week as the torch made its way past RAF Leu...

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Soldier from 1 R ANGLIAN killed in Afghanistan

Soldier from 1 R ANGLIAN killed in Afghanistan

Friday, 15 June 2012

It is with sadness that the Ministry of Defence must announce that a soldier from 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment was killed in Afghanistan o...

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