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Soldier from 3rd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment killed in Afghanistan

Soldier from 3rd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment killed in Afghanistan

Sunday, 03 June 2012

It is with sadness that the Ministry of Defence must announce that a soldier from 3rd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment was killed in Afghanistan today...

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074/2012   ‘Diamond’ Flypast for The Queen

074/2012 ‘Diamond’ Flypast for The Queen

Friday, 01 June 2012

The Royal Navy’s aviators have revealed their spectacular flypast formation for the finale of the Thames River Pageant....

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073/2012   Ministry of Defence appoints new Chief Scientific Adviser

073/2012 Ministry of Defence appoints new Chief Scientific Adviser

Thursday, 31 May 2012

The Ministry of Defence has appointed a new Chief Scientific Adviser to oversee its science and technology programme, to ensure battle-winning technol...

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MOD appoints new Chief Scientific Adviser

MOD appoints new Chief Scientific Adviser

Thursday, 31 May 2012

The MOD has announced today that Professor Vernon Gibson will be appointed as its new Chief Scientific Adviser....

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Father cycles around UK in memory of soldier son

Father cycles around UK in memory of soldier son

Thursday, 31 May 2012

The father of a soldier who was killed in Afghanistan began the final leg of a 2,460-mile (3,960km) charity cycle ride around the UK this week....

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The Diamond Jubilee weekend

The Diamond Jubilee weekend

Thursday, 31 May 2012

Thousands of members of the UK's Armed Forces across all three Services will be taking part in ceremonial duties at various events this weekend to cel...

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Navy minehunters sail for Gulf

Navy minehunters sail for Gulf

Thursday, 31 May 2012

Royal Navy minehunters HMS Shoreham and HMS Atherstone set sail this week for three-year deployments to the Gulf region....

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ARRC honours soldiers home from Afghanistan

ARRC honours soldiers home from Afghanistan

Thursday, 31 May 2012

The Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC) honoured more than 160 soldiers recently returned from a six-month deployment to Afghanistan with a parade and ...

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42 Commando celebrate opening of new medical centre

42 Commando celebrate opening of new medical centre

Wednesday, 30 May 2012

Royal Marines of 42 Commando at Bickleigh near Plymouth marked the completion of their newly-built medical and dental centre with a ceremonial opening...

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RAF High Wycombe exercises Freedom of the District

RAF High Wycombe exercises Freedom of the District

Wednesday, 30 May 2012

Service personnel from RAF High Wycombe have paraded through the Buckinghamshire town of Princes Risborough with 'swords drawn, bayonets fixed, colour...

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Soldier injured in Afghanistan to row in Thames Jubilee Pageant

Soldier injured in Afghanistan to row in Thames Jubilee Pageant

Wednesday, 30 May 2012

A soldier who was almost paralysed by a gunman whilst serving in Afghanistan is to row in the historic Diamond Jubilee Pageant on the River Thames thi...

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Irish Guards prepare for contingency role

Irish Guards prepare for contingency role

Wednesday, 30 May 2012

Troops from No 1 Company of the Irish Guards have been conducting public order training to prepare them for their upcoming role as part of the UK's co...

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UK and US soldiers strengthen ties with jump onto Salisbury Plain

UK and US soldiers strengthen ties with jump onto Salisbury Plain

Wednesday, 30 May 2012

Over 150 paratroopers from the UK and the United States have parachuted together onto Salisbury Plain as part of an annual exchange programme called E...

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Behind the scenes at the Household Cavalry Jubilee preparations

Behind the scenes at the Household Cavalry Jubilee preparations

Tuesday, 29 May 2012

In the run-up to the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebration weekend, a team at the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment (HCMR) are working hard behind the ...

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Personnel on deployment receive Jubilee tins

Personnel on deployment receive Jubilee tins

Tuesday, 29 May 2012

To mark the unique occasion of Her Majesty's Diamond Jubilee, Fortnum and Mason is presenting Armed Forces personnel on operational deployments with t...

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Afghan and British troops discover huge drugs and explosives cache

Afghan and British troops discover huge drugs and explosives cache

Tuesday, 29 May 2012

Working closely with Afghan security forces, soldiers of 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment have made a considerable discovery of insurgent narc...

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Armed Forces rowers win gold at World Cup

Armed Forces rowers win gold at World Cup

Tuesday, 29 May 2012

Royal Navy and Army rowers have taken a step closer to the London 2012 Olympics with gold medals at the Rowing World Cup in Lucerne....

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Earl of Wessex visits the RTMC

Earl of Wessex visits the RTMC

Tuesday, 29 May 2012

His Royal Highness The Earl of Wessex has made his first visit to the Reinforcements Training and Mobilisation Centre (RTMC) at Chilwell in Nottingham...

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Anglesey signs Armed Forces Community Covenant

Anglesey signs Armed Forces Community Covenant

Monday, 28 May 2012

Representatives of the Isle of Anglesey County Council signed the Armed Forces Community Covenant last week at RAF Valley, becoming the 40th county to...

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MOD contract for RAF Hercules fleet sustains 500 UK jobs

MOD contract for RAF Hercules fleet sustains 500 UK jobs

Monday, 28 May 2012

A new £350m MOD contract to maintain the Royal Air Force's Hercules aircraft will support 500 UK jobs....

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Gurkhas help Nepalese community after flash floods

Gurkhas help Nepalese community after flash floods

Monday, 28 May 2012

Soldiers based at the British Gurkha Camp at Pokhara in Nepal have been helping the local community cope with recent flash floods....

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RAF helicopter makes emergency transfer of child to Great Ormond Street Hospital

RAF helicopter makes emergency transfer of child to Great Ormond Street Hospital

Monday, 28 May 2012

An RAF helicopter crew battled through fog last week to transfer a seriously ill child from Norfolk to London's Great Ormond Street children's hospita...

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British Army plays football match against German military

British Army plays football match against German military

Friday, 25 May 2012

Held at Aldershot Town Football Club’s home ground, the EBB Stadium, on Wednesday 23 May, the match saw the NATO allies pitched against each…...

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Hague   we won't abandon Afghan people

Hague we won't abandon Afghan people

Friday, 25 May 2012

The international community will not abandon the Afghan people was the clear message sent from the NATO Chicago Summit this week, UK Foreign Secretary...

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San Carlos 'landing day' remembered in Falklands

San Carlos 'landing day' remembered in Falklands

Friday, 25 May 2012

More than 200 Falkland Islanders and members of the British Forces South Atlantic Islands gathered at San Carlos in the Falkland Islands on …...

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Navy's largest warship visits Sunderland

Navy's largest warship visits Sunderland

Friday, 25 May 2012

The Royal Navy's largest warship HMS Ocean arrived in her 'spiritual home' of Sunderland....

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Military personnel carry the Olympic Flame

Military personnel carry the Olympic Flame

Friday, 25 May 2012

The Flame arrived in the UK last week at Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose in Cornwall, and, after being transferred to Land’s End by a Royal…...

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RAF Tucanos support front line operations

RAF Tucanos support front line operations

Thursday, 24 May 2012

RAF Linton-on-Ouse is using its fleet of Tucano aircraft to help train pilots and Army controllers for front line duties. ...

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New RAF C 17 aircraft touches down in the UK

New RAF C 17 aircraft touches down in the UK

Thursday, 24 May 2012

A new C-17 transport aircraft has been unveiled today by the Defence Secretary at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire....

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Canadian Mounties take over Royal duties at Horse Guards

Canadian Mounties take over Royal duties at Horse Guards

Thursday, 24 May 2012

Re-enacting a gesture made by her father, King George VI, in 1936, HM The Queen has seen fit to celebrate the Commonwealth by inviting the Royal…...

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