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Army and RAF step up training for close quarters combat

Army and RAF step up training for close quarters combat

Thursday, 24 May 2012

Soldiers are relearning their urban warfare skills in a new course launched this week at Copehill Down, Salisbury Plain, while a newly built…...

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Qinetiq 70th anniversary dinner

Qinetiq 70th anniversary dinner

Thursday, 24 May 2012

Speech delivered by Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology Peter Luff at Malvern College, on Thursday 24 May 2012....

The strategic challenges of defence acquisition

The strategic challenges of defence acquisition

Wednesday, 23 May 2012

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

RAF personnel remember Dambusters leader

RAF personnel remember Dambusters leader

Wednesday, 23 May 2012

Exactly 69 years to the day after the famous Dambusters Raid, the people of the Cornish fishing town of Porthleven, with the support of personnel…...

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MOD Kineton receives Freedom of Warwick

MOD Kineton receives Freedom of Warwick

Wednesday, 23 May 2012

Two-hundred soldiers from Kineton military base have marched through Warwick to celebrate being granted the Freedom of the Town....

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Queen thanks Armed Forces for Jubilee Muster

Queen thanks Armed Forces for Jubilee Muster

Wednesday, 23 May 2012

Her Majesty The Queen has written a letter of thanks to the Armed Forces for the Parade and Muster for her Diamond Jubilee....

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1 RTR soldiers return home from Afghanistan

1 RTR soldiers return home from Afghanistan

Wednesday, 23 May 2012

'Welcome Home' banners, applause and celebrations greeted some 100 soldiers from H Squadron of the 1st Royal Tank Regiment (1 RTR) when they returned ...

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UK and Saudi Arabia agree deal on officer and aircrew training

UK and Saudi Arabia agree deal on officer and aircrew training

Wednesday, 23 May 2012

The United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia have reached agreement for the UK to support a programme that will provide the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) with c...

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Milestones reached for women in the Royal Navy

Milestones reached for women in the Royal Navy

Tuesday, 22 May 2012

Commander Sarah West, aged 40, joins Type 23 frigate HMS Portland in Rosyth today, becoming the first woman in the Royal Navy’s history to be…...

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Video raises awareness of Armed Forces Compensation Scheme

Video raises awareness of Armed Forces Compensation Scheme

Tuesday, 22 May 2012

A new animated video is being released today to raise awareness of the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme. ...

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Dstl hosts international Chemical Weapons Demilitarisation conference

Dstl hosts international Chemical Weapons Demilitarisation conference

Tuesday, 22 May 2012

The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) is once again hosting the international Chemical Weapons Demilitarisation (CWD) conference....

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Contracts awarded for the design of future nuclear deterrent submarines

Contracts awarded for the design of future nuclear deterrent submarines

Tuesday, 22 May 2012

The first Successor submarine is due to be delivered in 2028, replacing the Vanguard Class submarines which currently carry the UK’s nuclear…...

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Address to 15th Chemical Weapons Demilitarisation Conference 2012

Address to 15th Chemical Weapons Demilitarisation Conference 2012

Tuesday, 22 May 2012

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

New national Falklands memorial unveiled

New national Falklands memorial unveiled

Monday, 21 May 2012

A new national Falklands memorial was unveiled at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire yesterday in the presence of hundreds of serving Ar...

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Injured personnel display garden at Chelsea Flower Show

Injured personnel display garden at Chelsea Flower Show

Monday, 21 May 2012

Patients at Headley Court are growing stronger through a gardening project which has culminated in the creation of a display garden at the Chelsea Flo...

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French naval cadets visit HMS Raleigh

French naval cadets visit HMS Raleigh

Monday, 21 May 2012

The 13 cadets from the Ecole des Officiers du Commissariat de la Marine (EOCM), the French equivalent of the DMLS, were given a full tour of…...

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IN PICTURES: Armed Forces mount spectacular Diamond Jubilee tribute

IN PICTURES: Armed Forces mount spectacular Diamond Jubilee tribute

Monday, 21 May 2012

Thousands of troops, six massed bands and the biggest tri-Service flypast in recent years formed a spectacular tribute by the Armed Forces to Her Maje...

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Navy starts Olympic Flame's UK relay

Navy starts Olympic Flame's UK relay

Monday, 21 May 2012

The Royal Navy helped the Olympic Flame start its journey across the UK this weekend....

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Off duty RAF survival specialist saves boys from sea tragedy

Off duty RAF survival specialist saves boys from sea tragedy

Friday, 18 May 2012

FS Lane, who is 50 years old and trained as an RAF physical training instructor, was visiting the beach with his family when he noticed a family…...

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Gem of a Jubilee day for Chief Petty Officer Diamond

Gem of a Jubilee day for Chief Petty Officer Diamond

Friday, 18 May 2012

Royal Navy engineer Brian Diamond, who serves on board his namesake ship HMS Diamond, has been presented with a Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal....

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Adaptive skiing exercise helps rehabilitation of injured troops

Adaptive skiing exercise helps rehabilitation of injured troops

Friday, 18 May 2012

Exercise Snow Warrior (Adaptive) which helps injured Service personnel with their physical and psychological rehabilitation through skiing recently to...

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Navy Search and Rescue squadron to begin Olympic Flame's UK relay

Navy Search and Rescue squadron to begin Olympic Flame's UK relay

Friday, 18 May 2012

The Olympic Flame is due to arrive at Royal Naval Air Station (RNAS) Culdrose tonight from where it will be carried in a Sea King helicopter to the st...

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Troops muster for Queen's Diamond Jubilee Parade

Troops muster for Queen's Diamond Jubilee Parade

Friday, 18 May 2012

All three Services have been feverishly preparing for the Armed Forces Diamond Jubilee Parade and Muster which will take place in Windsor this Saturda...

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HMS Westminster delivers blow to Indian Ocean piracy

HMS Westminster delivers blow to Indian Ocean piracy

Thursday, 17 May 2012

HMS Westminster has thwarted the activities of three pirate groups in a fortnight, destroying their boats and means of further action....

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Military chefs put the icing on the cake for Diamond Jubilee

Military chefs put the icing on the cake for Diamond Jubilee

Thursday, 17 May 2012

The five-man team has been working in secret on the enormous 90kg commemorative cake for the past eight weeks at Worthy Down Camp in Hampshire…...

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HMS Daring makes first port visit to Saudi Arabia

HMS Daring makes first port visit to Saudi Arabia

Thursday, 17 May 2012

One of the Royal Navy's most advanced warships, HMS Daring, has made an official stop in Saudi Arabia to reinforce the country's strong relationship w...

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New MediCinema to help rehabilitation at Headley Court

New MediCinema to help rehabilitation at Headley Court

Thursday, 17 May 2012

A new state-of-the-art cinema and entertainment centre is to open this summer for injured Service personnel at the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Cent...

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New incinerator reduces ammo disposal costs in Afghanistan

New incinerator reduces ammo disposal costs in Afghanistan

Thursday, 17 May 2012

An incinerator to dispose of unserviceable small arms ammunition has been delivered to Afghanistan ahead of schedule and well under budget....

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Royal Navy medic receives Military Cross at Buckingham Palace

Royal Navy medic receives Military Cross at Buckingham Palace

Wednesday, 16 May 2012

Despite shrapnel wounds to his leg and face, Medical Assistant (MA) Liam O’Grady ran across open ground while grenades were exploding around…...

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New Oil and Pipelines Agency Chairman appointed

New Oil and Pipelines Agency Chairman appointed

Wednesday, 16 May 2012

Following an open competition the Oil and Pipelines Agency (OPA) has announced the appointment of Mr Graham Ellis as Chairman....

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