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Wednesday, 16 May 2012
Lieutenant General Adrian Bradshaw, Deputy Commander of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan, here reflects on recent vis...
Wednesday, 16 May 2012
Members of No 2 (Tactical) Police Squadron have received their Afghanistan Operational Service Medals after returning from Helmand province....
Wednesday, 16 May 2012
Members of the Central Band of the Royal Air Force will play a specially composed fanfare in honour of Her Majesty The Queen at St Paul's Cathedral in...
Wednesday, 16 May 2012
The One Show’s ‘Olympic Flame Special’ will come live from the end of a runway at the Naval Air Station on Friday 18 May. In preparation for…...
Tuesday, 15 May 2012
Despite bad weather threatening to rain off the event, 2,400 youngsters aged between 14 and 19 tackled treks of 35, 45 or 55 miles (56, 72 or…...
Tuesday, 15 May 2012
The biggest ever independent survey of British troops, which explores the relationship between Service personnel and wider society, has been published...
Tuesday, 15 May 2012
Extra funding of £400,000 will be provided for the Big White Wall online mental wellbeing service which provides support for UK Service personnel, vet...
Tuesday, 15 May 2012
The MOD is to sustain its commitment to the nuclear deterrent by continuing to invest £1bn a year in facilities at the Atomic Weapons Establishment (A...
Tuesday, 15 May 2012
A rapturous welcome greeted the ship's company of Royal Navy frigate HMS Montrose on Friday, 11 May, on their return to Plymouth from a six-and-a-half...
Tuesday, 15 May 2012
Speech by Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope, First Sea Lord....
Monday, 14 May 2012
Nahr-e Saraj district in Helmand province, where British forces operate, has now entered the transition process whereby responsibility for security wi...
Monday, 14 May 2012
Through a series of tough but necessary decisions, combined with radical reforms of the MOD’s financial processes, the £38bn black hole in the…...
Friday, 11 May 2012
Military command is about taking difficult decisions in changing and challenging circumstances. Over the 40 years I have had the honour to serve…...
Friday, 11 May 2012
Service personnel saluted Prince Charles in Edinburgh this week during a military parade through the Scottish capital to celebrate the Queen's Diamond...
Friday, 11 May 2012
A Search and Rescue crew from Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose in Cornwall conducted a daring rescue of an injured fisherman earlier this week....
Friday, 11 May 2012
The pomp and ceremony that takes place during the event is an essential part of the State Opening of Parliament, and over 1,300 Service personnel…...
Friday, 11 May 2012
Final preparations are underway for the nation to come together to celebrate 2012's Armed Forces Day. Report by Lorraine McBride....
Thursday, 10 May 2012
The MOD will move away from the Carrier Variant (CV) JSF and our Armed Forces will instead operate the short take-off and vertical landing (…...
Wednesday, 09 May 2012
Dressed in Air Force blue and wearing a brooch given to her by the station a few years ago, the Duchess attended the freedom parade, on Wednesday…...
Wednesday, 09 May 2012
In rugged surroundings, the Commanding Officer of HMS St Albans, Commander Tom Sharpe, and Britain’s Ambassador to Iceland, Ian Whitting, cast…...
Wednesday, 09 May 2012
More than 750 Royal Marines and supporting units, together with three warships and Sea King and Chinook helicopters, have waged war in and around Gall...
Wednesday, 09 May 2012
The freedom was awarded to the squadron in June last year, and this was the first time its members had exercised the right. 30 students from…...
Wednesday, 09 May 2012
In April, Royal Navy pilots James Birchall and André Milne completed what has been described as 'the toughest foot-race on Earth' - the gruelling Mara...
Tuesday, 08 May 2012
A new purpose-built Personnel Recovery Centre (PRC) designed to provide first class facilities for wounded, injured and sick members of the Armed Forc...
Tuesday, 08 May 2012
HMS Westminster and a Trafalgar Class submarine led the Royal Navy's involvement in Exercise Arabian Shark, a test of coalition navies to deal with su...
Tuesday, 08 May 2012
Gunners from 2 Squadron RAF Regiment returned home last week from a six-month Afghanistan deployment to an emotional reunion with friends and family....
Tuesday, 08 May 2012
The trip was supported and funded by the UK charity Help for Heroes and culminated in the team meeting His Royal Highness Prince Harry, who …...
Tuesday, 08 May 2012
Members of the UK's Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) and Search Task Force in Helmand are stepping back from their front line role to develop the Afg...
Friday, 04 May 2012
Soldiers from 2nd Battalion The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (2 PWRR) are helping to provide security for the final and largest Olympic Games te...
Friday, 04 May 2012
Territorial Army (TA) medics from the North East have returned home from an Afghanistan deployment working in one of the world's busiest trauma hospit...
Department of Health and Social Care Ministers launch crackdown on vapes targeting kids
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Bluetongue: latest situation
Skills England Skills plans to train local people for local jobs
Central Arbitration Committee How to submit applications and complaints to the CAC
Ofsted Martyn Oliver and Yvette Stanley speak at the ADCS Annual Conference 2026