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£350m upgrade for HMS Vengeance

£350m upgrade for HMS Vengeance

Monday, 26 March 2012

The future of 2,000 British jobs will be secured by the signing of a multi-million pound deal to upgrade one of the Royal Navy's nuclear deterrent sub...

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Para reservists mark Freedom of Liverpool

Para reservists mark Freedom of Liverpool

Monday, 26 March 2012

4th Battalion The Parachute Regiment (4 PARA) received the Freedom of Liverpool on Saturday, 24 March....

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Army Apache crew members honoured for actions over Libya

Army Apache crew members honoured for actions over Libya

Monday, 26 March 2012

Members of the team that controlled and flew Army Apache helicopters during Operation ELLAMY over Libya have been honoured for their actions. ...

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Heroic deeds on operations honoured

Heroic deeds on operations honoured

Friday, 23 March 2012

Members of the Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force have received some of the highest awards for gallantry in today's Operational Honours and Awards L...

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Opportunities for businesses in MOD construction supply chain

Opportunities for businesses in MOD construction supply chain

Friday, 23 March 2012

Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) is aiming to give a boost to businesses of all sizes by encouraging them to get involved in supply chains fo...

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Operational Honours and Awards List: 23 March 2012

Operational Honours and Awards List: 23 March 2012

Friday, 23 March 2012

A total of 131 members of the Armed Forces have received honours and awards in the Operational Honours List dated today, 23 March 2012....

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Prince and King visit HMS Liverpool

Prince and King visit HMS Liverpool

Friday, 23 March 2012

The Type 42 destroyer is being decommissioned after 30 years in the Royal Navy and will be sailing into Portsmouth for the final time on Monday…...

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100 days till Armed Forces Day

100 days till Armed Forces Day

Friday, 23 March 2012

This year's Armed Forces Day, to be held on Saturday 30 June, is now only 100 days away....

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RAF Tornados hit Taliban bombers

RAF Tornados hit Taliban bombers

Friday, 23 March 2012

RAF Tornado crews have recently launched strikes against Taliban bombers....

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The maritime security challenge

The maritime security challenge

Thursday, 22 March 2012

Speech by Lord Astor, Under Secretary of State....

Army and RAF help combat Mount Kenya fires

Army and RAF help combat Mount Kenya fires

Thursday, 22 March 2012

UK Armed Forces personnel are helping to put out a fire on the slopes of Mount Kenya which is destroying the habitat of wildlife....

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Armed Forces' role in the Diamond Jubilee weekend

Armed Forces' role in the Diamond Jubilee weekend

Thursday, 22 March 2012

From Royal Navy vessels accompanying the Royal Barge to Army gun salutes and RAF military bands, all three Services will play a key role in …...

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Foot Guards receive Freedom of Birmingham

Foot Guards receive Freedom of Birmingham

Thursday, 22 March 2012

In a very rare, if not unique, distinction, all five regiments of Foot Guards received the Freedom of the City on Wednesday 21 March. The honour…...

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UK forces help Afghan police hold community party

UK forces help Afghan police hold community party

Thursday, 22 March 2012

UK forces have helped members of the Afghan Uniform Police hold a party for hundreds of people in Helmand province, Afghanistan...

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2012/03/21   Franco British Council 2012 Defence Conference

2012/03/21 Franco British Council 2012 Defence Conference

Wednesday, 21 March 2012

Speech delivered by Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology at H.M. Ambassador's Residence, Paris on Wednesday 21 March 2012....

Budget provides measures to support Service personnel and their families

Budget provides measures to support Service personnel and their families

Wednesday, 21 March 2012

In his Budget speech today, Chancellor George Osborne announced a range of measures to support Armed Forces personnel and their families....

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HMS Daring joins up with US carrier groups

HMS Daring joins up with US carrier groups

Wednesday, 21 March 2012

On her maiden deployment, HMS Daring has worked with not one but two US Carrier Strike Groups - USS Carl Vinson and USS Abraham Lincoln....

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Navy duo to retrace Shackleton's epic journey

Navy duo to retrace Shackleton's epic journey

Wednesday, 21 March 2012

Two Royal Naval servicemen are set to retrace the steps of Ernest Shackleton's epic journey of 1916 in a replica of the lifeboat used....

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MOD improves response rate to Freedom of Information requests

MOD improves response rate to Freedom of Information requests

Wednesday, 21 March 2012

The MOD now meets the minimum standard of compliance required for responding to Freedom of Information (FOI) requests....

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RAF Tornado squadron home from Afghanistan

RAF Tornado squadron home from Afghanistan

Tuesday, 20 March 2012

12(B) Squadron personnel were reunited with loved ones on Sunday, 18 March, after a four-month deployment to Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan....

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Armed Forces train for Olympics air security

Armed Forces train for Olympics air security

Tuesday, 20 March 2012

Exercise Taurus Mountain 3 is putting airmen, soldiers and sailors through their paces in the skies over North Yorkshire. The exercise takes…...

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British forces support Afghan led clearance of insurgent stronghold

British forces support Afghan led clearance of insurgent stronghold

Tuesday, 20 March 2012

Nearly 1,000 British soldiers joined a major operation planned and led by Afghan security forces to clear insurgents from a Taliban heartland....

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RFA Wave Knight returns from 11 month deployment

RFA Wave Knight returns from 11 month deployment

Tuesday, 20 March 2012

Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) tanker Wave Knight has been welcomed home to Portland as she returned from 11 months away, east of Suez....

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Tornado livery marks 100 years of RAF Squadron

Tornado livery marks 100 years of RAF Squadron

Tuesday, 20 March 2012

Number II (Army Cooperation) [AC] Squadron have decorated a Tornado GR4 in special livery to commemorate the Squadron's 100th anniversary....

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Project MoDEL completed at Northolt

Project MoDEL completed at Northolt

Monday, 19 March 2012

Designed to rationalise the Defence estate in London, Project MoDEL has invested over £180 million in RAF Northolt over the last five years.…...

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British and Afghan troops launch dawn raid in Helmand

British and Afghan troops launch dawn raid in Helmand

Monday, 19 March 2012

A dawn raid by British and Afghan troops in Helmand province has struck a blow at the insurgency in Afghanistan....

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Military personnel announced as Olympic Torchbearers

Military personnel announced as Olympic Torchbearers

Monday, 19 March 2012

The London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) confirmed places for those who will be carrying the Olympic Flame…...

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HMS Protector battles through ice to retrieve scientists

HMS Protector battles through ice to retrieve scientists

Monday, 19 March 2012

The Portsmouth-based survey ship had delivered a small geology team from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) to remote James Ross Island, off…...

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Navy medics in major exercise at sea

Navy medics in major exercise at sea

Monday, 19 March 2012

150 Royal Navy personnel have been taking part in a major medical exercise off the UK's south west coast on board Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) vessel A...

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Royal Navy trials new combat uniform

Royal Navy trials new combat uniform

Monday, 19 March 2012

A new combat uniform for the Royal Navy is being trialled by HMS Daring while on counter-piracy operations in the Gulf....

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