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Friday, 09 March 2012
Dressed in their ceremonial day uniforms, these servicemen and women will take part in over 100 ‘team welcome ceremonies’ and 805 ‘victory ceremonies…...
Friday, 09 March 2012
12 Mechanized Brigade personnel have been preparing on Salisbury Plain for their upcoming deployment to Helmand on Operation HERRICK 16....
Friday, 09 March 2012
Personnel from RAF Benson have been feeding and housing 500 Joint Helicopter Command personnel on their Afghanistan training exercise....
Thursday, 08 March 2012
Following the loss of six soldiers in Afghanistan this week, Defence Secretary Philip Hammond writes about why we are in Afghanistan and what is being...
Thursday, 08 March 2012
British troops have run a course for female officers of the Afghan Uniform Police in improvised explosive device (IED) awareness....
Thursday, 08 March 2012
The tragic incident in Helmand involving six British soldiers is sad news for all in the Services but even more so for their families and friends…...
Thursday, 08 March 2012
Two women from the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) have recently served in Afghanistan as Operational Analysts. ...
Wednesday, 07 March 2012
I visited Sangin today for the last time as Head of the PRT. It’s a place where many ISAF [International Security Assistance Force] and Afghan…...
Wednesday, 07 March 2012
Lieutenant Colonel Tom Copinger-Symes said reservists had ‘integrated seamlessly’ into the 5th Battalion The Rifles (5 RIFLES) Battle Group,…...
Wednesday, 07 March 2012
HMS Iron Duke has been awarded for her efficiency and effectiveness on operations in the Gulf and off Libya....
Wednesday, 07 March 2012
The custodianship of the Royal Navy's oldest commissioned warship HMS Victory is to be transferred from the MOD to a charitable trust....
Wednesday, 07 March 2012
It is with great sadness that the Ministry of Defence must announce that six soldiers are missing, believed killed, after their armoured vehicle was c...
Tuesday, 06 March 2012
Crowds gathered on the Wirral and in the heart of Liverpool yesterday to bid a fond and final farewell to Type 42 destroyer HMS Liverpool....
Tuesday, 06 March 2012
Lance Corporal Leone Tunidau Boila, nicknamed ‘Leo’ due to his professional pride and uncanny strength, is known by the soldiers of Patrol Base…...
Tuesday, 06 March 2012
Representatives from South Lanarkshire Council, partners from the voluntary, business and health sectors, and Armed Forces personnel met yesterday…...
Tuesday, 06 March 2012
Soldiers from 1 Transport Squadron, 10 The Queen’s Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment (10 QOGLR), have showcased their versatility by transforming…...
Tuesday, 06 March 2012
Injured Royal Marines won nearly 20 medals in the recent United States Marine Corps Wounded Warrior Trials held in California....
Monday, 05 March 2012
After more than 15 months in Afghanistan, 854 Naval Air Squadron has returned home to Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose in Cornwall....
Monday, 05 March 2012
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Monday, 05 March 2012
Territorial Army soldiers paraded through Liverpool on Saturday, 3 March 2012, following their return from a demanding tour in Afghanistan....
Monday, 05 March 2012
The Tongan Prime Minister has been greeted with a Sipi Tau war challenge during a visit to Tongan troops working with the RAF in Helmand....
Monday, 05 March 2012
Armed with receivers, satellite communications and other systems, 14 Signal Regiment serve as the finely-tuned ears of the British Army....
Friday, 02 March 2012
Sailors from HMS Protector have returned to the exact spot where polar explorer Ernest Shackleton saved his men nearly 100 years ago....
Friday, 02 March 2012
Mr Day was chosen for this role following an internal competition after Sir Alex Allan’s departure in late 2011. The appointment has been approved…...
Friday, 02 March 2012
The hunter-killer nuclear submarine HMS Astute, the first of the Navy’s next-generation submarines, is the most advanced submarine Britain has…...
Friday, 02 March 2012
The National Capital Works Framework is being developed and procured by the DIO Next Generation Estate Contracts (NGEC) team. It will be used…...
Friday, 02 March 2012
To mark the unique occasion of Her Majesty The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, Fortnum and Mason is presenting all Armed Forces personnel on active…...
Friday, 02 March 2012
A military horse from the Household Cavalry has taken it upon himself to help muck out his own yard during the morning mucking-out parade....
Thursday, 01 March 2012
The award of a contract to a commercial partner to help improve the MOD's business services has been announced today....
Thursday, 01 March 2012
Soldiers from 1st Battalion The Royal Welsh recently visited a mosque in Bolton as part of preparations for their deployment to Afghanistan....