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Thursday, 01 March 2012
Welsh soldiers deployed to Afghanistan have celebrated St David's Day in the traditional way by munching their way through whole, raw leeks....
Thursday, 01 March 2012
The Prince of Wales presented soldiers from the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards with ceremonial leeks today to mark St David's Day....
Thursday, 01 March 2012
Britain's most advanced warship has joined allied navies in a sweep of troubled waters for her first major operation east of Suez....
Wednesday, 29 February 2012
Codenamed Taurus Mountain 2, the exercise tested the ability of the Armed Forces to respond to an airborne threat. It involved RAF Typhoon aircraft…...
Wednesday, 29 February 2012
The potency of the Apache was demonstrated last year courtesy of a succession of ‘surgical strikes’ against pro-government targets in Libya,…...
Wednesday, 29 February 2012
A letter from Defence Secretary Philip Hammond responding to calls that the MOD contracts for new Royal Fleet Auxiliary tankers should have been award...
Tuesday, 28 February 2012
Nearly 100 soldiers from the British Army's 34 Field Hospital unit recently took part in an exercise which saw them erect a huge tented medical facili...
Tuesday, 28 February 2012
Soldiers from the Queen’s Dragoon Guards, known as the Welsh Cavalry, joined forces with their Afghan counterparts to mount the operation to…...
Tuesday, 28 February 2012
The soldiers, who are deploying with 12 Mechanized Brigade on Operation HERRICK 16, will be based in the Gereshk area of Helmand province where…...
Tuesday, 28 February 2012
Two dozen crew from research and survey vessel HMS Protector helped fight the blaze which had engulfed the Ferraz research station on King George…...
Tuesday, 28 February 2012
Defence Secretary Philip Hammond is holding talks with the governments of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan this week to secure supply lines for getting equip...
Monday, 27 February 2012
A British soldier's body armour saved him from a Taliban gunshot during a fierce fire fight in Helmand province recently, enabling him to shrug off th...
Monday, 27 February 2012
The first operation was carried out without any support from the International Security Assistance Force. It involved the search of a compound…...
Monday, 27 February 2012
The North Yorkshire unit was presented with the prestigious Raytheon Falconer Trophy earlier this month. Presented each year since 1982, the…...
Monday, 27 February 2012
Portsmouth-based warship HMS Illustrious has been working with colleagues in the Danish Armed Forces during a four-day visit to Copenhagen...
Monday, 27 February 2012
More than 600 joyous family members and friends greeted their loved ones on the jetty at HM Naval Base Devonport in Plymouth on Friday when HMS Somers...
Friday, 24 February 2012
RAF personnel conducted numerous missions across southern Afghanistan from 12 to 18 February 2012. Here follows an operational update....
Friday, 24 February 2012
Royal Air Force communications specialists recently welcomed the High Sheriff of North Yorkshire to present their Operational Service Medals after the...
Friday, 24 February 2012
Troops from Colchester-based 16 Medical Regiment tested their techniques and the high-tech, lightweight equipment they will use to provide medical…...
Friday, 24 February 2012
A Royal Naval Reservist is training hard to qualify for the British national powerlifting championships, which could enable her to compete in the 2012...
Friday, 24 February 2012
The Commander-in-Chief Fleet, Admiral George Zambellas, received a warm welcome last week, despite being 200 miles (322km) inside the Arctic Circle, w...
Thursday, 23 February 2012
The Defence Inquests Unit's support to coroners is helping bereaved families find out the facts...
Thursday, 23 February 2012
The training centre was officially opened at Horsea Island yesterday, 22 February, to give current and future Navy personnel the best preparation if t...
Thursday, 23 February 2012
Scotland's top Royal Navy diver flew to Rome yesterday for multinational discussions on the best way to recover remaining bodies trapped in the capsiz...
Thursday, 23 February 2012
Members of the Submarine Parachute Assistance Group (SPAG) from all three Services have been putting their parachuting skills to the test in Gibraltar...
Wednesday, 22 February 2012
A new generation of 37,000-tonne tankers is to be ordered for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) to support future Royal Navy operations around the globe...
Wednesday, 22 February 2012
Last week the Defence Academy at Shrivenham played host to twenty-five politicians and Members of Parliament as part of the Armed Forces Parliamentary...
Wednesday, 22 February 2012
The week consists of a series of bespoke exercises which form the pre-deployment training for 617 Sqn before they deploy to Kandahar to replace…...
Wednesday, 22 February 2012
The Tongan Prime Minister, Lord Tu'ivakano, and the Commander of the Tonga Defence Services, Brigadier General 'Uta'atu, were welcomed to the Ministry...
Wednesday, 22 February 2012
Data collected by Royal Navy submarines, as part of standard operations, is set to provide clues on Arctic climate change....