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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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European aerospace industry: UK France vision of its future

European aerospace industry: UK France vision of its future

Friday, 16 March 2012

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

HMS Bulwark lands commandos in the Arctic

HMS Bulwark lands commandos in the Arctic

Friday, 16 March 2012

HMS Bulwark has landed Royal Marines from 42 Commando on the shores of Norway for NATO's winter war games, Exercise Cold Response....

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Royal Engineer sets sights on Paralympics

Royal Engineer sets sights on Paralympics

Friday, 16 March 2012

Recovering in Headley Court from an improvised explosive device blast in Helmand in which he lost both legs, the London Paralympics must have…...

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RAF station raises £14K for charity

RAF station raises £14K for charity

Friday, 16 March 2012

RAF personnel from 90 Signals Unit's Tactical Communications Wing, based at RAF Leeming, have completed a charity drive that has raised over £14K....

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New Defence Intelligence buildings handed over to MOD

New Defence Intelligence buildings handed over to MOD

Friday, 16 March 2012

The first of a suite of new buildings to house Defence Intelligence has been formally handed over to the MOD at RAF Wyton....

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RAF Dakota crash victims buried after 60 years

RAF Dakota crash victims buried after 60 years

Friday, 16 March 2012

British Army and RAF personnel killed in a plane crash in the Malaysian jungle in 1950 have been buried with military honours....

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Paratroopers train with French Airborne Cavalry

Paratroopers train with French Airborne Cavalry

Thursday, 15 March 2012

British and French troops have been training together to improve their urban fighting skills and develop co-operation between the two armies....

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HMS St Albans to sail up Thames

HMS St Albans to sail up Thames

Thursday, 15 March 2012

‘The Saint’ - as the Type 23 frigate is known to her crew - will arrive in London on Saturday morning and will spend a few days hosting a number…...

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Cameron and Obama   we will not give up on the Afghanistan mission

Cameron and Obama we will not give up on the Afghanistan mission

Thursday, 15 March 2012

The UK’s Prime Minister David Cameron is currently in the USA on an official visit. Yesterday, he and US President Barack Obama gave a joint…...

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Navy Merlins take part in anti submarine exercise

Navy Merlins take part in anti submarine exercise

Thursday, 15 March 2012

Two Merlins from 820 Naval Air Squadron have been taking part in the world's biggest anti-submarine exercise, NATO's Proud Manta....

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RAF force protectors ready for Helmand

RAF force protectors ready for Helmand

Thursday, 15 March 2012

Personnel from No 5 RAF Force Protection Wing, based at RAF Lossiemouth, completed their final exercise last week ahead of their Afghan deployment....

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Building for growth

Building for growth

Wednesday, 14 March 2012

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

Technology helps recuperation of troops

Technology helps recuperation of troops

Wednesday, 14 March 2012

New technology is helping to advance the recuperation of injured Service personnel at Tedworth House....

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HMS Illustrious trains in tough Arctic conditions

HMS Illustrious trains in tough Arctic conditions

Wednesday, 14 March 2012

Royal Navy helicopter carrier HMS Illustrious is in the midst of Exercise Cold Response, based in the Arctic....

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Royal Marines practise urban combat skills

Royal Marines practise urban combat skills

Wednesday, 14 March 2012

The Royal Marines, from X-Ray Company, 45 Commando, are preparing to take over as Britain’s ‘lead commando group’ - a high-readiness contingency…...

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Norfolk supports Armed Forces Community Covenant

Norfolk supports Armed Forces Community Covenant

Wednesday, 14 March 2012

Norfolk's Armed Forces and community leaders came together recently to sign the Norfolk Armed Forces Community Covenant....

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