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RAF honours its best apprentices

RAF honours its best apprentices

Tuesday, 14 February 2012

Four RAF apprentices were recognised for their outstanding achievements at the RAF Apprentice of the Year Awards which took place during last week's N...

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RAF Regiment leads operation against Taliban bomb makers

RAF Regiment leads operation against Taliban bomb makers

Monday, 13 February 2012

Members of the RAF Regiment have found and destroyed a large cache of Taliban IED-making equipment in an operation conducted alongside Afghan and US f...

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HMS Somerset's marines train with Saudi Arabian troops

HMS Somerset's marines train with Saudi Arabian troops

Monday, 13 February 2012

Type 23 frigate HMS Somerset is currently on maritime security operations in the Middle East working alongside Saudi Arabian authorities to …...

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Prince Harry visits RAF Honington

Prince Harry visits RAF Honington

Monday, 13 February 2012

Prince Harry recently visited RAF Honington in Suffolk and met station personnel and their families as well as being shown a selection of the unit's s...

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UK soldiers help Afghan led operation disrupt insurgents

UK soldiers help Afghan led operation disrupt insurgents

Monday, 13 February 2012

British soldiers from 2nd Battalion The Rifles (2 RIFLES) have helped Afghan security forces in an operation to clear insurgents from an area close to...

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Data reveals Navy's and RAF's busiest Search and Rescue units

Data reveals Navy's and RAF's busiest Search and Rescue units

Monday, 13 February 2012

During the past 12 months, the data from the Defence Analytical Services Agency shows that the personnel at HMS Gannet in Prestwick, Ayrshire…...

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British Army officer helps Afghan General learn English

British Army officer helps Afghan General learn English

Friday, 10 February 2012

Brigadier General Sherin Shah, the Commander of 3rd Brigade of 215 Corps of the Afghan National Army (ANA), spends around two hours a day hitting…...

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Year on year violence levels in Afghanistan decrease for first time

Year on year violence levels in Afghanistan decrease for first time

Friday, 10 February 2012

For the first time since 2006 year-on-year violence levels decreased across Afghanistan in 2011, Foreign Secretary William Hague said yesterday in the...

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British soldiers help Afghan police colleagues stay warm

British soldiers help Afghan police colleagues stay warm

Friday, 10 February 2012

The Police Mentoring and Advisory Group (PMAG), which is led by 1st Battalion The Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment (1 PWRR), has been assisting…...

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Royal Anglians train near home for Afghanistan

Royal Anglians train near home for Afghanistan

Friday, 10 February 2012

The soldiers, who are based in Wiltshire, undertook exercises at the Stanford Training Area (STANTA) in Norfolk last month. Norfolk is one of…...

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Army and Navy support National Apprenticeship Week

Army and Navy support National Apprenticeship Week

Friday, 10 February 2012

A soldier has been talking this week about how his apprenticeship has helped him keep Apaches flying over Afghanistan, while HMS Raleigh has been show...

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Royal Navy Club Founder's Day dinner

Royal Navy Club Founder's Day dinner

Thursday, 09 February 2012

Speech by Sir Nick Harvey, Minister for the Armed Forces....

2 MERCIAN help Afghan Government reach out in Upper Gereshk Valley

2 MERCIAN help Afghan Government reach out in Upper Gereshk Valley

Thursday, 09 February 2012

British soldiers have been helping to spread the influence of the Afghan Government in Helmand province by bringing its representatives together with ...

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IN PICTURES: British soldiers fight Taliban in two day battle

IN PICTURES: British soldiers fight Taliban in two day battle

Thursday, 09 February 2012

A ferocious two-day-long battle between the Taliban and British troops with their Afghan police partners has taken place following a dawn airborne rai...

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12th Mechanized Brigade to replace 20th Armoured Brigade in Helmand

12th Mechanized Brigade to replace 20th Armoured Brigade in Helmand

Thursday, 09 February 2012

12th Mechanized Brigade will replace 20th Armoured Brigade in April 2012 as the lead formation of British troops in Helmand province, Defence Secretar...

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Royal Navy issues record fine for illegal fishing

Royal Navy issues record fine for illegal fishing

Thursday, 09 February 2012

A Royal Navy patrol ship has issued a record on-the-spot fine to fishermen using undersized nets after sailors boarded a Dutch fishing vessel in the N...

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Captain Wales completes Apache training

Captain Wales completes Apache training

Thursday, 09 February 2012

His Royal Highness Prince Harry, or Captain Wales as he is known in the Army, has been named best co-pilot gunner in his Apache training course....

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MOD to buy extra C 17 aircraft

MOD to buy extra C 17 aircraft

Wednesday, 08 February 2012

Speaking in the House of Commons, Mr Cameron said: “Because the Ministry of Defence’s finances are better run and better managed, and because…...

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Defence Committee commends Armed Forces for Libya mission

Defence Committee commends Armed Forces for Libya mission

Wednesday, 08 February 2012

The UK's contribution to the NATO mission in Libya has been commended by the House of Commons Defence Select Committee in its report on the operation....

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RAF Regiment holds 70th anniversary commemorative service

RAF Regiment holds 70th anniversary commemorative service

Wednesday, 08 February 2012

The Royal Air Force Regiment commemorated its 70th anniversary in a special service held yesterday at St Edmundsbury Cathedral....

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King's Troop RHA moves into state of the art facilities in Woolwich

King's Troop RHA moves into state of the art facilities in Woolwich

Wednesday, 08 February 2012

The King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery (RHA) has taken up residence in a new, purpose-built, state-of-the-art equestrian training facility and accommo...

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British and Afghan troops take on insurgency in Gereshk

British and Afghan troops take on insurgency in Gereshk

Tuesday, 07 February 2012

More than 280 British troops joined forces with 690 warriors from the Afghan National Army (ANA) and patrolmen from the Afghan National Police…...

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UK soldiers help Afghan government officials meet village elders

UK soldiers help Afghan government officials meet village elders

Tuesday, 07 February 2012

Soldiers from 5th Battalion The Rifles (5 RIFLES) have helped district community councillors and local elders from a village in Nahr-e Saraj (South) g...

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HMS Liverpool shadows Russian carrier

HMS Liverpool shadows Russian carrier

Tuesday, 07 February 2012

Royal Navy destroyer HMS Liverpool has sailed alongside the Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov as she made her way north around British waters...

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IN PICTURES: King's Troop RHA leaves St John's Wood for new home in Woolwich

IN PICTURES: King's Troop RHA leaves St John's Wood for new home in Woolwich

Tuesday, 07 February 2012

The King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery (RHA) rode through St John's Wood yesterday, Monday 6 February 2012, as they left their barracks for the last t...

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Drilling begins in Portsmouth for arrival of Navy's latest carriers

Drilling begins in Portsmouth for arrival of Navy's latest carriers

Monday, 06 February 2012

The next step in preparing Portsmouth Naval Base to be the home of the biggest warships ever built for the Royal Navy began last week....

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Prince William takes up duties in the Falklands

Prince William takes up duties in the Falklands

Monday, 06 February 2012

Flight Lieutenant Wales has commenced his duties as an RAF Search and Rescue (SAR) helicopter co-pilot in the Falkland Islands providing SAR cover for...

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Artillery regiments start Diamond Jubilee year with a bang

Artillery regiments start Diamond Jubilee year with a bang

Monday, 06 February 2012

Various artillery regiments have been firing salutes across the country today to mark the 60th anniversary of the accession of Her Majesty The Queen t...

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HMS Protector cuts through Antarctic ice

HMS Protector cuts through Antarctic ice

Monday, 06 February 2012

The ship arrived in Antarctica for the first time two weeks ago after her long sail south from Portsmouth and is following up important survey…...

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Prime Minister meets Royal Marines back from Afghanistan

Prime Minister meets Royal Marines back from Afghanistan

Monday, 06 February 2012

Prime Minister David Cameron visited Royal Marines Commandos, who have recently returned from spearheading Operation HERRICK 14 in Afghanistan, at the...

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