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UK troops trade places with US Marine Maintenance Company counterparts

UK troops trade places with US Marine Maintenance Company counterparts

Thursday, 26 January 2012

Two soldiers with the British Army's Theatre Equipment Support Battalion have been sharing wrenches with some of the finest maintainers from the 2nd M...

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Services targeted in voter registration drive

Services targeted in voter registration drive

Thursday, 26 January 2012

Thousands of members of the Armed Forces could lose their chance to vote this year if they do not fill in a voter registration form....

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Partnership pays off for submarine upgrades

Partnership pays off for submarine upgrades

Thursday, 26 January 2012

Two of the Royal Navy's Trafalgar Class submarines are reaping the benefits of major upgrades to their combat systems following their latest maintenan...

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Dstl STEPS new starter conference

Dstl STEPS new starter conference

Wednesday, 25 January 2012

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

Leave the landing light on

Leave the landing light on

Wednesday, 25 January 2012

The deck of the new Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers may be the size of four football pitches and supported by the best part of 65,000 tonnes o...

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Olympic security training continues with military aviation exercise

Olympic security training continues with military aviation exercise

Wednesday, 25 January 2012

Royal Air Force and Royal Navy aircraft are in operation over the skies of Yorkshire as part of a major training exercise to prepare for this year's O...

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HMS Liverpool to visit London on farewell tour

HMS Liverpool to visit London on farewell tour

Wednesday, 25 January 2012

HMS Liverpool recently returned from a seven-month deployment off Libya where she played a key role as part of NATO's task force during the conflict -...

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Tank demo gives troops tactical insights

Tank demo gives troops tactical insights

Wednesday, 25 January 2012

A full-scale attack by twelve Challenger 2 tanks has been underway - not on the front line but on Salisbury Plain for the Combined Arms Demonstration ...

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Royal Auxiliary Air Force medic saves lives

Royal Auxiliary Air Force medic saves lives

Tuesday, 24 January 2012

A Royal Auxiliary Air Force airman who set up life-saving medical centres for Afghan children caught up in the conflict has been described as an inspi...

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Forces broadcaster set for second tour in Afghanistan

Forces broadcaster set for second tour in Afghanistan

Tuesday, 24 January 2012

Forces broadcaster Rachel Cochrane is making ready for her second tour in Afghanistan....

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HMS Victory 1744   a rare gift to Foundation

HMS Victory 1744 a rare gift to Foundation

Tuesday, 24 January 2012

The wreck of the historically important HMS Victory from 1744 has been gifted to the Maritime Heritage Foundation....

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Submarine Rescue System is put through its paces

Submarine Rescue System is put through its paces

Tuesday, 24 January 2012

Costing £130m and weighing 360 tonnes, the NATO Submarine Rescue System is one of the most sophisticated pieces of equipment in the world. For four da...

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European defence and security 2012

European defence and security 2012

Monday, 23 January 2012

Speech by Gerald Howarth, Minister for International Security Strategy....

Cutting edge Daring protected by Scimitar as she departs the Rock

Cutting edge Daring protected by Scimitar as she departs the Rock

Monday, 23 January 2012

The Royal Navy Gibraltar Squadron provided force protection for HMS Daring as she left the Rock at the end of her first overseas port of call as she h...

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SSVC Forces Cinemas go digital at Culdrose

SSVC Forces Cinemas go digital at Culdrose

Monday, 23 January 2012

Thanks to a £92,000 project, the Services Sound and Vision Corporation’s (SSVC’s) Seahawk Cinema at RNAS Culdrose has joined the digital revolution…...

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Princess unveils 'Heroes Wall' honouring three fallen soldiers from same school

Princess unveils 'Heroes Wall' honouring three fallen soldiers from same school

Monday, 23 January 2012

Three soldiers who died in Iraq and Afghanistan will always be remembered by their former school thanks to a Heroes Wall unveiled by Her Royal Highnes...

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Paratroopers undertake public order training

Paratroopers undertake public order training

Monday, 23 January 2012

Troops from 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment (3 PARA) have been bombarded with petrol bombs and missiles during public order training in a mock vi...

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HMS Westminster deploys to Middle East

HMS Westminster deploys to Middle East

Monday, 23 January 2012

The Type 23 frigate will be acting as part of the Royal Navy’s standing commitment in the Middle East, providing reassurance to the UK’s allies…...

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Thames exercise prepares Marines for Olympic security role

Thames exercise prepares Marines for Olympic security role

Friday, 20 January 2012

This week's Olympic security training exercise on the River Thames in London, which has involved nearly 100 Royal Marines joining up with police and h...

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Sappers triumph in annual skiing competition

Sappers triumph in annual skiing competition

Friday, 20 January 2012

The North-Germany-based unit was declared the overall champion while the men’s 1 Logistic Support Regiment (1 LSR) team won the military patrol…...

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Army cyclist competes for Olympic qualification

Army cyclist competes for Olympic qualification

Friday, 20 January 2012

With Great Britain’s cyclists dominating the field at the 2008 Olympics they can rightly expect the very best in terms of funding and coaching…...

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Royal Navy returns pirated dhow to owner

Royal Navy returns pirated dhow to owner

Friday, 20 January 2012

Royal Navy and Royal Marines personnel embarked on Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) vessel Fort Victoria have successfully rescued a dhow from the clutches...

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Troops take to the West End stage

Troops take to the West End stage

Friday, 20 January 2012

A remarkable group of wounded, sick and injured Service personnel will star on the West End stage this weekend....

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A soldier's life in Helmand's Green Zone

A soldier's life in Helmand's Green Zone

Thursday, 19 January 2012

In his latest blog, Private Graham 'T' Thurston, a British soldier from 1st Battalion The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (1 PWRR), currently deplo...

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Surgeon General discusses importance of partnerships

Surgeon General discusses importance of partnerships

Thursday, 19 January 2012

Surgeon Vice Admiral Raffaelli started his speech saying that the exceptional care we are delivering to our soldiers, sailors and airmen is …...

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Junior Soldiers complete Phase 1 training

Junior Soldiers complete Phase 1 training

Thursday, 19 January 2012

Over 300 Junior Soldiers, aged seventeen and eighteen, marched onto the parade square at the Army Foundation College Harrogate in front of thousands o...

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New Non Executive appointed

New Non Executive appointed

Thursday, 19 January 2012

Mr Graham Williams, a former PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) partner, has been appointed as a Non-Executive Member of the Defence Board and Chair of the ...

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Naval charities receive a massive lift from Pembroke

Naval charities receive a massive lift from Pembroke

Thursday, 19 January 2012

Sailors on minehunter HMS Pembroke stripped off for charity - but not to produce a calendar....

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Field Training Unit prepares Gurkhas for Helmand

Field Training Unit prepares Gurkhas for Helmand

Wednesday, 18 January 2012

Soldiers from 1st Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles (1 RGR) were among the latest to benefit from the experience of the Field Training Unit at Salisbu...

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New Navy recruits arrive at HMS Raleigh

New Navy recruits arrive at HMS Raleigh

Wednesday, 18 January 2012

64 budding sailors are the first recruits to arrive at HMS Raleigh this year to start their ten-week initial naval training course....

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