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Army works with community to tackle vandalism

Army works with community to tackle vandalism

Wednesday, 18 January 2012

Training facilities for troops and the quality of life for residents have improved thanks to the work of the Middlewick Stakeholders Group, …...

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NATO's senior civilian in Afghanistan discusses challenges ahead

NATO's senior civilian in Afghanistan discusses challenges ahead

Tuesday, 17 January 2012

NATO's senior civilian representative in Afghanistan, Ambassador Sir Simon Gass, gave a lecture at the Royal United Services Institute yesterday on th...

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UK military expedition marks centenary of Scott reaching South Pole

UK military expedition marks centenary of Scott reaching South Pole

Tuesday, 17 January 2012

Members of the British Services Antarctic Expedition 2012 yesterday marked the 100th anniversary of the day Royal Navy Captain Robert Falcon Scott's i...

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Medics prepare for Helmand

Medics prepare for Helmand

Tuesday, 17 January 2012

The exercise at Towthorpe Lines, Strensall, was designed to pull together over a year’s worth of build-up planning for a three-month operational…...

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British Army radio promotes internet use

British Army radio promotes internet use

Tuesday, 17 January 2012

The British Army's radio service has embarked on a major promotion of listening to radio via the internet for 2012....

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Defence Minister discusses space security

Defence Minister discusses space security

Tuesday, 17 January 2012

Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology Peter Luff visited RAF Fylingdales in North Yorkshire yesterday with Minister for Universities ...

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Second tranche of Armed Forces redundancies announced

Second tranche of Armed Forces redundancies announced

Tuesday, 17 January 2012

The Armed Forces are today announcing the fields from which they will select those to be made redundant in Tranche 2 of the Armed Forces Redundancy Pr...

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RFA Wave Knight rescues sailors in distress

RFA Wave Knight rescues sailors in distress

Tuesday, 17 January 2012

Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessel Wave Knight responded to a mayday distress call this weekend from a 70-foot (21m) pleasure craft sailing in the northern ...

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Afghanistan operational air update 7 January 2012

Afghanistan operational air update 7 January 2012

Monday, 16 January 2012

RAF, Royal Navy and Army Air Corps personnel conducted numerous missions across southern Afghanistan from 1 to 7 January 2012. Here follows an operati...

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IN PICTURES: Falklands veteran meets Argentine pilot he shot down 30 years ago

IN PICTURES: Falklands veteran meets Argentine pilot he shot down 30 years ago

Monday, 16 January 2012

A Royal Navy veteran from the Falklands War has completed an extraordinary journey to meet the Argentine pilot he thought he had shot down and killed ...

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Royal Marines practise Olympic security on Thames

Royal Marines practise Olympic security on Thames

Monday, 16 January 2012

The Green Berets have joined the Metropolitan Police’s Marine Policing Unit for a series of training exercises on the capital’s great artery…...

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Historic RAF squadron disbands

Historic RAF squadron disbands

Monday, 16 January 2012

The squadron - which formerly trained fast jet pilots - has been disbanded following the Strategic Defence and Security Review which has resulted…...

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Navy captures 13 Somali pirates

Navy captures 13 Somali pirates

Monday, 16 January 2012

Thirteen Somali pirates were captured on a dhow in the Indian Ocean on Friday by a combination of Royal Navy, Royal Marines and Royal Fleet Auxiliary ...

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Army's top woman gives first interview

Army's top woman gives first interview

Friday, 13 January 2012

Brigadier Moffat is the highest ranked woman in the British Army. She has excelled in all kinds of things during a near 30-year career that …...

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Navy and RAF among top 100 employers of gay people

Navy and RAF among top 100 employers of gay people

Friday, 13 January 2012

The Royal Navy and RAF have both been ranked amongst the top 100 employers in Britain of lesbian, gay and bisexual people for 2012....

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Life in an Army band

Life in an Army band

Friday, 13 January 2012

The RMSM at Kneller Hall owes its creation to an unintentional yet highly embarrassing public affront to Queen Victoria. To round off a Grand…...

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Afghan children enjoy Open Day at Kandahar Airfield

Afghan children enjoy Open Day at Kandahar Airfield

Thursday, 12 January 2012

Hundreds of Afghan schoolchildren met RAF personnel at an Open Day held by the Afghan Air Force at Kandahar Airfield....

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RAF engineer wins the Churchill Medal

RAF engineer wins the Churchill Medal

Thursday, 12 January 2012

Last year the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), working in partnership with the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and …...

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Wildcat begins sea trials with Iron Duke

Wildcat begins sea trials with Iron Duke

Thursday, 12 January 2012

The successor to the trusty Lynx, which has served the Navy and the Army admirably since the 1970s, will spend the next month flying on and …...

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JAGO awarded for DataMan mapping system

JAGO awarded for DataMan mapping system

Thursday, 12 January 2012

The DataMan geographic system, developed by the MOD's Joint Aeronautical and Geospatial Organisation (JAGO), has been recognised as one of 2011's top ...

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MOD paves way for new wind farm friendly radars

MOD paves way for new wind farm friendly radars

Thursday, 12 January 2012

The MOD has agreed a deal for energy companies to fund new wind-farm-friendly radars, with the potential to unlock more than four gigawatts (GW) of re...

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MOD pledges millions to Service children's education

MOD pledges millions to Service children's education

Wednesday, 11 January 2012

Innovative projects to make sure that the children of Service personnel are not disadvantaged by moving to different schools have received funding fro...

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Military advisers fine tune front line kit

Military advisers fine tune front line kit

Wednesday, 11 January 2012

Ensuring that cutting-edge equipment is at the disposal of soldiers is essential to the British Army’s success. It is for this reason that …...

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HMS Daring sets sail on maiden deployment

HMS Daring sets sail on maiden deployment

Wednesday, 11 January 2012

The Portsmouth-based warship - hailed by her Commanding Officer as ‘staggeringly capable’ - will spend the next seven months east of Suez, safeguardin...

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BFBS launches new way for Forces families to stay in touch

BFBS launches new way for Forces families to stay in touch

Wednesday, 11 January 2012

The British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) has teamed up with The Sun newspaper and Audioboo to launch 'Boost for the Boys', a new way of keeping ...

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Sea King returns to duties after 18 month reconstruction

Sea King returns to duties after 18 month reconstruction

Wednesday, 11 January 2012

After 18 months of reconstruction Sea King helicopter ZA298, from the Commando Helicopter Force, that was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) in A...

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RAF nominated for lesbian recruiter of the year award

RAF nominated for lesbian recruiter of the year award

Tuesday, 10 January 2012

g3 is a national free magazine aimed primarily at lesbian and bisexual women with a readership of 140,000 and complements other free magazines…...

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YORKS soldiers on patrol in Helmand

YORKS soldiers on patrol in Helmand

Tuesday, 10 January 2012

Nearly 500 members of 1 YORKS arrived in Helmand at the beginning of October 2011 for a six-month deployment in support of 20th Armoured Brigade…...

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Community Covenant signed in Broxtowe

Community Covenant signed in Broxtowe

Tuesday, 10 January 2012

Broxtowe Borough in Nottinghamshire showed its support for the local Armed Forces yesterday by signing up to the Community Covenant Scheme. Report by ...

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New video explains support available to veterans

New video explains support available to veterans

Tuesday, 10 January 2012

A video to help veterans learn about the support available to them has been published on YouTube by the Service Personnel and Veterans Agency (SPVA)...

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