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Princess Anne presents 2 LSR with Afghanistan campaign medals

Princess Anne presents 2 LSR with Afghanistan campaign medals

Tuesday, 31 January 2012

Her Royal Highness Princess Anne, The Princess Royal, has presented personnel from 2 Logistic Support Regiment (2 LSR) with campaign medals following ...

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RFA Fort Victoria disembarks pirates for prosecution in the Seychelles

RFA Fort Victoria disembarks pirates for prosecution in the Seychelles

Tuesday, 31 January 2012

A group of suspected pirates caught by a Royal Navy operation in the Indian Ocean will face justice in the Seychelles....

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Duchess of Cornwall presents medals to medics returned from Afghanistan

Duchess of Cornwall presents medals to medics returned from Afghanistan

Monday, 30 January 2012

The Duchess, who is Commodore-in-Chief of the Royal Naval Medical Services, presented Afghanistan medals to more than 200 men and women from all three...

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New Sea Ceptor missiles to be developed for Royal Navy

New Sea Ceptor missiles to be developed for Royal Navy

Monday, 30 January 2012

The MOD has confirmed the development of a new Royal Navy missile defence system which will be able to intercept and destroy enemy missiles travelling...

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Prime Minister and Afghan President sign UK Afghanistan strategic partnership

Prime Minister and Afghan President sign UK Afghanistan strategic partnership

Monday, 30 January 2012

Prime Minister David Cameron and Afghan President Hamid Karzai met at Chequers, Mr Cameron's country residence, where they signed an enduring strategi...

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UK soldiers and Afghan police launch airborne operation

UK soldiers and Afghan police launch airborne operation

Monday, 30 January 2012

Soldiers from the Queen's Royal Hussars Battle Group and Afghan police joined forces recently to launch their first joint airborne operation in Helman...

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Locals aid Afghan and British troops in seizure of insurgent arms caches

Locals aid Afghan and British troops in seizure of insurgent arms caches

Monday, 30 January 2012

Troops from C Company, 2nd Battalion The Rifles (2 RIFLES), were on a routine patrol with Afghan National Army (ANA) warriors when they were…...

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New airmen and women for the New Year

New airmen and women for the New Year

Friday, 27 January 2012

A group of 68 recruits have become the newest airmen and women of the Royal Air Force this year....

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Taliban leader's control weakens as infighting infects group's top ranks

Taliban leader's control weakens as infighting infects group's top ranks

Friday, 27 January 2012

Taliban leader Mullah Omar's grip on the insurgency is loosening as coalition battlefield successes in southern Afghanistan help sow discord among the...

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A spell in the cockpit

A spell in the cockpit

Friday, 27 January 2012

Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose demonstrates how 824 Naval Air Squadron (NAS) trains aircrew and engineers for the Merlin helicopter fleet....

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HMS Protector arrives in Antarctica

HMS Protector arrives in Antarctica

Thursday, 26 January 2012

Her arrival, via Montevideo in Uruguay, coincided with the centenary of the Royal Navy’s Captain Scott reaching the South Pole. HMS Protector…...

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NATO claims 'successful year' in Afghanistan

NATO claims 'successful year' in Afghanistan

Thursday, 26 January 2012

A spokesman for NATO-led forces said that 2011 had been a 'remarkably successful year' in the fight against insurgents in Afghanistan and in the devel...

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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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