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Monday, 09 January 2012
Some 600 current and former members of the Armed Forces and their families attended the premiere of Steven Spielberg's new film 'War Horse' in London'...
Monday, 09 January 2012
Modern war is fought with information as well as bullets and few in Afghanistan are in possession of as much statistical firepower as Charlie…...
Monday, 09 January 2012
Mr Hammond visited the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy in Dorset where Olympic and Paralympic watersport events will take place…...
Monday, 09 January 2012
The Afghan National Army's (ANA's) newly-formed Counter-Improvised Explosive Device (C-IED) Team recently demonstrated their proficiency in front of t...
Monday, 09 January 2012
Three new play parks for children living at and around RAF Halton were recently officially opened as part of a project to improve life for RAF familie...
Friday, 06 January 2012
RAF, Royal Navy and Army Air Corps personnel conducted numerous missions across southern Afghanistan from 18-31 December 2011. Here follows an operati...
Friday, 06 January 2012
Members of the Royal Gibraltar Regiment are currently augmenting other units in Afghanistan and playing an important part in operations while other so...
Friday, 06 January 2012
Exercise Gaulish Hackle took place at the Centre d’Entrainement aux Actions en Zone Urbaine (CENZUB) - a French urban warfare training facility…...
Friday, 06 January 2012
As Nad 'Ali looks to a brighter future, Tristan Kelly reports from the former Taliban stronghold. ...
Friday, 06 January 2012
A Royal Naval Reservist and Staff Officer at the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) has been honoured as a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) ...
Thursday, 05 January 2012
Speech by Philip Hammond, Secretary of State for Defence....
Thursday, 05 January 2012
A series of 'top tips' offering Service personnel practical advice on financial issues has been produced by the Government and representative bodies f...
Thursday, 05 January 2012
At its peak the UK had around 4,000 personnel, 37 aircraft and four ships committed to the operation to support Libyan civilians under threat from Col...
Thursday, 05 January 2012
Soldiers from D Company, 5th Battalion The Rifles (5 RIFLES), and their partners from the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) have been taking…...
Thursday, 05 January 2012
The Royal Engineers from 63 Works Group, part of 170 (Infrastructure Support) Engineer Group, were part of a 58-strong team including civil,…...
Thursday, 05 January 2012
In his first visit to the United States since his appointment as Defence Secretary, Philip Hammond has travelled to Washington to meet his American co...
Wednesday, 04 January 2012
UK military and civilian personnel have taken part in a training exercise in Botswana to hone their stabilisation skills, which will be used in Afghan...
Wednesday, 04 January 2012
Giant sacks, specially designed to transport fuel by air to the front line, have been delivered to troops in Afghanistan....
Wednesday, 04 January 2012
Army photographers have an important job in communicating and recording military activity. But they are very much soldiers first. Report by Leigh Hami...
Wednesday, 04 January 2012
Royal Navy warship HMS Kent returned to her Portsmouth home in December following a year-long, £24m upgrade in Rosyth, Scotland, which saw major impro...
Tuesday, 03 January 2012
Commodore-in-Chief of the RFA, Prince Edward and his wife toured submarine HMS Triumph and support ship RFA Diligence and dropped in on the …...
Tuesday, 03 January 2012
Dr Andrew Baxter of the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), based at Porton Down, has been the driving force behind many of the…...
Tuesday, 03 January 2012
British soldiers serving in Afghanistan have seen in the New Year by undertaking marathons at their bases to raise money for charity....
Saturday, 31 December 2011
119 UK Service personnel have been granted state honours by Her Majesty The Queen in the annual New Year's Honours list....
Friday, 23 December 2011
A different image will be posted here each day until 24 December 2011. Most of the featured photographs were taken by Service or MOD photographers…...
Friday, 23 December 2011
HMS Somerset is working under Combined Maritime Forces as part of a task force which patrols the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Indian Ocean and the…...
Friday, 23 December 2011
Keen to build on the success of last season, which saw them win a total of 11 medals in international events, the team have been training hard…...
Friday, 23 December 2011
Nearly 1,000 British and Afghan soldiers and Afghan Police have taken part in a major operation to clear insurgents from a crucial area of Helmand pro...
Friday, 23 December 2011
The event was organised by fledging charity, My Daddy is a Soldier Adventures, whose founders Louise Fetigan and Linda Trickett are both military…...
Thursday, 22 December 2011
UK servicemen and women in Afghanistan will enjoy an extra 1 hour and 15 minutes of talk-time to keep in touch with family and friends this Christmas....
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology Tech Secretary launches Sovereign AI
Department of Health and Social Care Firefighters to benefit from bespoke health support
Ministry of Justice Urgent action to rapidly improve HMP Woodhill
Flood Forecasting Centre Advancing national capability in surface water flood forecasting
Ministry of Justice RAAC hit court reopens in boost for London justice
Department for Education New practical advice for families to get children school ready
Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration Current inspections