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Tuesday, 13 December 2011
RFA Wave Ruler arrived home yesterday, 12 December 2011, after spending nearly two years working across hurricane zones and drug-trafficking routes....
Tuesday, 13 December 2011
The second-highest-ranking Royal Air Force officer has visited British personnel who are being trained in America to use the Rivet Joint aircraft - th...
Monday, 12 December 2011
An officer who helped keep the British Army's Apache attack helicopters flying in the demanding environments of Afghanistan and Libya has been named Y...
Monday, 12 December 2011
His Royal Highness The Duke of York has presented personnel from the 9th/12th Royal Lancers with campaign medals following their return from a demandi...
Monday, 12 December 2011
British troops and Afghan commandos have conducted a daring dawn raid under fire to target a suspected improvised explosive device (IED) factory in He...
Monday, 12 December 2011
Since the Royal Navy helicopter carrier HMS Ocean left the UK, the ship has spent 176 days at sea and steamed more than 40,000 miles (64,000km…...
Friday, 09 December 2011
Following the success of the BBC2 TV series ‘The Choir: Military Wives’, which saw musical maestro Gareth Malone teaching wives and girlfriends…...
Friday, 09 December 2011
Sappers from 29 Armoured Engineer Squadron, part of 35 Engineer Regiment, ‘winter-proofed’ Route Mars in Lashkar Gah district, Helmand province…...
Friday, 09 December 2011
The summary of the PAC’s 59th report, ‘The cost-effective delivery of an armoured vehicle capability’, states: “Since the 1998 Strategic…...
Thursday, 08 December 2011
Speech by Philip Hammond, Secretary of State for Defence....
Thursday, 08 December 2011
Afghan police mentored by British troops have discovered an opium stash worth millions of pounds, along with insurgent weapons, during an arrest opera...
Thursday, 08 December 2011
In a Written Ministerial Statement to Parliament, Mr Hammond said: “I have previously informed the House that I would provide a final estimate…...
Thursday, 08 December 2011
Secretary of State for Defence Philip Hammond has restated the need for reform in Defence in a speech at the Royal United Services Institute.Secretary...
Thursday, 08 December 2011
Women are to be allowed to serve on submarines for the first time in the Royal Navy's history, the Secretary of State for Defence Philip Hammond annou...
Wednesday, 07 December 2011
Speech by Sir Nick Harvey, Minister for the Armed Forces....
Wednesday, 07 December 2011
The Highlanders were in Afghanistan when Her Majesty The Queen, the Colonel-in-Chief of The Royal Regiment of Scotland, presented new Colours…...
Wednesday, 07 December 2011
British troops who were involved in this year's NATO-led operations to protect civilians in Libya attended a special reception held in their honour at...
Wednesday, 07 December 2011
The UK now has three groundbreaking Type 45 destroyers ready to deploy on operations after HMS Diamond passed her final, demanding test....
Wednesday, 07 December 2011
The 4th Battalion The Rifles (4 RIFLES) Battle Group has undertaken a last minute exercise to test their mobilisation procedures for their new role as...
Tuesday, 06 December 2011
Speech by Philip Hammond, Secretary of State for Defence....
Tuesday, 06 December 2011
Mr Hammond was at Colchester-based 16 Air Assault Brigade, home to the Airborne Task Force, which can deploy anywhere in the world at short …...
Tuesday, 06 December 2011
TV presenter and journalist Lorraine Kelly joined members of the Armed Forces at the Tower of London today to launch the annual Christmas Box campaign...
Tuesday, 06 December 2011
British Foreign Secretary William Hague has said that a blueprint for the international community's long-term engagement with Afghanistan beyond 2014 ...
Tuesday, 06 December 2011
A Royal Navy Sea King helicopter from HMS Gannet in Prestwick, Scotland, battled difficult conditions yesterday morning, Monday 5 December, to rescue ...
Monday, 05 December 2011
British soldiers training Afghan police have hailed the success of a training course that has seen its biggest intake ever....
Monday, 05 December 2011
A lightweight oxygen generator developed to save lives on the front line has won first prize at the Engineer Technology and Innovation Awards 2011....
Monday, 05 December 2011
British soldiers embedded with an Afghan National Army unit recently to offer advice on a three-day operation to clear a vital supply route and search...
Monday, 05 December 2011
Families and friends of sailors serving on board HMS St Albans and HMS Edinburgh gathered at Portsmouth Naval Base on Friday, 2 December, to greet the...
Friday, 02 December 2011
Following last year’s successful debut, the Tournament will take place this year from 2 to 4 December, with Her Majesty The Queen attending …...
Friday, 02 December 2011
HMS Victory, the world's oldest commissioned warship, is to be returned to her former glory thanks to a ten-year restoration programme....
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