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Wednesday, 19 October 2011
Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has told Parliament that 'real and meaningful' progress is being achieved in Afghanistan and that the insurgency is u...
Wednesday, 19 October 2011
Fresh from a £40m refit, helicopter carrier HMS Illustrious has begun two months of intensive training off the south coast of Britain....
Wednesday, 19 October 2011
Five soldiers from 4 Logistic Support Regiment have been commended for saving a stab victim's life in Canada by ingeniously using credit cards to trea...
Tuesday, 18 October 2011
A boarding team from HMS Somerset has liberated a large fishing dhow, which had been taken over by a group of armed Somalis a few days earlier, over 1...
Tuesday, 18 October 2011
Just two days after HMS Albion made her final entry to Plymouth for three years, and three days after she herself completed her last major training…...
Tuesday, 18 October 2011
HMS York leaves Portsmouth to return to Libya and relieve HMS Liverpool in support of NATO's ongoing Operation UNIFIED PROTECTOR. ...
Tuesday, 18 October 2011
After six months of operating from RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus the RAF's Sentinel aircraft, which has been gathering vital reconnaissance imagery as part o...
Tuesday, 18 October 2011
The six women, who were recognised for their work treating injured military personnel and civilians in hospitals in the UK and in the field,…...
Monday, 17 October 2011
Michael O'Neill, Head of Mission for the Helmand Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT), speaks to Tristan Kelly in Lashkar Gah about the draw down due ...
Monday, 17 October 2011
The title is in recognition of the dedication the town’s inhabitants have shown in honouring members of the Armed Forces killed on operations…...
Monday, 17 October 2011
An extensive £20m refit has begun at Devonport Dockyard on the Royal Navy Type 23 frigate HMS Richmond....
Monday, 17 October 2011
Essex-based explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) specialists received a rousing welcome as they marched through Saffron Walden to mark their return from ...
Friday, 14 October 2011
Speech by Sir Nick Harvey Minister for the Armed Forces....
Friday, 14 October 2011
The Royal Navy's Commando Sea King Mk4 helicopters have completed their final mission in support of Joint Helicopter Force (Afghanistan) and are now r...
Friday, 14 October 2011
The Rt Hon Philip Hammond MP has been announced as the new Secretary of State for Defence....
Friday, 14 October 2011
Cyclists from the RAF have been taking part in a coast-to-coast charity cycle ride this week dedicated to Red Arrows pilot Flight Lieutenant Jon Eggin...
Friday, 14 October 2011
The massive find resulted in the destruction of over 700kg of homemade explosives after police found a secret compartment hidden in the back…...
Friday, 14 October 2011
Royal Navy explosives specialists have safely blown up a rare 400-pound (180kg) Second World War German mine off the north Kent coast....
Thursday, 13 October 2011
Speech by Gerald Howarth Minister for International Security Strategy....
Thursday, 13 October 2011
US and UK Defence Ministers signed a Memorandum of Understanding pledging continued joint support for the Armed Forces Community yesterday...
Thursday, 13 October 2011
Defence Secretary Dr Liam Fox has announced today that the findings of a feasibility study into the establishment of a Defence and National Rehabilita...
Thursday, 13 October 2011
Remote and rugged, and classed as a self-governing British Overseas Territory, the Falkland Islands are two-thirds the size of Wales and with…...
Thursday, 13 October 2011
The allowance provides funds to ensure that the children of Service personnel receive continuous education which would be impossible if they…...
Thursday, 13 October 2011
The main construction phase of the Royal Navy's fifth Astute Class submarine, Anson, begins with a traditional keel-laying ceremony attended by Minist...
Wednesday, 12 October 2011
Two dozen merchant sailors have been freed from a hijacked ship in the Indian Ocean this week, thanks to a Royal Navy and Royal Marines boarding team....
Wednesday, 12 October 2011
More than 1,000 troops from the brigade are taking part in the two-week exercise which also involves land, sea and air forces from ten nations…...
Wednesday, 12 October 2011
The Highlanders’ role has been to provide security for local people in the Lashkar Gah district of Helmand province alongside the Afghan police…...
Wednesday, 12 October 2011
A small but highly-motivated team of Gurkhas is working hard to provide essential communication lines for the NATO-led missions over Libya....
Tuesday, 11 October 2011
Speech by Peter Luff, Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology....
Tuesday, 11 October 2011
The best of Royal Air Force photography has been celebrated today at the annual RAF Photographic Awards ceremony held at the RAF Club in Piccadilly, L...
Home Office Security Minister statement on antisemitic attacks
Department for Education New powers to protect vital free speech at universities
UK Health Security Agency Antibiotics and MenB vaccination to be offered to young people in Dorset
Attorney General's Office Sentence increase for predatory paedophile