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Friday, 21 October 2011
The squadron is responsible for the deployment, care and welfare of over 80 military working dogs. The dogs provide security at operating bases…...
Friday, 21 October 2011
Soldiers from the 7th Armoured Brigade Headquarters and Signal Squadron (207 Signal Squadron) have been presented with campaign medals after a demandi...
Friday, 21 October 2011
Behind the scenes on Operation ELLAMY a small team of 'squippers' or, more correctly termed, Survival Equipment Fitters, work around the clock to ensu...
Thursday, 20 October 2011
Soldiers from 32 Engineer Regiment have been presented with their campaign medals after a demanding six-month tour in Afghanistan....
Thursday, 20 October 2011
Defence Secretary Philip Hammond joined commanders recently returned from operations in Afghanistan yesterday as they briefed MPs and peers on the pro...
Thursday, 20 October 2011
A dhow pirate mother ship involved in attacks on merchant shipping in the Indian Ocean has been stopped and boarded by ships from the Royal Navy opera...
Thursday, 20 October 2011
The Royal Navy has today unveiled its new state-of-the-art warfare training facility which will ensure its next generation of sailors are among the be...
Wednesday, 19 October 2011
Speech by Gerald Howarth, Minister for International Security Strategy....
Wednesday, 19 October 2011
Brigadier Ed Davis, Commander of 3 Commando Brigade Royal Marines, Lieutenant Colonel Oliver Lee, Commanding Officer of 45 Commando Royal Marines…...
Wednesday, 19 October 2011
A groundbreaking partnership has been formed at Colchester Garrison between the military, the NHS and the Combat Stress charity to meet the needs of v...
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...