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Monday, 15 August 2011
Two aircraft technicians from 101 Squadron, were recently awarded commendations for their efforts in keeping a VC10 tanker aircraft serviceable....
Friday, 12 August 2011
Seventy years to the day that an RAF pilot took off from RAF Linton-on-Ouse to attack a German battleship, his ashes were scattered on the very spot h...
Friday, 12 August 2011
The Portsmouth-based frigate was Britain’s input to the week-long ‘Stakenet’ exercise, alongside contingents from the United States, the United…...
Friday, 12 August 2011
To prepare the personnel as well as possible for their upcoming deployment to Afghanistan, Exercise Pashtun Jaguar is physically laid out to…...
Friday, 12 August 2011
There are many career opportunities within the Armed Forces, but there is only one job that you have to know how to do before you enter service....
Friday, 12 August 2011
A group of highly specialised soldiers - Royal Engineer divers - have been honing their skills on a six-week advanced diver course at the National Div...
Thursday, 11 August 2011
30-year-old Flight Lieutenant Rachael Cadman from RAF Cranwell could soon be the first woman ever to complete the gruelling Enduroman Arch to Arc; sta...
Thursday, 11 August 2011
In a two-week operation codenamed KAPCHA AFSANA 9 (Cobra Legend 9), the Royal Engineers from 39 Armoured Engineer Squadron, part of 32 Engineer…...
Thursday, 11 August 2011
RAF jets successfully bombed a Libyan frigate in Tripoli harbour this week, along with various other key targets of forces loyal to Colonel Gaddafi....
Thursday, 11 August 2011
Throughout the fasting period of Ramadan the Afghan National Army (ANA) are still working hard with the help of their British mentors to ensure that t...
Thursday, 11 August 2011
The project will deliver facilities at Weston Mill Lake, including two new buildings, marina, jetty and slipway. One building will be a base…...
Thursday, 11 August 2011
One of only two Royal Naval cultural advisors, reservist Lieutenant Commander Shah Esfahani's deployment on the Cougar 11 tasking marked the first tim...
Wednesday, 10 August 2011
Lucrative criminal industries on the coast of Sierra Leone are being smashed by the country's burgeoning army, thanks to support from British personne...
Wednesday, 10 August 2011
The Ministry of Defence's 2nd Permanent Secretary, Jon Day, explains what some of Lord Levene's recommendations on Defence Reform will mean, and why w...
Wednesday, 10 August 2011
The head of the Helmand PRT, Michael O’Neill, was speaking at a media briefing in London via satellite link from Lashkar Gah yesterday along…...
Wednesday, 10 August 2011
Sapper Vasilis 'Taz' Tzanetis is the lead searcher in an elite team of Royal Engineers on 24-hour call to seek out improvised explosive devices (IEDs)...
Wednesday, 10 August 2011
A dawn patrol mission over Libya as part of NATO's commitment to protect the civilian population saw an RAF Typhoon pilot rack up his 1,000th flying ...
Tuesday, 09 August 2011
Brigadier Ed Davis, Commander TFH and Commander of 3 Commando Brigade, the current lead element of British troops in Helmand, was speaking at…...
Tuesday, 09 August 2011
Recently, the Task Force Helmand Headquarters in Lashkar Gah was provided with a new place to worship. However, the padre for 3 Commando Brigade…...
Tuesday, 09 August 2011
The Royal Air Force's E-3D Sentry AEW (Airborne Early Warning) aircraft is a key part of the UK contribution to NATO's Operation UNIFIED PROTECTOR, th...
Tuesday, 09 August 2011
The Regiment, which will deploy to Afghanistan in September, has spent two weeks taking part in its Role 1 Clinical Validation Exercise designed…...
Tuesday, 09 August 2011
Senior Non-Commissioned Officers (SNCOs) at Hounslow Barracks have moved into their new bedrooms delivered by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation ...
Tuesday, 09 August 2011
Amongst the personnel deployed with the Royal Navy's Response Force Task Group Cougar 11 deployment, whose lead ships arrived home yesterday, were a s...
Monday, 08 August 2011
It’s been a traumatic start to the day for Major Johnston, the medic in charge of Forward Operating Base (FOB) Shawqat’s hospital. Literally…...
Monday, 08 August 2011
The UK's most senior Territorial Officer visited Territorial Army units in the North East of England last week to discuss the implications for the Res...
Monday, 08 August 2011
An RAF airman's blog about his current deployment in Afghanistan has notched up 80,000 hits, and had an article written about it on the BBC news websi...
Monday, 08 August 2011
Two formations conducted a concerted strike on a former regime barracks and ammunition depot near the town of Zlitan yesterday, as well as a…...
Monday, 08 August 2011
Lieutenant Commander Al Nekrews, who led an eight-man team during the operation, said the controlled explosion created a 300-foot (91m) plume. He adde...
Friday, 05 August 2011
Embarked on HMS Ocean, the Royal Navy’s largest warship, is a surgical team drawn from across all parts of the UK. Mainly comprising Royal Navy…...
Friday, 05 August 2011
The soldiers from X Company, 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, deployed to Helmand province in October 2010 to undertake a particularly…...
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