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Sappers help build a brighter future in Helmand

Sappers help build a brighter future in Helmand

Thursday, 28 July 2011

Staff Sergeants Mark Smith and Eddie Morrison of the Corps of Royal Engineers are both four months into a tour of Helmand province with the …...

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New protective clothing bound for troops in Afghanistan

New protective clothing bound for troops in Afghanistan

Thursday, 28 July 2011

The final phase of the MOD's pelvic protection system will be issued to troops on the front line in Afghanistan in the next few months along with a ne...

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Royal Navy frigates return to Portsmouth

Royal Navy frigates return to Portsmouth

Thursday, 28 July 2011

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HMS Sutherland begins boarding operations off Libya

HMS Sutherland begins boarding operations off Libya

Wednesday, 27 July 2011

HMS Sutherland deployed a team of Royal Marines and Royal Navy sailors to search the merchant vessel in international waters close to Libya,…...

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HMS Somerset hosts families prior to deployment

HMS Somerset hosts families prior to deployment

Wednesday, 27 July 2011

Type 23 frigate HMS Somerset has hosted a families day at sea ahead of the ship's forthcoming deployment on operations off the Horn of Africa....

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IN PICTURES: 12 Mechanized Brigade trains in Canada

IN PICTURES: 12 Mechanized Brigade trains in Canada

Wednesday, 27 July 2011

Units from 12 Mechanized Brigade have been training at BATUS (British Army Training Unit Suffield), on the prairies of Canada, in preparation for thei...

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RAF in cliff side driver rescue

RAF in cliff side driver rescue

Wednesday, 27 July 2011

An RAF Search and Rescue (SAR) team yesterday helped rescue a woman who plunged towards a cliff edge in Cornwall in her car. Report by Lorraine McBrid...

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2011/07/26   1958 UK/US Mutual Defence Agreement Stocktake

2011/07/26 1958 UK/US Mutual Defence Agreement Stocktake

Tuesday, 26 July 2011

Speech delivered by Minister for International Security Strategy at 1 Carlton Gardens, London on Tuesday 26 July 2011....

RAF woman helps Marines bring stabilisation to Helmand villages

RAF woman helps Marines bring stabilisation to Helmand villages

Tuesday, 26 July 2011

Working with the Royal Marines during a recent operation to clear a key route in Helmand of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) was an RAF woman who i...

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HMS Sutherland supporting Libya operations

HMS Sutherland supporting Libya operations

Tuesday, 26 July 2011

Having temporarily detached from the Cougar deployment and the Responsive Force Task Group (RFTG), HMS Sutherland relieved her sister ship HMS…...

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Reconstruction team head sees progress in Nad 'Ali

Reconstruction team head sees progress in Nad 'Ali

Tuesday, 26 July 2011

The head of the Helmand Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) says he is impressed by the progress being made by Royal Marines from 42 Commando in Nad ...

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Soldiers and civilians square up in culinary challenge

Soldiers and civilians square up in culinary challenge

Tuesday, 26 July 2011

Military and civilian chefs go head to head at the Army 3rd Division and 4th Division Field Catering Competition....

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Defence Chief   Afghanistan is not all about fighting

Defence Chief Afghanistan is not all about fighting

Tuesday, 26 July 2011

As we prepare for security transition, the military element is not the most important part of our contribution to Afghanistan, writes Chief of the Def...

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Junior Ratings move into their new home at RNAS Culdrose

Junior Ratings move into their new home at RNAS Culdrose

Tuesday, 26 July 2011

Junior Ratings at Royal Naval Air Station (RNAS) Culdrose have moved into their new cabins – thanks to the latest phase of the Single Living Accommoda...

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IN PICTURES: Officer cadets in final training exercise

IN PICTURES: Officer cadets in final training exercise

Monday, 25 July 2011

Officer cadets from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS) finished a ten-day training exercise in Dumfries and Galloway on Saturday, 23 July 201...

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RAF strikes Gaddafi targets in Tripoli

RAF strikes Gaddafi targets in Tripoli

Monday, 25 July 2011

RAF aircraft bombed a key intelligence building in Tripoli and breached the walls of Colonel Gaddafi's command complex this weekend, and inflicted fur...

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Bomb disposal pair clear Taliban IED factory

Bomb disposal pair clear Taliban IED factory

Monday, 25 July 2011

Two members of the Counter-Improvised Explosive Device Task Force (C-IED TF) have spent two full days making safe an IED factory found by British sold...

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Armed Forces Minister visits Reaper operators

Armed Forces Minister visits Reaper operators

Monday, 25 July 2011

The Reaper aircraft are launched from Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, by RAF crews deployed in theatre. Once airborne, however, missions are…...

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Military medics undertake Bastion to Birmingham charity challenge

Military medics undertake Bastion to Birmingham charity challenge

Monday, 25 July 2011

The controlled explosion of a German Second World War parachute mine created a 300-foot (91m) plume off Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex...

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RAF Chinook crews train for Afghanistan in California

RAF Chinook crews train for Afghanistan in California

Friday, 22 July 2011

RAF Chinook helicopter crews recently travelled to the United States to train for Afghanistan in the heat and high-altitude terrain of southern Califo...

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Finding Taliban IEDs is a game for military dogs

Finding Taliban IEDs is a game for military dogs

Friday, 22 July 2011

But, unlike troops, the military animals in Helmand province are blissfully unaware of what is being hunted or the daily risk they face. All…...

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Prince Charles honours Apache crews

Prince Charles honours Apache crews

Friday, 22 July 2011

Soldiers who have been operating the Army's Apache attack helicopters in Afghanistan were praised this week for their outstanding performance by His R...

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Senior Aircraftman James Smart killed in Italy road accident

Senior Aircraftman James Smart killed in Italy road accident

Thursday, 21 July 2011

It is with sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that Senior Aircraftman James Smart, from No 2 (Mechanical Transport) Squadron, Royal Air...

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Dambusters arrive home from Afghanistan

Dambusters arrive home from Afghanistan

Thursday, 21 July 2011

There were emotional scenes at RAF Lossiemouth this week as the 13 crews and 110 engineers of 617 Squadron, 'The Dambusters', were welcomed home from ...

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RAF and Navy continue to strike at Gaddafi regime

RAF and Navy continue to strike at Gaddafi regime

Thursday, 21 July 2011

The RAF and Royal Navy have been involved in a number of precision attacks to protect Libyan civilians over the last few days as part of NATO's Operat...

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Navy Sea Kings complete 1,000th mission in Afghanistan

Navy Sea Kings complete 1,000th mission in Afghanistan

Thursday, 21 July 2011

The Royal Navy's Sea King Mk7 Force completed their 1,000th operational mission in Afghanistan yesterday....

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Yorkshire crowds cheer soldiers before deployment

Yorkshire crowds cheer soldiers before deployment

Thursday, 21 July 2011

Soldiers from The Yorkshire Regiment received huge receptions during hometown parades in North Yorkshire this week ahead of their deployment to Cyprus...

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Royal Navy blows up WWII mine

Royal Navy blows up WWII mine

Thursday, 21 July 2011

Royal Navy bomb disposal experts successfully blew up a huge German Second World War mine off the Essex coast on Tuesday 19 July 2011....

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2011/07/20   UK/France Industry Day

2011/07/20 UK/France Industry Day

Wednesday, 20 July 2011

Speech delivered by Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology at the Business, Innovation and Skills Conference Centre, London on Wednesd...

Afghans take security lead in Lashkar Gah

Afghans take security lead in Lashkar Gah

Wednesday, 20 July 2011

Lashkar Gah, where British troops have operated since 2006, is the fourth of seven districts across Afghanistan where responsibility for security…...

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