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Friday, 13 May 2011
In a significant milestone in proving the capability of Apache to operate and strike from the sea, 30mm rounds and Hellfire missiles were successfully...
Friday, 13 May 2011
It’s not every day you get to quiz your boss and ask ‘what do you do all day?’ I was going to do just that. About to move on, having just completed…...
Friday, 13 May 2011
The Commanding Officer of Royal Navy destroyer HMS Liverpool has praised his 'cool and professional' crew after they silenced a Libyan shore battery t...
Friday, 13 May 2011
A new Reaper squadron is to form at RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire which will control the aircraft over Afghanistan from the UK for the first time....
Friday, 13 May 2011
Soldiers from the 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment (1 MERCIAN) will be guests of honour at tonight's Engage Super League game between the Warrington...
Thursday, 12 May 2011
British Army personnel are taking to the skies over Libya in RAF Sentinel aircraft, helping gather essential intelligence in support of NATO-led opera...
Thursday, 12 May 2011
Jubilant family members and friends cheered the submariners home to HM Naval Base Devonport, Plymouth, from a ten-and-a-half-month deployment…...
Thursday, 12 May 2011
An ice sledge hockey squad made up of injured Service personnel took to the rink yesterday following a year's worth of preparation to get them ready t...
Thursday, 12 May 2011
Hundreds of new Afghan National Army (ANA) recruits, or 'warriors', have sworn loyalty and allegiance at their new training centre in Helmand province...
Thursday, 12 May 2011
After a delay due to ongoing operations in Libya, soldiers of the Royal Gibraltar Regiment (RG) finally made it to the UK for their annual Exercise Je...
Wednesday, 11 May 2011
Royal Air Force Tornados in Libya have successfully destroyed part of a building being used by Gaddafi-regime forces to launch attacks on Misurata....
Wednesday, 11 May 2011
Soldiers from Colchester-based B Company of 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment (2 PARA) returned from a six-month deployment to Afghanistan today to...
Wednesday, 11 May 2011
The ship will embark on a long journey down through the choppy Bay of Biscay and left into the Mediterranean, on again through the Suez Canal…...
Wednesday, 11 May 2011
The Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR), published in October 2010, examined how Britain must organise our military capability to respond…...
Wednesday, 11 May 2011
As the RAF fights in both Afghanistan and Libya, military chiefs are turning to meteorologists to help them plan and execute crucial operations....
Tuesday, 10 May 2011
The first Afghan Uniformed Police (AUP) Officers have graduated from the British-run Regional Training Centre (South West) [RTC(SW)] in Helmand provin...
Tuesday, 10 May 2011
The RAF's No 2 (Mechanical Transport) [MT] Squadron has been busier than normal over recent weeks having been tasked to drive equipment and supplies t...
Tuesday, 10 May 2011
Soldiers from the Infantry Battle School in Brecon were called on last week to assist in fighting devastating grassfires in the Brecon Beacons Nationa...
Monday, 09 May 2011
Consisting of ships, aircraft and personnel held at very high readiness, the RFTG is at the heart of the UK’s ability to react at short notice…...
Monday, 09 May 2011
The revised Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS) has been launched today, incorporating all of the recommendations made by Admiral the Lord Boyce, ...
Monday, 09 May 2011
More than 700 kilograms of dry opium has been seized by Afghan forces working alongside British troops in Helmand province....
Monday, 09 May 2011
The match was the brainchild of Lance Sergeant Richard Wooderson who is part of the Military Stabilisation Support Team (MSST) working in the…...
Monday, 09 May 2011
UK Defence Secretary Dr Liam Fox yesterday played host to his French counterpart in London to exchange the ratified Defence and Security Co-operation ...
Monday, 09 May 2011
Two Tornado GR4 aircraft struck the weapons at a location south of Sirte in a co-ordinated attack based on intelligence gathered earlier by …...
Monday, 09 May 2011
A British soldier who serves with the Joint Support Unit at Camp Souter, the main ISAF base in the Afghan capital Kabul, has set up a boxing club for ...
Friday, 06 May 2011
The latest of the Royal Navy's new Type 45 air defence destroyers has been formally commissioned into the fleet today....
Friday, 06 May 2011
As the Queen bestowed Royal status on Wootton Bassett, the town's mayor Mary Champion explained why the caring locals turn out to honour fallen heroes...
Friday, 06 May 2011
After arriving in Helmand last month, Royal Marines from 42 Commando are showing they have a firm handle on security in the Shahzad area and are build...
Friday, 06 May 2011
Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has held an industry event attended by around 90 businesses that have expressed an interest in managing, mai...
Friday, 06 May 2011
The nomination is for a ceramic protection system, which can be attached to vehicles to provide effective protection against hostile gunfire…...