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Tuesday, 12 April 2011
HMS Iron Duke is nearing the end of her patrols of Iraq's oil terminals, heralding the end of the Royal Navy's eight-year involvement in their protect...
Tuesday, 12 April 2011
RAF weatherman Sergeant Karl Rhodes explains why temperature measurements are such a burning issue in Defence....
Tuesday, 12 April 2011
Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) sailors will be getting their hands on a new bespoke training facility to teach them how to safely transfer...
Monday, 11 April 2011
On Saturday 9 April, 3 Commando Brigade Royal Marines took command of Task Force Helmand in Afghanistan, officially marking the start of Operation HER...
Monday, 11 April 2011
Hundreds of people, young and old, cheering and waving flags, turned out to support soldiers from The Rifles as they marched through Gloucester after ...
Monday, 11 April 2011
Afghan soldiers working alongside British forces have dealt a heavy blow to the insurgency in central Helmand by discovering a deadly stash of bomb-ma...
Monday, 11 April 2011
British soldiers battling the Taliban in Afghanistan will get better protection from attacks by insurgents thanks in part to the teamwork shown by the...
Monday, 11 April 2011
A soldier whose time in the Army is running out has used the Service's resettlement package to uniquely retrain as a watchmaker and has invented what ...
Saturday, 09 April 2011
Royal Air Force aircraft hit seven main battle tanks on Friday 8 April 2011 as part of the UK's continued support for NATO's Operation UNIFIED PROTECT...
Friday, 08 April 2011
The RAF's Remotely Piloted Air System, the Predator MQ-9 Reaper, has notched up a landmark 20,000 operational flying hours over Afghanistan....
Friday, 08 April 2011
Contrary to appearances the south coast is not being invaded, rather the Royal Marines landing craft training school has been conducting an action-pac...
Friday, 08 April 2011
Two Royal Navy personnel have been involved in a firearms incident at Southampton docks where HMS Astute is alongside. Sadly, one of those injured has...
Friday, 08 April 2011
Royal Navy Type 22 frigate HMS Campbeltown has marked the 69th anniversary of a World War Two battle with two Royal Navy veterans....
Thursday, 07 April 2011
Speaking in Naples, the deputy commander of NATO's operations in Libya has delivered an update on the situation....
Thursday, 07 April 2011
An international team of doctors and nurses is keeping on top of trauma treatment at Camp Bastion hospital in Afghanistan with help from teams in Birm...
Thursday, 07 April 2011
Soldiers from 104 Military Working Dog Squadron, part of the 1st Military Working Dog Regiment, were honoured in front of proud families and friends o...
Thursday, 07 April 2011
HMS Albion, HMS Sutherland and RFA Cardigan Bay, together with elements of 40 Commando Royal Marines, have set sail this week as the lead element of t...
Thursday, 07 April 2011
A new exhibition documents remarkable love letters sent by soldiers at war....
Thursday, 07 April 2011
Bomb disposal experts from HM Naval Base Clyde's Northern Diving Group had a busy time of it recently when they were called out to three different bom...
Wednesday, 06 April 2011
Last week, twenty-two female Service personnel received training from the UK's Military Stabilisation Support Group (MSSG) and the Stabilisation Unit ...
Wednesday, 06 April 2011
Six years ago, Sierra Leone was a failing state receiving assistance from 10,000 United Nations troops. Now, with the republic's growing stability and...
Wednesday, 06 April 2011
Thanks, in part, to the efforts of an RAF police officer there has been a six-fold increase in the disruption to narcotics production in Helmand provi...
Wednesday, 06 April 2011
As Britain continues military operations over Libya, Foreign Secretary William Hague today said that coalition action enforcing UN Resolution 1973 has...
Tuesday, 05 April 2011
The RAF said farewell to one of its oldest units as Leuchars-based 111 (Fighter) Squadron took a bow after 94 years....
Tuesday, 05 April 2011
Royal Marines from 45 Commando are settling into camp in Afghanistan at the start of their six-month tour after taking over the reins in Nad 'Ali (Sou...
Tuesday, 05 April 2011
British Female Engagement Teams (FETs) are advising Afghan women on how working together can create future prosperity. Report by Ian Carr....
Tuesday, 05 April 2011
Prime Minister David Cameron has passed on 'heartfelt thanks from the British public' to RAF personnel engaged in Libya during a surprise visit to the...
Monday, 04 April 2011
A veterinary outreach programme in Nad 'Ali is one of a growing number conducted by the Royal Army Veterinary Corps designed to help farmers and lives...
Monday, 04 April 2011
The Afghan National Police (ANP) in Helmand have taken a further step in their continuing development after receiving first aid training from medics o...
Monday, 04 April 2011
Royal Navy submarine HMS Triumph returned to HM Naval Base Devonport from the Mediterranean on Saturday 2 April after supporting international efforts...
Security Industry Authority SIA begins process of gaining PIDA prescribed person status
Environment Agency Illegal waste site in Lancashire shut down
Serious Fraud Office SFO secures £10m from British defence supplier
Environment Agency Dorset farmers to pay £33,500 over slurry handling
Civil Nuclear Constabulary UK National Threat Level raised to SEVERE
Competition and Markets Authority CMA publishes latest monitoring report on road fuel market
Government Internal Audit Agency Andy Brittain joins GIAA as Interim Chief Executive