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Sunday, 20 March 2011
The Chief of the Defence Staff's Strategic Communications Officer, Major General John Lorimer, briefed the media this morning, Sunday 20 March 2011, o...
Sunday, 20 March 2011
A Royal Navy submarine and RAF Tornado jets have participated in coordinated strikes against key Libyan military installations as part of the coalitio...
Friday, 18 March 2011
The UN Security Council voted last night for a no-fly zone to be imposed over Libya. Ten votes were in favour, five abstained and none were against. T...
Friday, 18 March 2011
Troops from the 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment and the Irish Guards serving in Afghanistan marked St Patrick's Day in Helmand yesterday....
Friday, 18 March 2011
Servicemen and women who have excelled in sports over the past year were recognised at the 25th anniversary of the Combined Services Sports Awards, he...
Friday, 18 March 2011
Prime Minister David Cameron has said that he and Defence Secretary Dr Liam Fox have now instructed the Chief of the Defence Staff to work urgently wi...
Friday, 18 March 2011
A new form of armoured netting which can stop rocket-propelled grenades damaging vehicles was one of the items showcased at an event to mark National ...
Thursday, 17 March 2011
Corporal Jamie Williams from The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 5th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (5 SCOTS), is based in Patrol Base At...
Thursday, 17 March 2011
British bomb disposal experts successfully disposed of a roadside bomb this week which had been brought to them by local villagers....
Thursday, 17 March 2011
The Royal Navy frigate HMS Somerset has been recognised for her excellent work policing international waters....
Thursday, 17 March 2011
The RAF's newest C-17 aircraft has completed its first operational mission to Afghanistan, delivering essential supplies to the front line....
Thursday, 17 March 2011
Royal Navy personnel are being trained in weapon-handling skills at HMS Raleigh ahead of deploying to Afghanistan and on other land operations....
Wednesday, 16 March 2011
The only medic stationed at the small camp of Tapa Topche, more commonly known as Artillery Hill, outside Gereshk in southern Helmand, is providing es...
Wednesday, 16 March 2011
Foreign Secretary William Hague has updated Parliament on the response to the situation in Libya following the G8 Foreign Ministers meeting in Paris....
Wednesday, 16 March 2011
Repatriation ceremonies for those killed in operational theatres will move to RAF Brize Norton by 1 September 2011 the Defence Secretary Dr Liam Fox h...
Wednesday, 16 March 2011
The Commanders of ISAF troops in Helmand province, where the vast majority of UK personnel deployed to Afghanistan are working, gave a briefing yester...
Wednesday, 16 March 2011
Hampshire County Council helped organise an event this week aimed at offering people leaving the Armed Forces advice on future careers....
Tuesday, 15 March 2011
Speech by Bernard Gray, Chief of Defence Materiel....
Tuesday, 15 March 2011
A village previously seen as a failure in the eyes of Helmand's people has been retaken, regenerated and repopulated in an ongoing operation led by Br...
Tuesday, 15 March 2011
British soldiers and their Afghan National Army counterparts have overseen the clearance of numerous wrecked vehicles from a major route in Afghanista...
Tuesday, 15 March 2011
The importance of looking after the families of soldiers serving on operations was the focus of a recent visit to Colchester Garrison by the Minister ...
Tuesday, 15 March 2011
The Royal Navy frigate HMS Campbeltown has marked her final sailing from her affiliated town of Campbeltown with an eleven-gun salute, prior to her de...
Tuesday, 15 March 2011
Soldiers and their families received a standing ovation from thousands of football fans in Swindon at the weekend....
Monday, 14 March 2011
A Royal Navy Search and Rescue Squadron airlifted five Newlyn fishermen from their sinking vessel to safety last week....
Monday, 14 March 2011
1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment (1 R IRISH) has conducted a huge air assault operation in Helmand province, overwhelming an insurgent safe have...
Monday, 14 March 2011
Service personnel based at Headquarters Task Force Helmand (HQ TFH) in Lashkar Gah have taken part in a half-marathon relay race around their small ba...
Monday, 14 March 2011
Secretary of State for Defence Dr Liam Fox has paid tribute to the Maltese Government and its people for their assistance in evacuating stranded Briti...
Monday, 14 March 2011
Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) programme and project managers are performing near the top of a wide field of international blue chip companies a...
Friday, 11 March 2011
A major multinational exercise held at Camp Bastion has demonstrated how International Security Assistance Force combat vehicles are recovered in the ...
Friday, 11 March 2011
Soldiers from Alpha Troop, 244 Signal Squadron, 21 Signal Regiment (Air Support) received their Afghanistan Operational Service Medals...
Cabinet Office All eyes on LA ahead of largest ever UK trade mission to the US
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