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Friday, 11 March 2011
Families and friends of Royal Marines deploying to Afghanistan have been briefed on what to expect when they are separated for the duration of a six-m...
Friday, 11 March 2011
Veterans with mental health problems will get targeted support from today with the launch of the Combat Stress Support Helpline, delivered by Rethink ...
Thursday, 10 March 2011
Speech delivered by Under Secretary of State at the Sandhurst Foundation Dinner, Goodenough College, London on Thursday 10 March 2011....
Thursday, 10 March 2011
Defence Secretary Dr Liam Fox and Foreign Secretary William Hague have issued statements following media reporting that Iranian-made weapons destined ...
Thursday, 10 March 2011
A British-trained hero of the Afghan National Army (ANA) showed the true grit and courage of the Paras who coached him when he shrugged and carried on...
Thursday, 10 March 2011
Ahead of the NATO Defence Ministers meeting commencing in Brussels today, UK Defence Secretary Dr Liam Fox has spoken to the BBC about the issue of im...
Thursday, 10 March 2011
The Royal Navy officially opened a new rehabilitation centre at HM Naval Base Devonport yesterday for Armed Forces personnel recovering from long-term...
Wednesday, 09 March 2011
Speech delivered by Minister for International Security Strategy at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, London on Wednesday 9 March 2011. Ministe...
Wednesday, 09 March 2011
Changes to the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme that will mean significant increases to the awards paid to injured personnel have been published in a ...
Wednesday, 09 March 2011
As part of her six-month deployment with Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1 (SNMCMG1), HMS Brocklesby has been taking part in Exercise Noble M...
Wednesday, 09 March 2011
The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 5th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (5 SCOTS), are the latest soldiers to help Captain Joanna Lowe of ...
Wednesday, 09 March 2011
Prime Minister David Cameron spoke with President Barack Obama yesterday about the situation in Libya....
Wednesday, 09 March 2011
Today is No Smoking Day and military personnel across the UK and overseas are being encouraged to join thousands of British smokers in attempting to q...
Tuesday, 08 March 2011
To mark the centenary of International Women's Day, Sergeant Sarah Smith, from the 4th Regiment Royal Artillery, has fired the One O'Clock Gun at Edin...
Tuesday, 08 March 2011
A mother who usually works as a paediatric nurse at Tayside Children's Hospital in Dundee is spending six months working on the front line in Afghanis...
Tuesday, 08 March 2011
Details of some of the events planned for this year's Armed Forces Day, which will take place on Saturday 25 June 2011, are now available on the event...
Tuesday, 08 March 2011
Two months before the May elections and referendum on the Alternative Vote system, Service personnel are being reminded that they have to be registere...
Tuesday, 08 March 2011
Defence Secretary Dr Liam Fox has issued the following message to all Defence staff thanking them for their support to the mission to evacuate British...
Tuesday, 08 March 2011
The Royal Navy's HMS Iron Duke has visited Kuwait to help celebrate the 50th anniversary of the country's independence in 1961 and the 20th anniversar...
Tuesday, 08 March 2011
While driving to work at RAF Waddington recently an RAF Air Traffic Controller saved the life of a baby whose distraught mother flagged him down for h...
Monday, 07 March 2011
Afghan National Army Gunners have marked the end of five months of training alongside British troops with the first multinational partnered live firin...
Monday, 07 March 2011
The UK's largest crane, which will be used to help assemble the Royal Navy's new Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers, passed under the Forth bridg...
Monday, 07 March 2011
The Defence Secretary, Foreign Secretary and the Chief of the Defence Staff's official spokesman have all spoken over the weekend about UK military an...
Monday, 07 March 2011
The Royal Navy amphibious landing ship HMS Bulwark has returned to the Royal Navy's operational fleet and is ready for any tasking worldwide....
Monday, 07 March 2011
Hercules pilot Flight Lieutenant Stu Patton speaks about his involvement in the missions to evacuate British civilians from Libya in the last week of ...
Friday, 04 March 2011
Dental staff at Colchester Garrison have been honoured for their tireless work to ensure that 16 Air Assault Brigade's soldiers' teeth were in the bes...
Friday, 04 March 2011
Soldiers from 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment (1 R IRISH) recently discovered a large Taliban weapons cache during a patrol in the Nawabad des...
Friday, 04 March 2011
The NATO Submarine Rescue System (NSRS), which is based at HM Naval Base Clyde in Scotland, was deployed by air for the first time last week to be a p...
Friday, 04 March 2011
As soldiers aren't the only ones who can be injured on operations, the UK has its very own military hospital dedicated to nursing canine casualties ba...
Thursday, 03 March 2011
The aircrew of 31 Squadron who will be flying their Tornados over Afghanistan to support ground troops this summer have been preparing for their deplo...
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