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Thursday, 03 March 2011
The Royal Navy's HMS Richmond, which is taking part in anti-piracy patrols off the coast of the Horn of Africa, has recently escorted a cargo ship fil...
Thursday, 03 March 2011
During a patrol in the Upper Gereshk Valley this week, soldiers from the 1st Battalion Irish Guards visited a newly-built school to see the positive e...
Thursday, 03 March 2011
British and Afghan soldiers have recently been helping to improve the public health of the local communities in which they work in southern Nad 'Ali, ...
Thursday, 03 March 2011
The Royal Navy warship HMS York arrived in Malta today carrying 43 more evacuees from Libya, including 11 British nationals....
Wednesday, 02 March 2011
The first ever District Community Council elections in Marjah have taken place just a year after Operation MOSHTARAK was launched by ISAF and Afghan f...
Wednesday, 02 March 2011
The Royal Navy's Type 42 destroyer HMS Gloucester has been assisting the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) in South Georgia, to assess the effects of cli...
Wednesday, 02 March 2011
The Parachute Training School at RAF Brize Norton recently opened a new virtual reality parachute trainer which uses the latest digital imagery to cre...
Wednesday, 02 March 2011
An Armed Forces Redundancy Calculator is available on the MOD website which gives a forecast of benefits for prospective redundees under the Armed For...
Tuesday, 01 March 2011
The Royal Navy's fleet flagship, HMS Albion, has successfully passed her sea training and is poised for global operations....
Tuesday, 01 March 2011
Details of the RAF's redundancy programme have been released to RAF personnel today....
Tuesday, 01 March 2011
A fortnight of heavy rain across parts of Helmand province has seen British troops offer assistance to locals worst hit by the weather....
Tuesday, 01 March 2011
The Royal Air Force's Number 13 and 14 Tornado squadrons are to be disbanded and formally stood down on 1 June 2011, it has been announced today....
Monday, 28 February 2011
Colonel Gerhard Wheeler from the Royal Welsh regiment was the Deputy Commander of Task Force Helmand throughout 2010. Here he reflects on the battles,...
Monday, 28 February 2011
Locals in the northern Nad 'Ali area of Helmand province are being taught life-saving skills to spot Taliban bombs, thanks to an education programme o...
Monday, 28 February 2011
In an update to the House of Commons, Prime Minister David Cameron has praised the British Armed Forces for their ongoing work supporting the Foreign ...
Monday, 28 February 2011
The end of HMS Manchester's 30-year Royal Navy career was officially marked in a formal ceremony at Portsmouth Naval Base last week....
Sunday, 27 February 2011
Two RAF Hercules aircraft have landed in Malta carrying more than 150 people evacuated from desert locations south of Benghazi in Libya....
Saturday, 26 February 2011
As the evacuation of British citizens continues from Libya, Defence Secretary Dr Liam Fox has made the following statement:...
Saturday, 26 February 2011
Royal Navy frigate HMS Cumberland arrived alongside in Malta in the early hours of this morning, carrying 207 people successfully evacuated from Libya...
Friday, 25 February 2011
Soldiers from 2nd Battalion The Royal Welsh returned to their base in Tidworth, Wiltshire, yesterday after a successful six-month deployment to Afghan...
Friday, 25 February 2011
The Royal Navy's HMS Cumberland has now departed Benghazi in Libya, having safely extracted 207 entitled persons (EPs) and, despite heavy weather, is ...
Friday, 25 February 2011
New ways of making forward operating bases used by British troops in Afghanistan easier to construct and more energy efficient were displayed yesterda...
Friday, 25 February 2011
Estonian soldiers serving alongside members of 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment in Helmand province took a brief break from their duties this week...
Thursday, 24 February 2011
An Emergency Medical Technician in the Territorial Army has swapped the comfort of driving his private ambulance in Norfolk to work at a checkpoint in...
Thursday, 24 February 2011
Fuel is a premium asset to troops, especially when the battle tempo is high. Getting it delivered to the patrol bases in Nad 'Ali presents its own cha...
Thursday, 24 February 2011
The Ministry of Defence can confirm that a Royal Air Force Hercules transport aircraft has left Libya with 64 passengers and a dog....
Thursday, 24 February 2011
The Royal Mint is commemorating the 500th anniversary of the Mary Rose's launch in 1511 by issuing a £2 coin depicting the famous English warship....
Thursday, 24 February 2011
Ex-Manchester City footballer Lee Crooks has made a dramatic transfer from the football pitch to face the front line of operations in Afghanistan as h...
Wednesday, 23 February 2011
In award-winning film 'The King's Speech', eagle-eyed film buffs may spot that the RAF's Halton House has a major supporting role. Report by Lorraine ...
Wednesday, 23 February 2011
Defence Secretary Dr Liam Fox has welcomed the announcement by the Danish Government of an agreed way forward for its troop contribution in Afghanista...
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