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Prince honours Navy man for sea rescue

Prince honours Navy man for sea rescue

Tuesday, 11 January 2011

For his part in a dramatic and difficult rescue at sea, Petty Officer Airman 'Cags' Lacy was recently presented with the Queen's Gallantry Medal by th...

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Military medics to get new training facilities

Military medics to get new training facilities

Tuesday, 11 January 2011

Armed Forces' medics are to get new training facilities and accommodation under the latest phase of a programme to focus military medical expertise in...

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Tongan marines join RAF troops at Camp Bastion

Tongan marines join RAF troops at Camp Bastion

Tuesday, 11 January 2011

Troops from the Tonga Defence Force have deployed for the first time to southern Afghanistan and commenced security duties with RAF troops at Camp Bas...

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2011/01/10   Transforming Defence

2011/01/10 Transforming Defence

Monday, 10 January 2011

Speech delivered by Minister for the Armed Forces at the Royal United Services Institute, London on Monday 10 January 2011....

HMS Iron Duke sets sail for the Gulf

HMS Iron Duke sets sail for the Gulf

Monday, 10 January 2011

Crowds of families and friends waved off Portsmouth-based warship HMS Iron Duke today as she left for a six-month deployment to the Gulf....

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providing versatile agile and battle winning armed forces and a smaller more professional ministry of defence   the most significant reform for a generation

providing versatile agile and battle winning armed forces and a smaller more professional ministry of defence the most significant reform for a generation

Monday, 10 January 2011

The force structure set out in the SDSR and the remodelling of the MOD will be the most significant reform programme for a generation Minister for the...

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MOD staff help Ugandans prepare for disaster relief

MOD staff help Ugandans prepare for disaster relief

Monday, 10 January 2011

In the first joint exercise performed overseas by the civilian Stabilisation Unit (SU) and the Military Stabilisation Support Group (MSSG), a lasting ...

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Royal Engineers replace insurgent damaged Helmand bridge

Royal Engineers replace insurgent damaged Helmand bridge

Monday, 10 January 2011

Royal Engineers working along with US Army engineers have replaced a bridge on a key route in Helmand province which was recently destroyed by an insu...

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Paras and Afghan warriors join forces

Paras and Afghan warriors join forces

Monday, 10 January 2011

Troops from 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment (3 PARA) have begun working with a new unit of Afghan National Army (ANA) warriors who arrived at the...

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Extra funding for schools with Service children

Extra funding for schools with Service children

Friday, 07 January 2011

As part of the Government's commitment to rebuild the Military Covenant, additional funding to state schools in England that have Service children on ...

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Army officer teaches Afghan soldiers English

Army officer teaches Afghan soldiers English

Friday, 07 January 2011

An Army education officer or 'schoolie', deployed to Afghanistan to teach British forces, is using her spare time to run special lessons for Afghan tr...

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Officer takes a bite in Helmand for charity

Officer takes a bite in Helmand for charity

Friday, 07 January 2011

A novel fundraising idea saw a British officer start his New Year running from the jaws of a deadly attack dog at Camp Bastion in southern Helmand pro...

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RAF officer's football charity has most successful year

RAF officer's football charity has most successful year

Friday, 07 January 2011

The RAF Shawbury-based 'Taking Football to Africa and Beyond' Appeal delivered 13,875 items, including 6,553 football shirts, to 11 countries across t...

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RFA Cardigan Bay returns from three year deployment

RFA Cardigan Bay returns from three year deployment

Friday, 07 January 2011

Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessel Cardigan Bay returned to Portsmouth today after a three-year deployment to the Gulf in support of coalition operations an...

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HR in the Armed Forces: front line manager

HR in the Armed Forces: front line manager

Thursday, 06 January 2011

How do you recruit local people in conflict zones to work for the British Army? Major Robbie Whitfield talks about a very different war for talent....

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2,000th Helmand police officer graduates

2,000th Helmand police officer graduates

Thursday, 06 January 2011

A major milestone has been reached in the ongoing process of transferring security from British to Afghan forces in Helmand with the graduation of the...

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Royal Marines' newest unit on parade

Royal Marines' newest unit on parade

Thursday, 06 January 2011

The Royal Marines' newest commando unit was officially named at a ceremony held late last year which was attended by the professional head of the Roya...

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British troops save Helmand teenager

British troops save Helmand teenager

Thursday, 06 January 2011

Just before Christmas British troops based in Afghanistan's Helmand province saved the life of a local boy, injured in an accident....

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HMS Echo sets sail for two year deployment

HMS Echo sets sail for two year deployment

Thursday, 06 January 2011

HMS Echo left her home base of Devonport on Monday 3 January 2011 for a two-year deployment to conduct operations in the Red Sea, Gulf, Indian Ocean, ...

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Operation OMID PANJ brings Afghan led security a step closer

Operation OMID PANJ brings Afghan led security a step closer

Wednesday, 05 January 2011

A significant offensive operation, which takes the independence and self-sufficiency of British-trained Afghan forces to a new level, has begun in cen...

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Dr Fox praises British forces during first Afghanistan visit of 2011

Dr Fox praises British forces during first Afghanistan visit of 2011

Wednesday, 05 January 2011

Defence Secretary Dr Liam Fox kicked off 2011 with a visit to troops in Afghanistan to see for himself the progress being made towards handing over se...

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The life of an Army doctor on the front line

The life of an Army doctor on the front line

Wednesday, 05 January 2011

Being a doctor based at a patrol base in Afghanistan can present various challenges ranging from the run-of-the-mill common colds, coughs or sprains t...

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HMS Richmond deploys on counter piracy mission

HMS Richmond deploys on counter piracy mission

Wednesday, 05 January 2011

Royal Navy Type 23 frigate HMS Richmond has today left Portsmouth for a seven-month maritime security and counter-piracy mission around the Horn of Af...

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'Bullet magnet' praises body armour for twice saving his life in establishing stability in Afghanistan

'Bullet magnet' praises body armour for twice saving his life in establishing stability in Afghanistan

Wednesday, 05 January 2011

Gunner Carl Jordan has twice been shot in the line of duty, and both times would almost certainly have been killed by the insurgents' rounds had he no...

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MOD announces new 2nd Permanent Under Secretary

MOD announces new 2nd Permanent Under Secretary

Tuesday, 04 January 2011

The Prime Minister, following a recommendation from the Secretary of State for Defence, has approved the appointment of Mr Jon Day as 2nd Permanent Un...

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Review into NHS prosthetics services for veterans launched

Review into NHS prosthetics services for veterans launched

Tuesday, 04 January 2011

A review into the prosthetics services provided by the NHS to Armed Forces veterans who have lost limbs on active duty, was launched yesterday, 3 Janu...

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British Counter IED experts train Afghan teams in bomb disposal

British Counter IED experts train Afghan teams in bomb disposal

Tuesday, 04 January 2011

Two British bomb disposal operators at the forefront of the fight against deadly improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Afghanistan have been passing ...

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British and Afghan operation sees villagers return

British and Afghan operation sees villagers return

Tuesday, 04 January 2011

Families driven from three Helmand villages by Taliban activity are returning home after a successful operation by British soldiers and their Afghan a...

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HMS Cumberland continues to support carrier Charles de Gaulle

HMS Cumberland continues to support carrier Charles de Gaulle

Tuesday, 04 January 2011

HMS Cumberland has continued her operations over the Christmas and New Year period in support of the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle by esco...

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Helmand Hogmanay for Scots troops

Helmand Hogmanay for Scots troops

Saturday, 01 January 2011

As midnight struck to usher in the New Year in Afghanistan, British troops were continuing their work across Helmand province to stabilise the securit...

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