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Friday, 31 December 2010
121 UK Service personnel have been granted state honours by Her Majesty The Queen in her annual New Year's Honours list....
Sunday, 26 December 2010
British troops in Afghanistan may be thousands of miles away this Christmas but they have not gone without their traditional Christmas dinner....
Friday, 24 December 2010
While many families will be enjoying spending time together at home on Christmas Day, two pairs of brothers will be spending the day together serving ...
Friday, 24 December 2010
The Royal Navy currently has a dozen warships and auxiliaries in the Gulf region and Admiral Sir Trevor Soar KCB OBE, Commander-in-Chief Fleet…...
Friday, 24 December 2010
A huge cheer went up at RAF Brize Norton when the final flight in a series of 16 flights since Saturday bringing troops back from Afghanistan on Rest ...
Friday, 24 December 2010
The children of soldiers currently serving in Afghanistan were given a Christmas treat last week Christmas when Father Christmas, ably supported by hi...
Friday, 24 December 2010
For the run-up to Christmas, the MOD online news team has once again picked out the images that best represent our defence news coverage over the past...
Friday, 24 December 2010
During his visit, which concluded today, General Wall visited the Headquarters of Task Force Helmand, based in the southern Afghanistan town…...
Friday, 24 December 2010
Members of the Royal Air Force currently serving in Afghanistan have donned their santa suits to recreate the annual British Heart Foundation (BHF)'s ...
Friday, 24 December 2010
The Irish Guards are not known as amateur thespians but, in the festive spirit, put on a nativity performance with a military twist at their camp in H...
Thursday, 23 December 2010
On current plans the last passengers from Afghanistan should be in the UK on the afternoon of Christmas Eve. RAF Brize Norton, like most airports…...
Thursday, 23 December 2010
The Royal Navy's duty helicopter Search and Rescue team from HMS Gannet were called out to Ayr Golf Course last weekend to evacuate a teenage sledging...
Thursday, 23 December 2010
HMS Montrose returned home to Plymouth yesterday after a hugely successful five months away as the scourge of Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean and G...
Wednesday, 22 December 2010
The most complex military sales case the UK has undertaken with the US Air Force for the last 70 years is well under way....
Wednesday, 22 December 2010
While there had been substantial progress in 2010 in Afghanistan the gains are not irreversible and there is much to be achieved in 2011 senior Britis...
Wednesday, 22 December 2010
The 7,400 tonne vessel was named by Lady Anne Soar, wife of Admiral Sir Trevor Soar and the ceremony was attended by First Sea Lord, Admiral…...
Tuesday, 21 December 2010
Defence Secretary Dr Liam Fox announced the extension of the company’s activity into Kandahar province yesterday following a request by the …...
Tuesday, 21 December 2010
A British soldier who recently encountered a Taliban gunman using a child as a shield took a split-second decision to get shot himself rather than ris...
Tuesday, 21 December 2010
Secretary of State for Defence, Dr Liam Fox has responded to the High Court ruling in favour of the Ministry of Defence in an action brought by Public...
Tuesday, 21 December 2010
Junior Soldiers at the Army Foundation College in Harrogate graduated in the snow last week with the best ever set of exam results....
Monday, 20 December 2010
During the recent incident, the Afghan National Police (ANP) Commander on duty at Check Point Schoolhouse, around 30km east of Helmand&rsquo…...
Monday, 20 December 2010
In 2007, following concerns that some veterans were unwilling to use NHS services or that the NHS was unsuitable for their specific needs, the…...
Monday, 20 December 2010
The Government has today launched a Green Paper which marks the formal consultation on equipment, support, and technology for UK defence and security....
Friday, 17 December 2010
Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS) General Sir David Richards and the MOD's Permanent Under Secretary (PUS) Ursula Brennan have issued the following joi...
Friday, 17 December 2010
The UK's Prime Minister, David Cameron, has welcomed a US review published this week of the strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan which, the review say...
Friday, 17 December 2010
3 Commando Brigade Royal Marines will replace 16 Air Assault Brigade in April 2011 as the lead formation of British troops in Helmand province, Defenc...
Friday, 17 December 2010
‘The Millies’, now in their third year, have become a key fixture of the military calendar, offering the British public the chance to pay tribute…...
Friday, 17 December 2010
Greater pelvic protection for troops in Afghanistan has been introduced to help mitigate the effects of IED blasts, the MOD has announced....
Thursday, 16 December 2010
His responsibility includes MOD assets worth £104bn and an annual operating budget of £13bn. Mr Gray replaces General Sir Kevin O’Donoghue…...
Thursday, 16 December 2010
Secretary of State’s Christmas message: “2010 will be remembered as a difficult year for Defence. Not only have our Armed Forces been fighting…...
Department for Business and Trade New appointments made to Insolvency Service Board
Department for Transport Government sets out plans to protect summer holidays?from disruption?
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