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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....
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...
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...
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....
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, ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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....