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Thursday, 16 December 2010
Changes to the Continuity of Education Allowance (CEA), paid to Service personnel to ensure their children receive continuous education....
Wednesday, 15 December 2010
The partnership responsible for keeping Britain's military personnel supplied with water has scooped a prestigious water 'Oscar' with its sparkling pe...
Wednesday, 15 December 2010
Soldiers from 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment and the ANA delivered the items in preparation for winter to the local Hazara people, who…...
Wednesday, 15 December 2010
Changes to the Royal Navy's surface fleet, including the withdrawal from service of HMS Illustrious and the four remaining Type 22 frigates, are annou...
Wednesday, 15 December 2010
Tributes were paid today to mark the Harrier aircraft's retirement after 41 years of service....
Wednesday, 15 December 2010
The Taliban staging post, which also hid drugs to be sold to raise funds, was discovered by soldiers from B Company, The Royal Highland Fusiliers…...
Tuesday, 14 December 2010
Speech by General Sir David Richards, Chief of the Defence Staff....
Tuesday, 14 December 2010
Speech delivered by Minister for the Armed Forces at the Royal Denmark Defence College, Copehagen on Tuesday 14 December 2010....
Tuesday, 14 December 2010
HMS Albion, the amphibious assault ship based in Plymouth, becomes the flagship now that the previous flagship HMS Ark Royal is in the process…...
Tuesday, 14 December 2010
Royal Army Medical Corps personnel stationed at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Shawqat are mentoring medics from the 1st Kandak of 215 Maiwand…...
Tuesday, 14 December 2010
The operation, into the settlement of Tor Ghai in the Nahr-e Saraj district, was led by 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment (2 PARA), with …...
Tuesday, 14 December 2010
Last week the Army in Scotland assisted local communities and organisations during the severe weather conditions....
Monday, 13 December 2010
Fifty-five Tongan troops, the first contingent from the Tonga Defence Services to complete intensive pre-deployment training with the RAF Regiment at ...
Monday, 13 December 2010
Since deploying in April, the ship has steamed 49,624 nautical miles (91,904km), or approximately twice around the world, on anti-arms and anti…...
Monday, 13 December 2010
Afghan National Army (ANA) engineers are improving their counter-improvised explosive device abilities with the help of training from British Army exp...
Monday, 13 December 2010
Defence Estates (DE) awarded the £46 million contract to Bovis Lend Lease, who will design and build the houses for soldiers stationed at Tidworth…...
Friday, 10 December 2010
A new military regional rehabilitation centre offering a purpose-built specialist environment for Service personnel to recover from injuries sustained...
Friday, 10 December 2010
The UK and Afghan partnered training institution for the Afghan National Police (ANP), the Helmand Police Training Centre (HPTC), celebrated its first...
Friday, 10 December 2010
The presence of NATO forces in Afghanistan has been described as ‘buying time’ while the Afghan security forces are trained to such a level …...
Friday, 10 December 2010
The Royal Air Force has recently been working closely with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Air Force in the UAE to build stronger ties between the two ...
Thursday, 09 December 2010
British troops have recently brought power and clean water to the neighbourhoods around their base in Kabul as well as expanding schools and providing...
Thursday, 09 December 2010
The British Army's Hermes 450 (H450) unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) have provided over 30,000 hours of support to UK forces in Afghanistan....
Thursday, 09 December 2010
Type 42 destroyer HMS Manchester returned home from the Caribbean today after a successful seven-month deployment in which she scored two major drug b...
Thursday, 09 December 2010
The British military have been providing support to the emergency services and helping people in isolated communities up and down the United Kingdom c...
Wednesday, 08 December 2010
857 Naval Air Squadron has handed over responsibility for Sea King airborne surveillance and control duties in Helmand province, Afghanistan, to 854 N...
Wednesday, 08 December 2010
Afghan troops, trained and mentored by British troops, have taken the lead in clearing insurgents from the rugged area of Shin Kalay, in Helmand provi...
Wednesday, 08 December 2010
The Government has promised to rebuild the Military Covenant and in July Mr Cameron asked Professor Hew Strachan, a military historian at Oxford…...
Wednesday, 08 December 2010
The new base for officers from the ANP who have been trained by British forces is close to the British- and Afghan Army-manned Patrol Base Attal…...
Tuesday, 07 December 2010
Soldiers or 'Tankies' from the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment (2 RTR) currently delivering security in Afghanistan have traded in their old Viking vehicles a...
Tuesday, 07 December 2010
Prime Minister David Cameron has announced a package of measures to provide a significant boost to the military campaign in Afghanistan during his lat...
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