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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...
Tuesday, 07 December 2010
A valuable new community resource which balances the need for vital military training for troops going to Afghanistan with public access to an unspoil...
Tuesday, 07 December 2010
It is with mixed feelings that I look forward to the 4th Mechanized Brigade Memorial Service on Monday 6 December 2010. In many ways it will…...
Tuesday, 07 December 2010
The Prince of Wales has laid a wreath on behalf of the nation at a remembrance service at York Minster as 4th Mechanized Brigade (4 Mech Bde) honoured...
Monday, 06 December 2010
Speech delivered by Minister for Defence Personnel, Welfare and Veterans at the Royal United Services Institute, London on Monday 6 December 2010....
Monday, 06 December 2010
Dr Fox visited Bahrain this weekend where he gave a speech at the International Institute for Strategic Studies Manama Dialogue 2010 summit …...
Monday, 06 December 2010
Troops on the front line will be able to talk to friends and family for longer this Christmas with extra free phone minutes and a reduction in call pr...
Monday, 06 December 2010
The school in Kushal Kalay closed more than three years ago when insurgent fighters wreaked havoc in the area, killing and harassing locals.…...
Friday, 03 December 2010
The RAF's newest recruits have been putting their skills to the test during Exercise Blue Warrior whilst being observed by the Royal Australian Air Fo...
Friday, 03 December 2010
HMS Ark Royal has entered her home port of Portsmouth for the last time today, bringing her 25 years of service in the Royal Navy to a close....
Friday, 03 December 2010
The Band of The Parachute Regiment is heading out to Afghanistan for a morale-boosting tour over the Christmas and New Year period....
Friday, 03 December 2010
Two Search and Rescue helicopters have been sent from RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus to help battle the massive forest fire which has spread out of control in...
Thursday, 02 December 2010
Hundreds of well-wishers welcomed the ship home at HM Naval Base Devonport. Entertainment on the jetty-side included a Royal Marines Band, a…...
Thursday, 02 December 2010
Ursula Brennan, the new Permanent Secretary (PUS) at the Ministry of Defence, and General Sir David Richards, the new Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS)...
Thursday, 02 December 2010
Recently, the ‘Tankies’, as the 2 RTR soldiers are known, were ‘crashed out’ to assist with an explosion in the market area of Lashkar Gah -…...
Thursday, 02 December 2010
Prize-winning images of soldiers at work and play have been celebrated as the winners of this year's Army Photographic Competition were announced at t...