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Friday, 26 November 2010
Emulating their cricketing heroes in the real Ashes in Australia, British and Australian soldiers fight over the 'Afghan Ashes' in Helmand....
Friday, 26 November 2010
With just one week left for families to send Christmas cards and presents to their loved ones in Afghanistan, members of the general public are once a...
Friday, 26 November 2010
The Military Operational Surgical Training (MOST) course - a collaboration between the Academic Department of Military Surgery and Trauma (…...
Friday, 26 November 2010
The Prime Minister commissioned the six-month review of the Reserve Forces, to be known as Future Reserves 2020 (FR20), as part of the Strategic…...
Friday, 26 November 2010
Contestants on the X Factor TV programme have released a charity single to promote awareness of and raise money for injured Service personnel, some of...
Thursday, 25 November 2010
Colonel Farid Ahmadi, who has served in the Afghan National Army (ANA) for almost 20 years, was so impressed with The London Regiment soldiers…...
Thursday, 25 November 2010
HMS Scott left Plymouth early today for what will be her second deployment to the region; her aim will be to demonstrate the UK’s ongoing commitment…...
Thursday, 25 November 2010
An Afghan National Army (ANA) bomb disposal team, trained by British forces, has put its skills into practice for the first time, safely disposing of ...
Thursday, 25 November 2010
Plans to encourage Service personnel leaving the Armed Forces to become teachers were announced yesterday, 24 November 2010, as part of the Schools Wh...
Thursday, 25 November 2010
More than 300 Sappers from 24 Commando Engineer Regiment have been undertaking a gruelling week-long exercise at the Stanford Training Area (STANTA) i...
Wednesday, 24 November 2010
Mr Luff was speaking on the second day of the ‘Investing in Science: Securing Future Prosperity’ conference at Chatham House in conjunction …...
Wednesday, 24 November 2010
Over two days, the Afghan National Police (ANP), supported by British troops from The Royal Highland Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment…...
Wednesday, 24 November 2010
The exercise involves 20 landing craft and around 100 Marines operating from both ship and shore, off-loading vehicles, carrying out patrols…...
Wednesday, 24 November 2010
Harrier GR9 jets took off from HMS Ark Royal today for the very last time, before both Joint Force Harrier and the Royal Navy's flagship are decommiss...
Wednesday, 24 November 2010
The improvements, which include new kitchens, new bathrooms with showers, improved storage space, better insulation and full redecoration, bring…...
Wednesday, 24 November 2010
Pictured in his office on Friday 19 November, Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope GCB OBE ADC, signed a historic Joint Guidance document designed to strengthen ...
Wednesday, 24 November 2010
Royal Marines based onboard a Royal Navy warship destroyed a boat yesterday that was being used by pirates off the coast of Somalia to attack merchant...
Tuesday, 23 November 2010
Speech delivered by Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology at Chatham House, London on Tuesday 23 November 2010....
Tuesday, 23 November 2010
The next generation of Afghan policemen are beginning their new careers, having completed their British-led training and graduated....
Tuesday, 23 November 2010
Dr Fox is the first UK Defence Secretary to visit India since 2005 and took the opportunity to give a speech to some of the country’s top security…...
Tuesday, 23 November 2010
General Richards’ speech at the Policy Exchange think tank in central London focused predominantly on the National Security Strategy and the…...
Tuesday, 23 November 2010
Nearly 200 soldiers from 4th Battalion The Rifles (4 RIFLES), a mechanised infantry regiment based in Bulford, and 7th Battalion The Rifles,…...
Tuesday, 23 November 2010
A pledge to further improve mental health services for the Armed Forces through a programme of joint working was made by Ministers during a visit to t...
Monday, 22 November 2010
Speech by General Sir David Richards, Chief of Defence Staff....
Monday, 22 November 2010
Two recent graduates from the Defence Helicopter Flying School at RAF Shawbury have arrived in Afghanistan to start their two-month embed with their A...
Monday, 22 November 2010
In a sign of a radically-improved security situation in the provincial capital, Lashkar Gah’s Karzai Stadium played host to a concert by world…...
Monday, 22 November 2010
Residents of the area - known to British forces as the ‘Red Wedge’ - are seeing stability return and their lives getting back to normal following…...
Monday, 22 November 2010
Prime Minister David Cameron has said the withdrawal of British combat troops from Afghanistan by 2015 was a 'firm deadline' that would be met....
Monday, 22 November 2010
The first female to train as a Royal Navy Minewarfare and Clearance Diving Officer (MCDO) has graduated from the Defence Diving School....
Friday, 19 November 2010
Imam Asim Hafiz led a 600-strong congregation on Tuesday morning, 16 November, comprising ISAF Muslim troops from a host of nations, including…...
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