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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…...
Friday, 19 November 2010
Soldiers from 2nd Battalion The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (2 LANCS), known as the 'Lions of England', were given a rousing welcome during a parade ...
Friday, 19 November 2010
An initiative by MOD Police at HM Naval Base Clyde has led to a more than 80 per cent reduction in anti-social behaviour amongst youngsters in the loc...
Thursday, 18 November 2010
Crowds braved the wind and rain to line the streets of Taunton yesterday for an emotional welcome home for 700 members of 40 Commando Royal Marines (4...
Thursday, 18 November 2010
Due to heavy rainfall on Tuesday night, parts of mid and eastern Cornwall have been affected by serious flooding. Some areas are impassable…...
Thursday, 18 November 2010
HMS Manchester has become the first Royal Navy warship to visit Havana, Cuba, in more than 50 years....
Thursday, 18 November 2010
As part of their preparations for their deployment to Afghanistan next year personnel from Headquarters Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (HQ ARRC) recently...
Wednesday, 17 November 2010
Two brothers are serving together in Afghanistan for the first time, servicing the Apache gunships of 654 Squadron Army Air Corps....
Wednesday, 17 November 2010
Friends and family welcome home HMS Portland as she returns from a successful seven-month deployment to the South Atlantic, eastern Pacific and Caribb...
Wednesday, 17 November 2010
The latest Type 45 destroyer, HMS Dauntless, has entered service with the Royal Navy, the Ministry of Defence announced today....
Wednesday, 17 November 2010
Secretary of State for Defence Dr Liam Fox has welcomed the news that 950 Canadian troops will remain in Afghanistan in a training capacity when their...
Wednesday, 17 November 2010
The Minister for Defence Personnel, Welfare and Veterans, Andrew Robathan, has inspected the next generation of soldiers at a passing out parade at th...
Tuesday, 16 November 2010
Women's football is a growing sport in Afghanistan and the top female players recently played a match with British and other ISAF female troops based ...
Tuesday, 16 November 2010
The Regiment deployed to a variety of locations across Afghanistan, including Camp Bastion, Kandahar, Kabul, and bases around Helmand province…...
Tuesday, 16 November 2010
The transfer of authority involved a ceremony inside an Afghan Air Force hangar at the base where the British Commander of Kandahar Airfield…...