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Wednesday, 06 October 2010
260 new homes to be built in Bulford, Wiltshire, for soldiers from 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment, the Secretary of State for Defence, Dr Li...
Tuesday, 05 October 2010
The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 5th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (5 SCOTS), have taken over responsibility for the Police Developme...
Tuesday, 05 October 2010
Flight Lieutenant William Wales completed his first Search and Rescue (SAR) shift this weekend as the co-pilot of the four-man crew of a RAF Sea King ...
Tuesday, 05 October 2010
The incident occurred when a fully-manned Mastiff armoured vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device in Helmand province in March…...
Tuesday, 05 October 2010
Only four days into her latest NATO counter-piracy patrol in the Gulf of Aden, British Royal Navy warship HMS Montrose has disrupted a group of suspec...
Tuesday, 05 October 2010
Europe's largest military exercise has got underway as a multinational ensemble of sea, air and land forces battle it out around the coast of the Unit...
Monday, 04 October 2010
General David Petraeus, commander of all international troops serving in Afghanistan, visited 1st Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles in southern Helman...
Monday, 04 October 2010
Families of servicemen and women killed on active duty will benefit from publicly-funded higher education scholarships, the Government has announced t...
Monday, 04 October 2010
The system successfully fired an Aster 30 missile from HMS Dauntless at the MOD range in the Hebrides and hit a moving target drone. The Sea…...
Friday, 01 October 2010
Aircraft Engineering Technician (AET) Kayleigh Beckley has been in Afghanistan for the last three months helping to maintain the Royal Navy helicopter...
Friday, 01 October 2010
HMS Cumberland sailed for the Middle East yesterday where she will conduct maritime policing patrols as part of the wider international effort to deal...
Friday, 01 October 2010
The opening of the village coincides with the arrival of 16 Air Assault Brigade who are currently taking over from 4th Mechanized Brigade as…...
Friday, 01 October 2010
The US-UK defence treaty has taken a major step towards implementation, following its approval by the US Congress....
Friday, 01 October 2010
Defence Estates (DE) is starting work on a new headquarters to house the team of experts responsible for maintaining safety at HM Naval Base (HMNB) Cl...
Friday, 01 October 2010
A Battle of Britain veteran has been the inspiration for a special blend of tea brewed to honour 'The Few', with some of the proceeds going to the RAF...
Thursday, 30 September 2010
Building on the Government's commitment to reduce emissions across the central government estate by ten per cent, the Prime Minister has today challen...
Thursday, 30 September 2010
The Irish Guards have taken over the responsibility of partnering an Afghan National Army (ANA) brigade from their colleagues in 1st Battalion The Roy...
Thursday, 30 September 2010
The event showcased the skills and talent of Services catering, with competitions ranging from cookery to silver service and centrepiece design…...
Thursday, 30 September 2010
A detachment of Royal Navy aircrew and engineers have spent a week thoroughly testing the Merlin helicopter's sensors and weapons to ensure that aircr...
Wednesday, 29 September 2010
A detachment of Apache attack helicopters from the Army Air Corps has landed onboard the Royal Navy's fleet flagship HMS Ark Royal to take part in Exe...
Wednesday, 29 September 2010
Urgently-needed new facilities have been completed in Humberside in double-quick time to help provide vital training for military drivers heading out ...
Wednesday, 29 September 2010
Deployed as a volunteer civilian in Afghanistan from November 2009 to March 2010, Constable Amanda Henderson was awarded the Queen’s Commendation…...
Wednesday, 29 September 2010
Lieutenant General Sir Nick Parker, the most senior British officer in Afghanistan, has finished his year-long deployment as Deputy Commander of NATO ...
Wednesday, 29 September 2010
Defence Secretary Dr Liam Fox has issued a statement to Defence staff following media reports of a leaked letter he sent to the Prime Minister regardi...
Wednesday, 29 September 2010
A memorial to honour the 78 soldiers from The Royal Anglian Regiment who have lost their lives since 1959 was unveiled earlier this month at the Imper...
Tuesday, 28 September 2010
A soldier credited with dealing with more improvised explosive devices than any other British operator in history has been awarded the George Medal fo...
Tuesday, 28 September 2010
The paths of a father and his son have crossed in Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, as one tour ends and another begins....
Tuesday, 28 September 2010
A Falklands-based RAF Search and Rescue (SAR) team battled storm-force conditions recently to airlift a critically-ill man from a fishing trawler, aft...
Tuesday, 28 September 2010
Service families based at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus will soon be accessing medical and dental services in a newly-constructed integrated treatment facili...
Tuesday, 28 September 2010
The visit was part of General Richards’ Royal Navy briefing day to familiarise him with the role of the Royal Navy before he takes up his next…...