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Monday, 26 July 2010
Lance Corporal 'Gaz' Lovett, an aviation crewman on a new Lynx Mark 9A helicopter, tells of his experiences as he provides firepower from the skies in...
Monday, 26 July 2010
Sailors from HMS Monmouth are currently training at HMS Raleigh in Cornwall, learning how to carry out one of the most important Royal Navy roles - bo...
Monday, 26 July 2010
The MOD Guard Service has been awarded the top accreditation in the security industry....
Monday, 26 July 2010
A group of horses and soldiers from the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery have travelled from London to Blackpool to indulge in a week of training an...
Friday, 23 July 2010
Army helicopter pilots, ground crew and technicians who have served in Afghanistan were presented with campaign medals by His Royal Highness The Princ...
Friday, 23 July 2010
Marine Jason Nash was on duty in Helmand province when he was shot by insurgents in April 2010. But thanks to body armour doing its job, the…...
Friday, 23 July 2010
Mr Luff, Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology, said a green paper will be published by the end of this year, following the…...
Friday, 23 July 2010
The ships - FS Primauguet from France, RFS Severomorsk from Russia, HMS Kent from the UK, and USS Mount Whitney from America - spent the week…...
Thursday, 22 July 2010
Speech delivered by Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology at the RAF Club, Piccadilly, London on Thursday 22 July 2010....
Thursday, 22 July 2010
Two RAF reservists have been helping co-ordinate a battle group sized operation to defend the giant coalition air base at Kandahar in Afghanistan...
Thursday, 22 July 2010
For a minister with only a limited military background, the new Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology, Peter Luff, has quickly develo...
Thursday, 22 July 2010
Organised by The Sun newspaper in close association with the Ministry of Defence, the Millies focus on the excellence of Her Majesty’s Armed…...
Thursday, 22 July 2010
Providing flexible space for 600 desks, the new Oak building is part of a major programme to transfer 4,000 posts from the more expensive south…...
Thursday, 22 July 2010
Reverend Abeledo, aged 51, is spending six months working as Task Force Helmand senior chaplain, where all his skills as a minister will be …...
Thursday, 22 July 2010
The move delivers on the commitment outlined in the Coalition Programme for Government to maximise R&R as part of rebuilding the military covenant…...
Wednesday, 21 July 2010
The UK's Defence and Foreign Secretaries today met with their Italian counterparts at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to discuss the ongoing worki...
Wednesday, 21 July 2010
A former Mujahidin fighter, now a senior non-commissioned officer in the Afghan National Army (ANA), is bringing medical care to remote villages in ce...
Wednesday, 21 July 2010
The period in which personnel injured in service can claim compensation is to rise from five to seven years from point of diagnosis as part of a serie...
Wednesday, 21 July 2010
After nearly two months of being operational in Afghanistan, the world's fastest helicopter, the Lynx Mark 9A, has proved to be a vital boost to the U...
Wednesday, 21 July 2010
At the Kabul conference yesterday the international community expressed its support for President Karzai's objective that the Afghan National Security...
Tuesday, 20 July 2010
Speech by Dr Liam Fox, Secretary of State for Defence ...
Tuesday, 20 July 2010
Defence Estates (DE) has completely refurbished 136 homes, externally and internally. The homes have been given new kitchens and bathrooms with…...
Tuesday, 20 July 2010
Dr Fox said he was committed to two things. Firstly to play his part in improving the country’s fiscal position and he said his second commitment…...
Tuesday, 20 July 2010
The 1,000th Afghan Policeman passed out of the British-run Helmand Police Training Centre (HPTC) last week....
Tuesday, 20 July 2010
A team of Royal Marines from 9 Assault Squadron, based on board the Royal Navy helicopter commando carrier HMS Ocean, have helped save an American fis...
Tuesday, 20 July 2010
British, Danish and Afghan forces have built a new road and new patrol base to cut off known insurgent routes and bring increased protection for civil...
Tuesday, 20 July 2010
The last of 250 World War One soldiers killed in the Battle of Fromelles was laid to rest in a ceremony yesterday at the first Commonwealth War Graves...
Monday, 19 July 2010
The Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, the Red Arrows, were amongst the star attractions at this year's Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) held over t...
Monday, 19 July 2010
The best examples of innovation and initiative in defence were honoured as this year's winners of the GEMS suggestion scheme were announced at the Tow...
Monday, 19 July 2010
The operation, known as Op OMID DO (HOPE 2), was the culmination of weeks of planning by Colonel Sheren Shah, the Commander of the 3rd Kandak…...
Department of Health and Social Care Resident doctors agree deal with Government to end strikes
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office New UK Envoy to champion LGBT+ rights globally
Parole Board Parole Board launches new video and leaflet for victims
Home Office Illegal immigrants and foreign criminals to be removed
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Bluetongue: latest situation