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Details of the medals awarded to serving members of the armed forces, veterans and MOD employees; and who can receive them.
The Prime Minister will meet veterans, businesses and charities today to announce dedicated employment support service.
Find a BFPO number, send mail to and from British forces personnel and their families
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Call to run a project to deliver activity which directly contributes to the objectives of Priority Axis 2, Investment Priority 2.2 of the Operational Programme, and which meets the local development need.
Part of Strategic Command, the UK Special Forces (UKSF) is a military organisation which conducts high risk operations in support of UK interests on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.
UK forces were deployed to Afghanistan in support of the UN-authorised, NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) mission and as part of the US-led Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). Between 2003 and the end of 2014 UK operations in Afghanistan...
UK forces are taking lead of NATO’s rapid response force on 1 January 2024, placing thousands of soldiers on standby and ready to deploy within days.
Armed forces veterans suffering a mental health crisis will receive specialist care as part of a new Op Courage service.
Typhoon jets and Royal Air Force personnel are deploying to Romania to join the long-standing NATO Air Policing mission for the Black Sea region.
The Chief of the General Staff General Sir Patrick Sanders' speech at the RUSI Land Warfare Conference 2022.
It is with deep regret that the Ministry of Defence have confirmed the deaths of three soldiers in Basra, southern Iraq yesterday morning, Thursday 28 June 2007.
It is with sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that Corporal Johnathan Moore and Private Sean McDonald of The Royal Scots Borderers, 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (1 SCOTS), part of the 3 RIFLES Battle Group,...
It is with sadness that the Ministry of Defence has confirmed the deaths of Sergeant Stuart Millar and Private Kevin Elliott of The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (3 SCOTS).
It is with regret that the Ministry of Defence must confirm the death of Sergeant Paul Maurice Fox, of 28 Engineer Regiment, attached to the Brigade Reconnaissance Force, who was killed in Afghanistan on Friday 26 February 2010.
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