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  • Service personnel and Ministers show support on London Poppy Day

    All of the Defence Ministers and a host of military personnel turned out to support the annual event in the capital

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • UK troops to provide further support to Colombia

    The Defence Secretary has praised the UK’s relationship with Colombia as further UK personnel prepare to visit the Latin American country.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Armed Forces Minister's response to a petition regarding the UK's nuclear deterrent

    Mike Penning, Minister of State for the Armed Forces, response to a petition from the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND).

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Defence Secretary announces £1.1 billion investment in Army facilities

    The Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has today announced that over £1.1 billion will be invested in creating new accommodation and facilities to meet the needs of the modern Armed Forces.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Airborne medics prepare for South Sudan mission

    The Defence Secretary has met the British Army’s high-readiness paratroopers who are preparing to serve on a UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Daesh clinging to Iraq as UK marks anniversary of operations

    Daesh now holds just a fraction of Iraq’s territory after previously threatening the capital Baghdad, the Defence Secretary has said.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • UK maritime personnel train the Libyan Coastguard

    UK Armed Forces personnel will tomorrow begin operations to help train the Libyan Coastguard, the Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has confirmed.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • £2.4 million upgrade to facilities at New Zealand Farm Camp

    DIO has invested in the project at New Zealand Farm Camp on Salisbury Plain Training Area, to bring it in line with modern day and future training requirements.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Surveillance aircraft support deal sustains around 160 UK jobs

    Minister for Defence Procurement, Harriett Baldwin announces £131.5 million support contract for RAF’s Sentinel surveillance aircraft.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • UK steps up measures to reassure European allies

    The UK is stepping up its package of measures to support its allies in Europe, in the face of a more assertive Russia, the Defence Secretary Michael Fallon announced today.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • World War 2 airmen's graves rededicated

    Six Royal Air Force crew members graves have been identified and rededicated over 70 years after they lost their lives in WW2.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Change to Veterans UK helpline opening hours

    Changes to helpline opening hours from Monday 31 October 2016.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • UK to resume training of Syrian opposition to fight Daesh

    UK personnel will train members of vetted moderate Syrian opposition groups in infantry, medical and explosive hazard awareness skills as part of the counter Daesh campaign, the Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has announced.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • DESG Graduate Scheme: Alex

    Graduate Nuclear Engineer on the MOD Defence Engineering and Science Group (DESG) training scheme.

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  • UK-led exercise ensures NATO is match fit to deal with any threat

    The Defence Secretary has today visited forces participating in a UK-led NATO exercise at RAF St Mawgan in Cornwall.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Trafalgar Night speech in Washington DC

    Speech by First Sea Lord, Admiral Sir Philip Jones.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • UK troops to bolster NATO mission in Kosovo

    UK Armed Forces will increase their support to a NATO force in Kosovo, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has announced today.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • UK and France begin build of unmanned mine clearance craft

    Today in Paris, the Minister for Defence Procurement Harriett Baldwin and her French counterpart, Laurent Collet-Billon, launched the next phase of a £117 million joint Maritime Mine Counter Measures (MMCM) programme.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Defence Secretary's speech at the second RUSI Cyber Symposium

    Speech by Michael Fallon, Secretary of State for Defence.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • New Successor Submarines Named

    The first of the UK’s new nuclear deterrent submarines has been named

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government