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Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has visited Afghanistan to mark the latest milestone in the drawdown of UK forces.
With 50 days to go, find out how you can get involved with Armed Forces Day this year.
A centre of excellence for defence medical training has been formally dedicated in Staffordshire.
Defence Secretary Philip Hammond announced that a review into whether women can serve in combat roles has been brought forward.
Reservists from 6th Battalion The Rifles spent 2 weeks in Cyprus on one of the biggest exercises for regular and reservist army personnel.
How the UK is helping people devastated by the super typhoon that hit the Philippines, six months on.
Service men and women have been showcasing their work ahead of the last historic mission.
The Afghan National Army (ANA) in Kabul has taken part in a huge training exercise carried out across miles of desert.
Premiership side becomes the first football club to show its support for the UK armed forces by signing the corporate covenant.
Philip Hammond has visited Royal Air Force personnel deployed to Lithuania as part of the Nato Baltic air policing mission.
Three women have become the first females to serve in the Royal Navy Submarine Service.
British troops have deployed to Estonia to take part in a multinational training exercise.
A £125 million MOD contract to maintain, repair and upgrade the RAF's Tornado fast jets has secured more than 600 British engineering jobs.
The army is a step closer to receiving a new multi-million-pound air defence missile system thanks to an investment by MOD.
More than a hundred jobs in south Wales are being sustained by a £364 million investment in military communications.
Government response to the space growth action plan and launch of the national space security policy.
HMS Echo has joined HMS Tireless in standing down from the search for the signal from the black box of Malaysian Airlines flight MH370.
Prince Harry has met with wounded, injured and sick service personnel as they begin their journey to the Invictus Games.
On 6 June this year the United Kingdom, along with its friends and allies, will commemorate the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings.
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