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  • Future Reserves 2020

    Speech by Philip Hammond, Secretary of State for Defence.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Operational deployments offer MOD civilians a fresh perspective

    Alan Lawson is a seasoned volunteer with MOD's civilian 'Support to Operations' programme. Here he talks to Shell Daruwala about his latest deployment as a Civil Secretary in Afghanistan.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Romford welcomes home the Vikings

    Hundreds of people lined the streets of Romford yesterday, 6 November, to welcome home the soldiers of 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment (1 R ANGLIAN).

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • IN PICTURES: British sappers lay 'Golden Egg' in Afghanistan

    Royal Engineers from 21 Engineer Regiment have replaced an important bridge to assist the local population of Nahr-e Saraj, in Afghanistan's Helmand province.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Essex pledges support for Armed Forces Community

    Essex's support for the Armed Forces has been confirmed in writing with the signing of one of the largest ever Armed Forces Community Covenant pledges made by the public, private and voluntary sectors.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Rifles reservists train with Regular Army colleagues

    A hundred Army reservists from 6th Battalion The Rifles (6 RIFLES) recently spent two weeks in Germany training alongside their regular regimental colleagues from 5 RIFLES.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Royal Engineers prepare for FA Cup Final rematch

    The Royal Engineers have been hard in training and have conducted their final practice session before attempting to reverse the loss suffered in the first FA Cup Final 140 years ago.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Air Chief welcomes RAF police home from Afghanistan

    The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton, has presented Operational Service Medals to RAF police personnel on their return from Afghanistan at RAF Henlow.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Huge section of HMS Queen Elizabeth leaves shipyard

    The largest section of future carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth is now complete and on its way to join the rest of the ship.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Address to the Armed Forces Community Covenant Conference 2012

    Speech by Mark Francois, Minister for Defence Personnel, Welfare and Veterans.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • 3 RIFLES first English battalion granted Freedom of Edinburgh

    Soldiers from 3rd Battalion The Rifles (3 RIFLES), recently returned from Afghanistan, marched through Edinburgh on Saturday after becoming the first English battalion to be granted the Freedom of the City.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Service charities the best way to support HM Forces this Christmas

    With 50 days to go until Christmas the Ministry of Defence is urging the public to consider Service charities as an alternative way of showing their support, rather than sending unsolicited parcels to personnel serving abroa…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • HMS Sutherland sailors renovate Tanzanian orphanage

    During a break from patrolling the Indian Ocean, sailors from HMS Sutherland have helped redecorate and renovate certain areas of a Tanzanian orphanage.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • RAF father and son reunite in Kabul

    A father and son, both of whom are in the Royal Air Force serving in the Middle East on operations, had an unexpected reunion at Kabul International Airport recently.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Light Dragoons soldiers welcomed home from Afghanistan

    Overjoyed family and friends welcomed home 45 members of the Light Dragoons to Robertson Barracks in Norfolk last night as they returned from operations in Afghanistan.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • 1 SCOTS improves relations with Afghan National Army

    A Scottish regiment's soldiers newly-arrived in Afghanistan are already hard at work building relationships with their Afghan National Army counterparts in Helmand province.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Personnel visit Singapore for international tri-Service exercise

    A group of Service personnel has taken part in a major exercise in the Asia-Pacific run in support of the Five Power Defence Arrangements (FPDA).

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • RAF Force Protection Wing returns home from Afghanistan

    In the early hours of this morning 146 personnel from No 5 RAF Force Protection Wing returned home following a six-month tour of duty protecting Camp Bastion in Helmand province, Afghanistan.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Navy submariners help marine life research in Indian Ocean

    Royal Naval submariners from nuclear-powered HMS Trenchant recently gave marine life experts a helping hand with an environmental project on the Indian Ocean island paradise of Diego Garcia.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Afghanistan medal parade for Royal Anglian soldiers

    Soldiers from 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment (1 R ANGLIAN) have received their Afghanistan Operational Service Medals.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government