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32 Royal Air Force personnel have been honoured in the latest Armed Forces Operational Awards for their bravery and service.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
His Royal Highness Prince Michael of Kent visited the Royal Naval Reserve (RNR) Air Branch on Thursday 27 September to see the role of the reserves in the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm at Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton i…
Speech delivered by Mark Francois, Minister for Defence Personnel, Welfare and Veterans at the Medical Services Training Group, Ash Vale, Aldershot on Tuesday 2 October 2012.
Speech by Lord Astor of Hever, Under Secretary of State.
Speech by Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope, First Sea Lord.
The British Army’s Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) will join forces with the Bloodhound SuperSonic Car Project in a bid to smash the current land speed record, the MoD announced today.
A soldier who had a lucky escape after being shot in the head as he ran to protect a wounded comrade in northern Helmand has been awarded a Military Cross.
Soldiers from 8 Armoured Engineer Squadron, part of 26 Engineer Regiment, have returned to Perham Down after a six-month deployment to Afghanistan.
Hundreds of people lined the streets of the town of Cardigan on Friday to welcome soldiers exercising their freedom of the county of Ceredigion.
More than 3,000 sailors and Marines are gearing up for a three-month training deployment to the Mediterranean – this year’s key workout of the UK’s high-readiness task force.
A total of 106 members of the Armed Forces have received honours and awards in the Operational Honours List dated today, 28 September 2012.
The National Army Museum in Chelsea hosted the latest Operational Honours and Awards ceremony (List Number 39) yesterday, where 21 of the 106 servicemen and women being honoured were praised by the Adjutant General, Lieutena…
Scotland will host elements of the largest tactically-focused military exercise in Europe from 1 October, when Exercise Joint Warrior begins.
A ceremony at Portsmouth Naval Base has officially marked the end of HMS York's 27-year Royal Navy career.
A hundred Army signallers joined the massive battle against the floods in the UK, assisting civilian agencies and communities in York and Cawood on Wednesday night and into the early hours of Thursday morning.
A young Royal Engineer who displayed coolness and selfless courage whilst clearing an IED-infested area of Afghanistan’s Helmand province is amongst a number of gallant service personnel to be recognised in the latest Operat…
Three Oxfordshire-based civilian pilots have been awarded their 'military wings' in a ceremony at RAF Brize Norton.
An Army teacher from Northern Ireland is currently plying his trade in the heat and dust of Afghanistan.
Film stars Simon Pegg and Nick Frost were among the guests at a star-studded event at the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre at Headley Court today to open the Royal British Legion MediCinema entertainment centre.
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