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  • RNAS Culdrose gives 'The One Show' an Olympic challenge

    The One Show’s ‘Olympic Flame Special’ will come live from the end of a runway at the Naval Air Station on Friday 18 May. In preparation for…

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

  • Armed Forces support Ten Tors teenagers

    Despite bad weather threatening to rain off the event, 2,400 youngsters aged between 14 and 19 tackled treks of 35, 45 or 55 miles (56, 72 or…

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

  • Independent report states public rate Armed Forces highly

    The biggest ever independent survey of British troops, which explores the relationship between Service personnel and wider society, has been published this week.

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

  • Extra funding for Armed Forces online mental health network

    Extra funding of £400,000 will be provided for the Big White Wall online mental wellbeing service which provides support for UK Service personnel, veterans and their families.

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

  • MOD announces investment in nuclear facilities

    The MOD is to sustain its commitment to the nuclear deterrent by continuing to invest £1bn a year in facilities at the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE).

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

  • HMS Montrose welcomed home from South Atlantic

    A rapturous welcome greeted the ship's company of Royal Navy frigate HMS Montrose on Friday, 11 May, on their return to Plymouth from a six-and-a-half-month deployment to the South Atlantic.

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

  • 11th International Naval Engineering Conference 2012

    Speech by Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope, First Sea Lord.

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

  • 3rd annual Electrical Infrastructure Security Summit

    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

  • Final Helmand district in UK operational area enters transition process

    Nahr-e Saraj district in Helmand province, where British forces operate, has now entered the transition process whereby responsibility for security will be handed over to Afghan forces.

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

  • Defence Secretary balances MOD budget

    Through a series of tough but necessary decisions, combined with radical reforms of the MOD’s financial processes, the £38bn black hole in the…

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

  • Corporal Brent John McCarthy and Lance Corporal Lee Thomas Davies killed in Afghanistan

    It is with sadness that the Ministry of Defence confirms that Corporal Brent John McCarthy, Royal Air Force, and Lance Corporal Lee Thomas Davies, 1st Battalion Welsh Guards, were killed in Afghanistan on Saturday 12 May 201…

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  • CDS explains reasons for changes to Joint Strike Fighter capability

    Military command is about taking difficult decisions in changing and challenging circumstances. Over the 40 years I have had the honour to serve…

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

  • Troops salute Prince Charles at Jubilee Parade

    Service personnel saluted Prince Charles in Edinburgh this week during a military parade through the Scottish capital to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee

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

  • Night scramble for Navy Search and Rescue crew

    A Search and Rescue crew from Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose in Cornwall conducted a daring rescue of an injured fisherman earlier this week.

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

  • Armed Forces lead State Opening of Parliament ceremony

    The pomp and ceremony that takes place during the event is an essential part of the State Opening of Parliament, and over 1,300 Service personnel…

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

  • Armed Forces Day preparations underway

    Final preparations are underway for the nation to come together to celebrate 2012's Armed Forces Day. Report by Lorraine McBride.

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

  • MOD announces change of Joint Strike Fighter jet

    The MOD will move away from the Carrier Variant (CV) JSF and our Armed Forces will instead operate the short take-off and vertical landing (…

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

  • RAF Halton celebrates Freedom of Thame

    Dressed in Air Force blue and wearing a brooch given to her by the station a few years ago, the Duchess attended the freedom parade, on Wednesday…

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

  • HMS St Albans honours Arctic heroes 70 years on

    In rugged surroundings, the Commanding Officer of HMS St Albans, Commander Tom Sharpe, and Britain’s Ambassador to Iceland, Ian Whitting, cast…

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

  • 45 Commando train for rapid reaction duties

    More than 750 Royal Marines and supporting units, together with three warships and Sea King and Chinook helicopters, have waged war in and around Galloway Forest Park in a week-long exercise to prepare 45 Commando for front …

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