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  • Royal Engineers ready for Helmand

    Royal Engineers who will help develop road networks and canal and irrigation systems in Afghanistan have finished their final training exercise.

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

  • RAF Northolt - the place to be

    Fast approaching completion, the five years’ construction work at RAF Northolt has delivered hundreds of brand new accommodation spaces, a new…

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

  • MOD personnel help secure portable air defence systems

    The military and civilian personnel, who worked alongside Libyan, American and French colleagues, first deployed to Benghazi in August last …

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

  • Navy minehunter in Gulf exercises with US Navy

    Royal Navy minehunter HMS Middleton has recently flexed her hunting prowess during a recent exercise with the US Navy in the Gulf.

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

  • Navy 'Junglies' reunite with US crews from Libya ops

    UK and US helicopter crews who flew together in support of NATO operations in Libya last year have reunited briefly at RNAS Yeovilton in preparation for Exercise Joint Warrior next week.

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

  • 12 Mechanized Brigade takes command of Task Force Helmand

    12 Mechanized Brigade has taken command of Task Force Helmand in Afghanistan, officially marking the start of Operation HERRICK 16

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

  • Huge sections of new Navy carrier joined together

    One of the two biggest warships ever built for the Royal Navy has taken another step towards completion with the joining of two huge sections.

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

  • IN PICTURES: Military dogs at work in Helmand

    Lance Corporal Sophie Mitchell, aged 27, and Private Kathleen Griffiths, 21, are working with search dogs Flake and Trough, and protection dog…

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

  • UK and Japan develop defence relationship

    Prime Minister David Cameron has renewed the UK's commitment to signing a Defence Cooperation Memorandum with Japan in the near future

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

  • Scheme connects politicians with military life

    For many, the machinations of the Westminster village may seem a world away. But, like it or not, the decisions made there affect us all. So…

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

  • Army's rapid reaction force takes to the air

    From parachuting to helicopter assaults and Rapid Air Landing (RAL), Exercise EAGLES FLIGHT 12 has seen 16 Air Assault Brigade soldiers working…

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

  • HMS Defender sails through second sea trials

    The fifth of Britain's Type 45 destroyers is getting closer to being taken into operational service after completing her second period of sea trials off Scotland.

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

  • Royal Navy blows up WW2 German mine in Thames Estuary

    Royal Navy divers destroyed a Second World War German mine in the Thames Estuary off the Kent coast on Sunday 8 April.

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

  • Corporal Jack Leslie Stanley dies of wounds sustained in Afghanistan

    It is with sadness that the Ministry of Defence announces that Corporal Jack Leslie Stanley from the Queen's Royal Hussars died in hospital in Birmingham on 8 April 2012 from wounds sustained in Afghanistan.

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  • UK Battle Backers invited to US Warrior Games

    After an invitation as special guests, a team of British servicemen and women will represent the UK Armed Forces at the 2012 Warrior Games in the USA.

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

  • Royal Gibraltar soldiers receive Afghanistan medals

    Members of the Royal Gibraltar Regiment have received Operational Service Medals for Afghanistan at a ceremony on the Rock on Tuesday, 3 April 2012.

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

  • Wilton war photographer receives MBE

    British Army photographer Kevin Capon has been made an MBE for his work over 15 years covering every major conflict the Army has been involved with in that time.

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

  • Army chef ends career with banquet for The Queen

    An Army chef who has cooked on the front line will end his career in style today when he cooks for Her Majesty The Queen in York.

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

  • TA soldiers get operational training boost

    A fresh approach to training is ensuring that part-time soldiers are equipped with the same skills as their Regular colleagues.

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

  • Search and Rescue crews save seven sailors from stricken ship

    Search and Rescue helicopter crews from the Royal Navy and the RAF rescue seven people from a cargo vessel which ran aground in stormy weather in North Wales.

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