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  • MOD Welfare Conference 2010

    Speech by Andrew Robathan, Minister for Defence Personnel, Welfare and Veterans.

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

  • HMS Bulwark leaves dry dock in £30m refit

    The Royal Navy amphibious landing ship HMS Bulwark has been floated out of dry dock after 127 days as part of a £30m refit at Devonport Royal Dockyard in Plymouth.

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

  • British and US Marines play charity cricket match in Sangin

    Before the responsibility for security in Sangin transferred from the UK to the US, Marines from the two nations joined together for some sporting relief in the form of a game of cricket.

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

  • Gloucestershire welcomes the ARRC with formal cathedral service

    The people of Gloucestershire have formally welcomed HQ Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC) at a glittering service in Gloucester Cathedral.

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

  • Gibraltar Squadron celebrates 25-year anniversary

    The little-known Gibraltar Squadron - the Royal Navy's smallest, permanent, overseas seagoing unit - is celebrating its 25th anniversary.

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

  • Sergeant Andrew James Jones killed in Afghanistan

    It is with sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that Sergeant Andrew James Jones of the Royal Engineers was killed in Afghanistan on Saturday 18 September 2010.

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  • New accommodation puts Dover military school top of its class

    A brand new accommodation block has been completed at the Duke of York's Royal Military School, in Dover which it's hoped will improve life for the teenage students living there.

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

  • British helicopter crews support Afghan elections in joint ISAF mission

    British Lynx crews from the Joint Helicopter Force (Afghanistan), in partnership with their US colleagues and Afghan pilots from the Afghan Air Force (AAF), have been transporting ballot boxes, material and personnel to the …

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

  • UK forces transfer responsibility for security in Sangin to US

    ISAF has today announced that British forces in southern Afghanistan have handed responsibility for security in Sangin to US forces

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

  • New Reaper aircraft provides extra support to operations in Afghanistan

    An extra Reaper remotely-piloted aircraft has arrived in Afghanistan, increasing support to troops.

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

  • Service, parade and flypast mark Battle of Britain anniversary

    Senior royal figures, politicians and civic dignitaries joined Battle of Britain veterans and hundreds of worshippers at Westminster Abbey on Sunday 19 September to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain.

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

  • Trooper Andrew Martin Howarth killed in Afghanistan

    It is with sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that Trooper Andrew Martin Howarth of Fondouk Squadron, The Queen's Royal Lancers, was killed in Afghanistan on Saturday 18 September 2010.

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  • Soldier from The Queen's Royal Lancers and soldier from the Royal Engineers killed in Afghanistan

    It is with sadness that the Ministry of Defence must announce that a soldier from The Queen's Royal Lancers and a soldier from the Royal Engineers, serving as part of Combined Force Lashkar Gah, were killed in Afghanista…

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

  • Prince William becomes a fully-operational Search and Rescue pilot

    Prince William has today graduated from his Search and Rescue training course at Royal Air Force Valley in Anglesey, Wales.

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

  • ANP take the lead on security for Afghan elections

    In a further sign of progress, when the Afghan parliamentary elections get underway tomorrow it will be the Afghan National Police (ANP) who have the primary responsibility for security around the polling stations country-wi…

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

  • Defence Minister signs cooperation treaty with Brazil

    Minister for International Security Strategy, Gerald Howarth, signed the treaty with the Commander of the Brazilian Navy, Admiral Moura Neto…

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

  • Soldiers show off best of British in Germany

    Officers and soldiers of 20th Armoured Brigade (The Iron Fist) who are based in Paderborn in north west Germany welcomed their hosts to a special…

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

  • Top British General speaks of progress in Kandahar

    Major General Nick Carter, the Commander of Regional Command (South) in Afghanistan, has given an update on the progress of operations in Kandahar - the strategically important Afghan province adjacent to Helmand where the m…

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

  • Royal Marine leads first landings with Brazilian Marines

    Lieutenant Colonel Neil Wraith oversaw the dynamic drills that involved hundreds of Brazilian Marines and Royal Marines from the Royal Navy&…

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

  • Battle of Britain fighter chief honoured with permanent statue

    To mark the 70th anniversary of the day which saw the peak air activity of the Battle of Britain, a bronze statue of Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park was unveiled in Waterloo Place, central London.

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