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The Royal Air Force Squadronaires new album, 'In The Mood - The Glenn Miller Celebration', has reached No 7 in the UK pop charts, scoring the highest ever album chart position for a military band.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Soldiers from 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (1 SCOTS) are partnering and mentoring the Afghan National Army (ANA) deep in the Green Zone near Nad 'Ali in Helmand province.
Helicopter pilot Captain Joanna Gordon, who began her Army career as a caterer, has just returned from her second tour of Afghanistan where she supported operations from the cockpit of an Apache.
A new scheme to provide Service personnel who have recently been on operational deployments with a restful day fishing was launched yesterday, Wednesday 16 June 2010.
Lorraine was flown in by military helicopter, carried across the water by the Royal Navy’s finest, and drove an armoured vehicle to raise awareness…
The Royal Navy's amphibious flagship HMS Albion, leading the UK's amphibious Task Group, left Devonport last week to meet up with the Auriga multinational Naval Task Group off the east coast of the USA.
The properties are being refurbished inside and out, bringing them up to modern standards and meeting environmental needs. The improvements …
Speech by Andrew Robathan, Minister for Defence Personnel, Welfare and Veterans.
Newly arrived RAF Tornado pilots to Afghanistan have already flown over Helmand Province several times providing crucial support to coalition ground operations.
Minister of State for the Armed Forces, Nick Harvey MP, has undertaken his first visit to Afghanistan since he took up post in the Ministry of Defence last month.
Royal Marines based in Sangin have opened a new police training centre for the Afghan National Police that they are training and mentoring.
During his recent visit to Afghanistan, Prime Minister David Cameron announced the doubling of the Operational Allowance (OA).
Mr Cameron said yesterday’s statement was the first of regular updates to the House of Commons on the mission in Afghanistan, with quarterly…
There has been coverage in many papers over the weekend of the departures from the Ministry of Defence of the current Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS), Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup, and Permanent Under Secretary Sir Bi…
Prime Minister David Cameron has made a statement to the House of Commons regarding today's publication of the Saville Inquiry into the events known as 'Bloody Sunday' which took place in Northern Ireland.
Defence Estates (DE) Historical Advisors are helping British troops to protect the cultural heritage of other nations during operational deployments.
It is with sadness that the Ministry of Defence must announce that two soldiers from 1st Battalion The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (1 LANCS), serving as part of Combined Force Nad 'Ali, were killed in southern Afgha…
It is with sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that Corporal Taniela Tolevu Rogoiruwai and Kingsman Ponipate Tagitaginimoce from 1st Battalion The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (1 LANCS), serving as part of …
Speech delivered by Dr Liam Fox, Secretary of State for Defence.
Dr Fox began by saying that the SDSR would be led by the requirement to deliver and support the sort of foreign policy the country needs. Dr…
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