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  • New recovery centre opens in Colchester

    A new purpose-built Personnel Recovery Centre (PRC) designed to provide first class facilities for wounded, injured and sick members of the Armed Forces has opened in Colchester.

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

  • RAF Regiment gunners return from Camp Bastion

    Gunners from 2 Squadron RAF Regiment returned home last week from a six-month Afghanistan deployment to an emotional reunion with friends and family.

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

  • UK bomb disposal specialists train Afghan soldiers

    Members of the UK's Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) and Search Task Force in Helmand are stepping back from their front line role to develop the Afghan National Army's bomb disposal capability.

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

  • This week at the Foreign Office

    A look at the work of the Foreign Office and its embassies overseas this week.

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

  • TA medics return from Afghanistan

    Territorial Army (TA) medics from the North East have returned home from an Afghanistan deployment working in one of the world's busiest trauma hospitals.

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

  • HMS Ocean sails up Thames for Olympics exercise

    HMS Ocean will be moored at Greenwich and will be acting as a maritime logistic hub in support of police-led maritime security operations during…

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

  • Defence Secretary visits UK troops in Germany

    The visit to the troops from the regiments, both of which are part of 7th Armoured Brigade (The Desert Rats), allowed the Secretary of State…

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

  • Foreign Secretary awards Afghanistan Civilian Service Medal

    More than 100 civilians were awarded the first Afghanistan Civilian Service Medals for their dedicated work to bring about a better future for Afghanistan.

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

  • Foreign Office Minister concerned by violence in Egypt

    Minister for the Middle East and North Africa Alistair Burt has called on all involved to show maximum restraint following violence in Cairo.

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

  • "British-supported activities have brought and are bringing stability and security to Afghanistan"

    Foreign Secretary William Hague spoke at the presentation of the Civilian Service Medal for Afghanistan on 3 May.

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

  • Queen presents new Colours to Coldstream Guards

    Her Majesty The Queen presented new Colours to the 1st Battalion and Number 7 Company of the Coldstream Guards at Windsor Castle this morning.

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

  • Paratroopers build on urban combat skills

    Paratroopers from 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment (3 PARA) have been practising the urban combat skills they might need as part of the Army's rapid reaction force.

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

  • Exercise Joint Warrior concludes

    The two-week, tri-Service exercise, Joint Warrior, which saw thousands of troops from five nations converge in Scotland, drew to a close last week.

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

  • Ground-based air defence systems tested in Olympics security exercise

    The systems are being placed at six sites in and around London for testing with dummy missiles as part of Exercise Olympic Guardian. The nine…

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

  • Francis Maude speech at the International Centre for Defence Studies (ICDS) in Estonia

    Francis Maude made a speech at the International Centre for Defence Studies (ICDS) in Estonia on 3 May 2012.

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

  • Visit by NATO Secretary General

    Statement on the Prime Minister's meeting with the NATO Secretary General today.

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

  • 2012/05/02 - Shared Security: Transforming Defence to Face the Future

    Speech delivered by Secretary of State for Defence at the British Embassy, Berlin (hosted by German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP)), on Wednesday 2 May 2012.

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

  • Dstl - working with the best ideas in the world

    Jonathan Lyle, the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory's (Dstl's) new Chief Executive, talks to Ian Carr.

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

  • RAF Leeming exercises Freedom of Northallerton

    Flights from RAF Leeming celebrated links with the local community at the Freedom of Northallerton parade, presented to the North Yorkshire …

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

  • HMS Montrose helps commemorate War of 1812 in New Orleans

    HMS Montrose has spent six days in New Orleans helping Americans begin bicentennial commemorations of the War of 1812.

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