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  • Navy medic looks after Royal Marines in Helmand

    Military medic Tanya Wilson has swapped the wards of the Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth for the front line in Afghanistan where, for the past five months, she has been accompanying Royal Marines on patrol.

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

  • Navy and RAF Search and Rescue teams in action

    A Royal Navy Search and Rescue team helped rescue a father and son who had fallen down cliffs in Scotland this week, while an RAF crew rescued a teenage girl stuck in mud near Middlesbrough.

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

  • Royal Marines help blind man up Ben Nevis

    Scott Cunningham has become the first blind man to climb Britain’s highest mountain, with his guide dog Travis, and the Faslane Marines were…

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

  • Key section of new Navy carrier is on the move

    As an 8,000-tonne hull section of the Royal Navy's latest aircraft carrier begins a 600-mile (966km) journey around the north coast of Scotland, a team of cyclists has set off to try and 'beat the block' to its d…

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

  • Military stabilisation teams benefiting Afghan lives

    The MSSG is drawn from all three Services, as well as the Reserve Forces, and consists of 50 personnel divided into six Military Stabilisation…

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

  • British Ambassador, Sir William Patey’s Statement on Parliamentary crisis

    Responding to yesterday’s announcement by President Karzai on the Parliamentary crisis, Sir William Patey said:

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

  • Looking Ahead to the Bonn Conference: British Ambassador’s Comments

    Speaking at a press conference to the Afghan media on 16 August, Sir William Patey, the British Ambassador to Kabul, said:

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

  • Foreign Secretary welcomes Jordanian reform

    Foreign Secretary William Hague has welcomed the "concrete step on Jordan's path of reform" after the King of Jordan announced changes to the constitution.

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

  • Foreign Office Minister condemns further expansion of illegal Israeli settlements

    Foreign Office Minister Henry Bellingham has condemned the decision of the Israeli Government to build housing units in the illegal West Bank settlement of Ariel.

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

  • Foreign Secretary: Assad is fast losing the last shreds of his legitimacy

    Foreign Secretary William Hague has called for the Syrian regime to stop the violence immediately.

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

  • Helmand Governor opens new bridge built by UK engineers

    Governor Mangal also hosted a shura (meeting) with more than fifty key leaders from the Loy Mandeh Kalay area - which only a few months ago …

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

  • Afghan Air Force Officer completes RAF training

    Lieutenant Ahmed Shahpoor Bakhshi, aged 22, has spent the last 15 months in the UK undergoing Initial Officer Training and Flight Operations…

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

  • Gunners prepare for Helmand in Cyprus heat

    Some 100 soldiers from the battery are taking part in the exercise, most of whom will deploy to Afghanistan in the next two years, with some…

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

  • HMS Monmouth aids ship under pirate attack

    While on anti-piracy patrol in the Red Sea, Royal Navy frigate HMS Monmouth recently diverted her course and sped to the aid of a merchant ship that had come under pirate attack.

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

  • RAF and Navy in further action over Libya

    RAF Tornados and Typhoons have been in action once again this weekend over Libya, with support from HMS Liverpool, as part of NATO's Operation UNIFIED PROTECTOR.

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

  • Afghan soldiers beat Royal Marines in Helmand football match

    Since the Royal Marines of Kilo Company (K Coy), 42 Commando, arrived in Rahim, deep in the green zone of Nahr-e Saraj (South) [NES(S)], in …

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

  • Royal Marines Band performs proms concert in Helmand

    The group of twenty ‘Bandies’ has been deployed with the United Kingdom Medical Group on Operation HERRICK 14 since April 2011, providing support…

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

  • Article RAF technicians commended for keeping tanker flying over Afghanistan

    Two aircraft technicians from 101 Squadron, were recently awarded commendations for their efforts in keeping a VC10 tanker aircraft serviceable.

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

  • Phone call between the PM and President Obama

    Prime Minister David Cameron and US President Obama have spoken this afternoon to discuss a range of international issues including Syria, Libya, Afghanistan and the eurozone.

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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