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  • Sappers help build a brighter future in Helmand

    Staff Sergeants Mark Smith and Eddie Morrison of the Corps of Royal Engineers are both four months into a tour of Helmand province with the …

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

  • Royal Navy frigates return to Portsmouth

    [Picture: Crown Copyright/MOD 2011]

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

  • Minister for Europe expresses concern about violence in northern Kosovo

    Minister for Europe David Lidington said that the UK calls on all communities in Kosovo to "work together to resolve their differences peacefully".

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

  • HMS Sutherland begins boarding operations off Libya

    HMS Sutherland deployed a team of Royal Marines and Royal Navy sailors to search the merchant vessel in international waters close to Libya,…

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

  • RAF in cliff-side driver rescue

    An RAF Search and Rescue (SAR) team yesterday helped rescue a woman who plunged towards a cliff edge in Cornwall in her car. Report by Lorraine McBride.

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

  • 2011/07/26 - 1958 UK/US Mutual Defence Agreement Stocktake

    Speech delivered by Minister for International Security Strategy at 1 Carlton Gardens, London on Tuesday 26 July 2011.

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

  • Foreign Office Minister condemns bomb attack in Lebanon

    Foreign Office Minister for the Middle East and North Africa Alistair Burt has commented on today’s bomb attack in the city of Sidon in southern Lebanon, which injured members of a UN peacekeeping patrol.

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

  • RAF woman helps Marines bring stabilisation to Helmand villages

    Working with the Royal Marines during a recent operation to clear a key route in Helmand of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) was an RAF woman who is part of the Military Stabilisation Support Team (MSST).

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

  • Reconstruction team head sees progress in Nad 'Ali

    The head of the Helmand Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) says he is impressed by the progress being made by Royal Marines from 42 Commando in Nad 'Ali (North), after visiting villages in the area

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

  • Soldiers and civilians square up in culinary challenge

    Military and civilian chefs go head to head at the Army 3rd Division and 4th Division Field Catering Competition.

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

  • Defence Chief - Afghanistan is not all about fighting

    As we prepare for security transition, the military element is not the most important part of our contribution to Afghanistan, writes Chief of the Defence staff, General Sir David Richards.

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

  • Junior Ratings move into their new home at RNAS Culdrose

    Junior Ratings at Royal Naval Air Station (RNAS) Culdrose have moved into their new cabins – thanks to the latest phase of the Single Living Accommodation Modernisation (SLAM) delivered by Defence Infrastructure Organisation…

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

  • Olympics: one year to go

    We are confident that the right plans are in place to deliver a safe 2012 Games, says security minister.

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

  • Prime Minister welcomes Prime Minister of Spain

    Prime Minister David Cameron welcomed his Spanish counterpart Jose Luis Zapatero to Downing Street on 25 July.

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

  • Medals awarded for British police work in Afghanistan

    Afghan Police General presented medals to UK police officers in recognition of their excellent work in Kabul.

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

  • Foreign Secretary meets French Foreign Minister

    Foreign Secretary William Hague and French Foreign Minister Alain Juppé to discuss UK-France cooperation on Libya during their meeting in London on 25 July.

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

  • IN PICTURES: Officer cadets in final training exercise

    Officer cadets from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS) finished a ten-day training exercise in Dumfries and Galloway on Saturday, 23 July 2011; the culmination of a 44-week training course.

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

  • RAF strikes Gaddafi targets in Tripoli

    RAF aircraft bombed a key intelligence building in Tripoli and breached the walls of Colonel Gaddafi's command complex this weekend, and inflicted further losses on pro-Gaddafi forces massed at Zlitan and Gharyan.

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

  • Bomb disposal pair clear Taliban IED factory

    Two members of the Counter-Improvised Explosive Device Task Force (C-IED TF) have spent two full days making safe an IED factory found by British soldiers in the Nahr-e Saraj area of Helmand province.

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

  • Armed Forces Minister visits Reaper operators

    The Reaper aircraft are launched from Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, by RAF crews deployed in theatre. Once airborne, however, missions are…

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