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  • MOD appoints new Chief Scientific Adviser

    The MOD has announced today that Professor Vernon Gibson will be appointed as its new Chief Scientific Adviser.

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

  • The Diamond Jubilee weekend

    Thousands of members of the UK's Armed Forces across all three Services will be taking part in ceremonial duties at various events this weekend to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.

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

  • Navy minehunters sail for Gulf

    Royal Navy minehunters HMS Shoreham and HMS Atherstone set sail this week for three-year deployments to the Gulf region.

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

  • ARRC honours soldiers home from Afghanistan

    The Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC) honoured more than 160 soldiers recently returned from a six-month deployment to Afghanistan with a parade and medal ceremony earlier this week.

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

  • 42 Commando celebrate opening of new medical centre

    Royal Marines of 42 Commando at Bickleigh near Plymouth marked the completion of their newly-built medical and dental centre with a ceremonial opening on Friday 25 May.

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

  • RAF High Wycombe exercises Freedom of the District

    Service personnel from RAF High Wycombe have paraded through the Buckinghamshire town of Princes Risborough with 'swords drawn, bayonets fixed, colours flying and bands playing'.

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

  • Behind the scenes at the Household Cavalry Jubilee preparations

    In the run-up to the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebration weekend, a team at the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment (HCMR) are working hard behind the scenes to suit and boot the horses and riders.

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

  • Personnel on deployment receive Jubilee tins

    To mark the unique occasion of Her Majesty's Diamond Jubilee, Fortnum and Mason is presenting Armed Forces personnel on operational deployments with the 'United Services Tin'.

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

  • Armed Forces rowers win gold at World Cup

    Royal Navy and Army rowers have taken a step closer to the London 2012 Olympics with gold medals at the Rowing World Cup in Lucerne.

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

  • Earl of Wessex visits the RTMC

    His Royal Highness The Earl of Wessex has made his first visit to the Reinforcements Training and Mobilisation Centre (RTMC) at Chilwell in Nottinghamshire.

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

  • UK-Russia tackle pressing foreign policy issues

    Foreign Secretary William Hague today visited newly-reappointed Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow. They spoke about a range of global foreign policy issues including Syria and Iran.

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

  • Anglesey signs Armed Forces Community Covenant

    Representatives of the Isle of Anglesey County Council signed the Armed Forces Community Covenant last week at RAF Valley, becoming the 40th county to do so.

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

  • MOD contract for RAF Hercules fleet sustains 500 UK jobs

    A new £350m MOD contract to maintain the Royal Air Force's Hercules aircraft will support 500 UK jobs.

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

  • Gurkhas help Nepalese community after flash floods

    Soldiers based at the British Gurkha Camp at Pokhara in Nepal have been helping the local community cope with recent flash floods.

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

  • RAF helicopter makes emergency transfer of child to Great Ormond Street Hospital

    An RAF helicopter crew battled through fog last week to transfer a seriously ill child from Norfolk to London's Great Ormond Street children's hospital.

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

  • Captain Stephen James Healey killed in Afghanistan

    It is with sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that Captain Stephen James Healey from 1st Battalion The Royal Welsh was killed in Afghanistan yesterday, Saturday 26 May 2012.

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  • British Army plays football match against German military

    Held at Aldershot Town Football Club’s home ground, the EBB Stadium, on Wednesday 23 May, the match saw the NATO allies pitched against each…

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

  • San Carlos 'landing day' remembered in Falklands

    More than 200 Falkland Islanders and members of the British Forces South Atlantic Islands gathered at San Carlos in the Falkland Islands on …

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

  • Navy's largest warship visits Sunderland

    The Royal Navy's largest warship HMS Ocean arrived in her 'spiritual home' of Sunderland.

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

  • Military personnel carry the Olympic Flame

    The Flame arrived in the UK last week at Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose in Cornwall, and, after being transferred to Land’s End by a Royal…

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