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  • 100 days till Armed Forces Day

    This year's Armed Forces Day, to be held on Saturday 30 June, is now only 100 days away.

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

  • Foreign Secretary welcomes tough EU sanctions on Iran

    Foreign Secretary William Hague has spoken after a new round of EU sanctions on Iran were agreed by Foreign Ministers in Brussels.

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

  • Foreign Secretary welcomes sanctions on Assad supporters

    Foreign Secretary William Hague has spoken after EU Foreign Ministers agreed to impose further sanctions on Syria.

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

  • Minister for the Middle East welcomes UN steps to ensure accountability in Syria

    The UN Human Rights Council in Geneva has today adopted a resolution which further condemns the appalling human rights violations in Syria.

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

  • Foot Guards receive Freedom of Birmingham

    In a very rare, if not unique, distinction, all five regiments of Foot Guards received the Freedom of the City on Wednesday 21 March. The honour…

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

  • Captain Rupert Bowers killed in Afghanistan

    It is with sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that Captain Rupert William Michael Bowers was killed in Afghanistan on 21 March 2012.

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  • 2012/03/21 - Franco-British Council 2012 Defence Conference

    Speech delivered by Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology at H.M. Ambassador's Residence, Paris on Wednesday 21 March 2012.

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

  • Budget provides measures to support Service personnel and their families

    In his Budget speech today, Chancellor George Osborne announced a range of measures to support Armed Forces personnel and their families.

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

  • HMS Daring joins up with US carrier groups

    On her maiden deployment, HMS Daring has worked with not one but two US Carrier Strike Groups - USS Carl Vinson and USS Abraham Lincoln.

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

  • Navy duo to retrace Shackleton's epic journey

    Two Royal Naval servicemen are set to retrace the steps of Ernest Shackleton's epic journey of 1916 in a replica of the lifeboat used.

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

  • MOD improves response rate to Freedom of Information requests

    The MOD now meets the minimum standard of compliance required for responding to Freedom of Information (FOI) requests.

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

  • Armed Forces train for Olympics air security

    Exercise Taurus Mountain 3 is putting airmen, soldiers and sailors through their paces in the skies over North Yorkshire. The exercise takes…

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

  • RFA Wave Knight returns from 11-month deployment

    Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) tanker Wave Knight has been welcomed home to Portland as she returned from 11 months away, east of Suez.

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

  • Tornado livery marks 100 years of RAF Squadron

    Number II (Army Cooperation) [AC] Squadron have decorated a Tornado GR4 in special livery to commemorate the Squadron's 100th anniversary.

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

  • Project MoDEL completed at Northolt

    Designed to rationalise the Defence estate in London, Project MoDEL has invested over £180 million in RAF Northolt over the last five years.…

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

  • Military personnel announced as Olympic Torchbearers

    The London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) confirmed places for those who will be carrying the Olympic Flame…

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

  • HMS Protector battles through ice to retrieve scientists

    The Portsmouth-based survey ship had delivered a small geology team from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) to remote James Ross Island, off…

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

  • Navy medics in major exercise at sea

    150 Royal Navy personnel have been taking part in a major medical exercise off the UK's south west coast on board Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) vessel Argus.

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

  • Royal Navy trials new combat uniform

    A new combat uniform for the Royal Navy is being trialled by HMS Daring while on counter-piracy operations in the Gulf.

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

  • North Korean satellite launch plans

    Foreign Office "deeply concerned" at the North Korean government announcement that it plans to launch a satellite.

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