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  • Nick Clegg hails transformation in Afghanistan

    The Deputy Prime Minister has hailed the “transformation of the military effort” in Afghanistan.

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

  • Army officer's Masters helps save money at Camp Bastion

    An Army Engineer has graduated from the University of Bath with a Masters degree with distinction in electrical power systems, having completed the final stages of his studies whilst deployed in Afghanistan.

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

  • HMS Gloucester foils drug smugglers

    The crew of HMS Gloucester has intercepted a yacht in the mid-Atlantic smuggling cocaine with a UK street value of at least £4m.

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

  • British forces mentor the next Afghan military leaders

    The KMTC is where Afghan soldiers receive their basic training on enlistment. The training itself is run by ANA instructors under the advisement…

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

  • TA soldiers begin North East march

    Territorial Army (TA) soldiers began marching hundreds of miles around North East England and Yorkshire this weekend to raise awareness of the Armed Forces and the role of the Reservist and raise money for charity.

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

  • Battle of Britain veterans take to the skies again

    The special memorial flight, which took place on Saturday on a British Airways Airbus A320, was accompanied by a formation flight of two surviving…

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

  • Nick Clegg hails transformation in Afghanistan

    Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has hailed the “transformation of the military effort” in Afghanistan.

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

  • Nick Clegg hails transformation in Afghanistan

    Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has hailed the “transformation of the military effort” in Afghanistan.

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

  • Home Secretary visits Washington

    The British Home Secretary, Theresa May, is visiting Washington, DC today to meet with a range of senior counterparts in the US Government.

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

  • Foreign Office statement on Gilad Shalit

    The Foreign Office demands the immediate and unconditional release of the Israeli soldier.

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

  • UK's most powerful submarine joins the Navy

    The UK's most powerful attack submarine, HMS Astute, has been welcomed into the Royal Navy today in a commissioning ceremony overseen by the boat's patron, the Duchess of Cornwall.

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

  • Brothers battle Taliban to uncover IED factory

    Lance Corporal Jimmy Leather, aged 28, and Lance Corporal Michael Leather, aged 22, both from 2nd Battalion The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment…

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

  • UK and US Service personnel to run across America for injured colleagues

    A group of British and American Service personnel are about to take part in a 3,530-mile (5,680km) run from one side of America to the other to raise funds for injured servicemen and women on both sides of the Atlantic.

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

  • Royal Navy wows the crowds at Bournemouth Air Festival

    Crowds flocked to Bournemouth beach last weekend to witness the aerial acrobatics and daredevil stunts put on by the Royal Navy at the four-day air festival on the south coast.

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

  • Royal Navy mine countermeasures flotilla sails for exercise in the Gulf

    The exercise is designed to enable the two navies to further develop mine hunting techniques in the warm, shallow waters of the Middle East,…

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

  • Selling Pot Noodles on Afghanistan's front line

    As British troops move into the more remote areas of Helmand province, so does the Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes' (NAAFI's) supply of cigarettes and Pot Noodles!

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

  • RAF Gunners prepare for Afghanistan

    The squadron, who are stationed at RAF Leeming in North Yorkshire, will provide force protection capabilities at the main bases in Afghanistan…

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

  • Latest UK Armed Forces manning figures released

    Figures showing that the UK Armed Forces are currently at 99.7 per cent of their full-time trained strength requirement have been released today by the MOD.

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

  • Pakistan flood relief update

    RAF personnel are continuing to spearhead Britain's international aid effort to assist people affected by Pakistan's devastating floods.

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

  • New batteries lighten load for troops in Afghanistan

    Soldiers on operations will be carrying lighter batteries from this autumn as technology continues to make life easier on the front line.

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