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  • Libya operation recognition for Naval Air Squadron personnel

    Royal Navy personnel from 815 Naval Air Squadron have received medals for their part in the NATO-led Libya operation in 2011.

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

  • HMS Diamond arrives home in time for Christmas

    Royal Navy warship HMS Diamond has returned home to Portsmouth today following her maiden deployment to the Middle East.

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

  • HMS Protector takes to the ice for a charity Santa run

    HMS Protector's ship's company have taken to the ice in Antarctica dressed as Father Christmas in support of the ship's affiliated charity.

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

  • HMS Sutherland returns in time for Christmas

    Royal Navy warship HMS Sutherland has returned to the UK after a successful six-month deployment in the Middle East and Indian Ocean.

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

  • VIDEO: HMS Edinburgh sends home festive cheer

    The sailors of HMS Edinburgh have created a musical message for their loved ones back home as they prepare to spend Christmas on deployment.

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

  • MOD Police launch Defence Road Safety Week Road Show

    MOD police officers are aiming to drive up awareness about road safety by travelling more than 1,000 miles (1,600km) across the UK this week visiting defence communities.

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

  • Lost WWII RAF crew laid to rest in Malaysia

    The crew of a Royal Air Force Liberator aircraft who were killed just before the end of the Second World War have been laid to rest with military honours at the Cheras Road Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery in Kuala Lumpur, M…

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

  • Royal Navy's 847 Squadron returns from USA trained and ready to fight

    847 Naval Air Squadron personnel have returned to RNAS Yeovilton after a month-long training package in the deserts of California.

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

  • Army and Navy bomb specialists tackle V2 rocket

    Royal Navy and Army bomb disposal experts have successfully removed the remnants of a German V2 rocket lodged in an Essex river bed since the Second World War.

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

  • HMS Blyth heads home after NATO deployment

    HMS Blyth has begun her journey home to Scotland after a successful six-month deployment in the Mediterranean.

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

  • HMS Bulwark arrives home after major Mediterranean exercise

    HMS Bulwark returned to Plymouth last week after two months in the Mediterranean with the largest Royal Naval deployment of the year.

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

  • MSSG exercise looks at conflict prevention

    The Military Stabilisation Support Group has completed a two-week exercise in Kenya to test a new concept in upstream conflict prevention.

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

  • Royal Navy divers blow up WWII mine

    Royal Navy bomb disposal experts have blown up a huge German mine off the Kent coast after a delicate operation to remove it from a dredger.

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

  • MSSG exercise looks at conflict prevention

    Members of the Military Stabilisation Support Group (MSSG) have completed a two-week exercise in Kenya to test a new concept in upstream conflict prevention.

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

  • HMS Northumberland prepares for patrol

    Sailors and Royal Marines from Royal Naval warship HMS Northumberland have carried out final boarding training in Crete for their upcoming maritime policing patrol in the Indian Ocean.

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

  • British and Albanian navies work together in the Adriatic

    A major two-week exercise involving British and Albanian naval forces in the western Balkans ended with Albania's President, His Excellency Mr Bujar Nishani, visiting HMS Illustrious.

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

  • HMS Blyth leads NATO exercise in Turkey

    Sandown Class mine countermeasures vessel HMS Blyth recently took part in a NATO exercise in the Bay of Izmir in Turkey, successfully locating dummy mines while coming under simulated attack.

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

  • Royal Navy Lynx joins French frigate for counter-piracy ops

    The first Royal Navy Lynx helicopter to join a French frigate for a full counter-piracy deployment has arrived on board the ship in Toulon, on France's south coast.

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

  • Royal Navy surveys remote volcanic archipelago

    Royal Navy ice patrol ship HMS Protector has visited the remote South Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha to conduct the first systematic survey of the British Overseas Territory since the 1970s.

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

  • HMS Sutherland sailors renovate Tanzanian orphanage

    During a break from patrolling the Indian Ocean, sailors from HMS Sutherland have helped redecorate and renovate certain areas of a Tanzanian orphanage.

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