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  • Speech delivered by Minister for the Armed Forces at the GovNet National Security Conference 2011, Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London on Tuesday 5 July 2011.

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

  • Royal Navy minehunter HMS Brocklesby was given a hero's welcome by friends and family yesterday as she returned to Portsmouth Naval Base after five months supporting operations against Libya from the Mediterranean.

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

  • In this digital age, changing people's behaviour online, wherever they happen to log on, is key to the pursuit of our national security, Armed Forces Minister Nick Harvey said today

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

  • HMS Bangor has arrived in the Mediterranean where she will serve as part of NATO forces off the coast of Libya.

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

  • The main gun of HMS Liverpool has recently driven four boats back to shore as the destroyer once again thwarted Colonel Gaddafi's forces off Libya.

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

  • Speech delivered by Minister for International Security Strategy at Cercle Gaulois, Brussels on Wednesday 29 June 2011.

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

  • Soldiers from 7th Armoured Brigade have been helping the British and French armies to work more closely together during a major headquarters exercise held in France.

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

  • VIP guests from Germany gathered at a Welsh military training range to inspect the German Army's legacy which still helps British soldiers prepare for operations five decades after it was established.

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  • The training was the third in a series of similar multinational exercises, with Luftlandepionerkompanie 270 (Lpk 270) hosting the previous two…

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  • Royal Navy survey ship HMS Echo is supporting the anti-piracy effort in the Indian Ocean by updating badly-needed charts of the region and eliminating no-go areas for Allied warships.

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  • Following operations off Libya, the Royal Navy's Response Force Task Group has now passed through the Suez Canal in order to conduct exercises with the UK's partners in the Middle East.

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  • Speech delivered by Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology in Paris, France on Thursday 16 June 2011.

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

  • Royal Navy Clearance Divers have a refurbished training centre on Scotland’s west Coast.

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

  • A transcript of the opening remarks between Prime Minister David Cameron and NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen on 15 June 2011.

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  • Royal Navy personnel have joined 2,000 sailors from 13 nations for the world's largest submarine rescue exercise, off the south-eastern tip of Spain.

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  • On Saturday 11 June 2011 soldiers of the Household Division had the honour of performing the famous Trooping the Colour ceremony to mark Her Majesty The Queen's official birthday, while 25 RAF aircraft performed a flypas…

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  • UK Armed Forces were again in action yesterday over Libya, with RAF Tornado and Typhoon aircraft destroying four of Colonel Gaddafi's main battle tanks near Zlitan.

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  • After a mammoth 20-month deployment, Royal Naval survey ship HMS Enterprise today returns to her home port of Her Majesty's Naval Base Devonport in Plymouth.

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  • Dr Fox said: “Our objective when NATO took responsibility for enforcing UN Security Council Resolution [UNSCR] 1973 remains the same today…

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  • A Search and Rescue (SAR) team from 771 Naval Air Squadron at Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose recently assisted a farmer by lifting his stranded steer off Cornish cliffs.

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