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  • Defence Secretary oral statement on the Defence Command Paper

    Defence Secretary Ben Wallace describes Defence's contribution to the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • MOD awards £3.8-million contract for advanced base protection system

    Programme TALOS, overseen by Strategic Command’s innovation hub (jHub), helps to rapidly bring new technology into defence.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Commissioner of the Police of the Metropolis v 1. The Information Commissioner; 2. Martin Rosenbaum [2021] UKUT 5 (AAC)

    Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision of Judge Markus QC on 7 January 2021

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  • Defence Infrastructure Organisation completes £10m Royal Marines accommodation

    The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has recently completed the new circa £10m bespoke state-of-the-art accommodation project for personnel at the Royal Marines’ principal training centre in Devon.

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  • Navy head visits Royal Marines in Afghanistan

    The First Sea Lord has visited Royal Marines of 40 Commando at their central Helmand base in Afghanistan.

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

  • UK forces transfer responsibility for security in Sangin to US

    ISAF has today announced that British forces in southern Afghanistan have handed responsibility for security in Sangin to US forces

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

  • 40 Commando takes command in Nahr-e Saraj

    40 Commando Royal Marines officially completed the transfer of command of Combined Force Nahr-e Saraj (North) on 21 September 2012 from the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards.

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

  • Sappers prepare for succeeding in Afghanistan

    More than 300 Sappers from 24 Commando Engineer Regiment have been undertaking a gruelling week-long exercise at the Stanford Training Area (STANTA) in Norfolk to prepare them for possible deployment to Afghanistan.

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

  • Lieutenant Edward Drummond-Baxter and Lance Corporal Siddhanta Kunwar killed in Afghanistan

    It is with great sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that Lieutenant Edward Drummond-Baxter and Lance Corporal Siddhanta Kunwar, both from 1st Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles, were killed in Afghanistan on Tuesday 30 October 2012.

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  • British Ambassador praised Czech commandos in Chrudim

    British Ambassador Jan Thompson witnessed martial arts training and parachute jumps.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • 3 Commando Brigade recognised for Op HERRICK role

    The role that 3 Commando Brigade played in Afghanistan while on Operation HERRICK 14 last year has been branded 'historically significant' by senior British and American officers.

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

  • Royal Marines push through the enemy on Joint Warrior

    200 Royal Marines commandos have attacked 4 'enemy' positions near Cape Wrath in Scotland as part of Exercise Joint Warrior.

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

  • 3 Commando Brigade to replace 16 Air Assault Brigade in Helmand

    3 Commando Brigade Royal Marines will replace 16 Air Assault Brigade in April 2011 as the lead formation of British troops in Helmand province, Defence Secretary Dr Liam Fox has announced this week.

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

  • Keeping 45 Commando's wheels turning in Helmand

    Keeping the wheels turning on vehicles of the 45 Commando Royal Marines Battle Group in the Nad 'Ali (South) area of Helmand province is a team of military engineers. Report by Ian Carr.

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

  • Royal Marines storm Sangin bomb factory

    Royal Marines of 40 Commando and their Afghan Army colleagues have stormed an insurgent compound in Helmand, seizing 40kg of homemade explosives and equipment for making improvised explosive devices (IEDs).

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

  • UK troops launch helicopter raid on Taliban IED factory

    A secret insurgent training school and a huge haul of deadly insurgent bombs have been destroyed by British forces in Helmand following a daylight helicopter assault and intense fire fight.

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

  • Commando chefs keep Marines on the go in Sangin

    Working as some of the myriad 'backroom' specialists that allow Marines operating out of Forward Operating Base Jackson in Sangin, Afghanistan, to get on with their daily work are a team of Commando chefs.

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

  • 3 Commando Brigade take command of Task Force Helmand

    On Saturday 9 April, 3 Commando Brigade Royal Marines took command of Task Force Helmand in Afghanistan, officially marking the start of Operation HERRICK 14.

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

  • 50 years of Commando comics celebrated at National Army Museum

    For the last five decades, the storybook heroes in DC Thomson’s Commando comics have been locked in mortal combat with the ‘Hun’ or fighting…

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

  • Defence Minister welcomes first of new carrier-ready helicopter fleet

    Defence Minister Guto Bebb has today announced the delivery of the first of a fleet of new helicopters designed for Royal Marine aircraft carrier operations.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government