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  • Pre-dinner speech to the Cardiff Business Club

    Speech by Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope, First Sea Lord.

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

  • RAF Sentinel aircraft deploys to Africa

    A Sentinel aircraft has deployed from the UK in support of French military operations in Mali.

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

  • Fighting fire under fire

    RAF firefighters who helped fight off a Taliban attack on Camp Bastion in Helmand province have received their Afghanistan Operational Service Medals during a ceremony at the Palace of Westminster.

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

  • Top Afghan commander helps prepare UK forces for deployment

    The commander of Afghan troops who work alongside British forces to provide security in Helmand province has visited the UK to help our troops prepare for deployment to the area.

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

  • Army Reserves support youth engineering project in Redcar

    Territorial Army soldiers are supporting a new council project in Redcar to give young people a range of engineering skills by getting them to build beach buggies.

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

  • Afghan forces take the lead in British-supported operation in Helmand

    British-trained Afghan forces have demonstrated their expanding capability by successfully leading a large and complex operation to build a bridge over the Nahr-e Saraj canal in Afghanistan's Helmand province.

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

  • New senior military officers appointed

    Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has today, 24 January, confirmed that Her Majesty The Queen has approved the appointments of the new Vice Chief of the Defence Staff, Chief of the Naval Staff, Chief of the Air Staff and Comm…

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

  • Injured personnel in bid for world-first microlight flight to the South Pole

    A team of injured Service personnel are to attempt a world-first microlight flight to the South Pole.

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

  • Royal Navy ice patrol ship frees Norwegian liner

    A Norwegian cruise liner at risk of becoming trapped in thick ice off the coast of Antarctica has been guided to safety by the Royal Navy in a two-hour operation.

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

  • Third tranche of Armed Forces redundancies announced

    The Army has today announced which employment fields will be liable for tranche three of the Armed Forces Redundancy Programme.

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

  • Prince Harry completes tour of duty in Afghanistan

    Captain Wales leaves Afghanistan after a successful tour as an Apache pilot.

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

  • RAF rescue crew battles 'whiteout' to help pregnant woman

    With extreme weather conditions affecting most of the country, Royal Air Force Search and Rescue (SAR) teams have had a busy weekend.

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

  • 2 PARA plough on through snowy exercise

    Even an intense British winter cannot dissuade paratroopers from preparing for their role as the British Army's rapid reaction force.

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

  • Celebrities give morale-boost to injured personnel

    Patients and staff at the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine have been treated to a visit from a footballing legend and a Hollywood star.

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

  • New treaty to formalise defence co-operation with Australia

    The UK and Australia will strengthen their long-standing relationship today with a new defence treaty to provide a framework for the many strands of co-operation between the 2 countries.

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

  • Kingsman David Shaw dies from wounds sustained in Afghanistan

    It is with great sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that Kingsman David Robert Shaw from 1st Battalion The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment died in Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham on Wednesday 16 January 2…

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  • Royal Navy helicopter rescues 4 sailors from burning vessel

    Four sailors have been plucked to safety from a fishing boat on fire in the Firth of Clyde by a Royal Navy search and rescue helicopter.

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

  • New £14 million contract boosts Brimstone missile stocks

    A new £14 million contract will deliver hundreds of precision attack weapons to the RAF.

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

  • Speech to students of the Jakarta Defence Academy

    Speech by Philip Hammond, Secretary of State for Defence.

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

  • HMS Somerset returns to sea after £20 million refit

    Royal Navy frigate HMS Somerset has returned to sea for the first time in 9 months following an extensive revamp.

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