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  • Operational Honours and Awards List: 28 September 2012

    A total of 106 members of the Armed Forces have received honours and awards in the Operational Honours List dated today, 28 September 2012.

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

  • Service personnel awarded for outstanding gallantry

    The National Army Museum in Chelsea hosted the latest Operational Honours and Awards ceremony (List Number 39) yesterday, where 21 of the 106 servicemen and women being honoured were praised by the Adjutant General, Lieutena…

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

  • Scotland set to host largest military exercise in Europe

    Scotland will host elements of the largest tactically-focused military exercise in Europe from 1 October, when Exercise Joint Warrior begins.

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

  • HMS York bows out

    A ceremony at Portsmouth Naval Base has officially marked the end of HMS York's 27-year Royal Navy career.

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

  • Army signallers assist the flood relief effort in North Yorkshire

    A hundred Army signallers joined the massive battle against the floods in the UK, assisting civilian agencies and communities in York and Cawood on Wednesday night and into the early hours of Thursday morning.

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

  • 130/2012 - Service personnel awarded for outstanding gallantry

    A young Royal Engineer who displayed coolness and selfless courage whilst clearing an IED-infested area of Afghanistan’s Helmand province is amongst a number of gallant service personnel to be recognised in the latest Operat…

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

  • Sponsored reservists honoured for work with RAF

    Three Oxfordshire-based civilian pilots have been awarded their 'military wings' in a ceremony at RAF Brize Norton.

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

  • Army Education Officer talks about teaching in Afghanistan

    An Army teacher from Northern Ireland is currently plying his trade in the heat and dust of Afghanistan.

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

  • Headley Court MediCinema officially opens

    Film stars Simon Pegg and Nick Frost were among the guests at a star-studded event at the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre at Headley Court today to open the Royal British Legion MediCinema entertainment centre.

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

  • Naval force gears up for Cougar 12

    More than 3,000 sailors and marines are gearing up for a three-month training deployment to the Mediterranean - this year's key workout of the UK's high-readiness task force.

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

  • HMS Blyth takes command of NATO task group

    HMS Blyth, the Clyde-based minehunter currently deployed in the Mediterranean, has taken up position as 'command platform' of a NATO task group in the region.

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

  • Captain Carl Manley dies in Afghanistan

    It is with great sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that Captain Carl Manley of the Royal Marines died in Afghanistan on Monday 24 September 2012.

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

  • Freedom of the Borough of Tewkesbury presented to ARRC

    The Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC) and ARRC Support Battalion were awarded the 'Freedom of the Borough' by Tewkesbury Borough Council at a ceremony held at the council's offices in Tewkesbury on Monday 17 …

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

  • Scientist supports military colleagues in Helmand

    From Camp Bastion in southern Afghanistan, MOD scientist Dr Peter Harvey explains the role of the Scientific Adviser. Ian Carr reports.

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  • Paras outbox Marines for charity

    Paratroopers were pitted against Commandos as the British Army's airborne infantry and the Royal Navy's soldiers-at-sea stepped into the boxing ring.

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

  • Captain Carl Manley dies in Afghanistan

    It is with great sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that Captain Carl Manley of the Royal Marines died in Afghanistan on Monday 24 September 2012.

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  • 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

  • MOD searches for innovation to give the edge in cyberspace

    Ministry of Defence scientists at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) are inviting research proposals for innovations that will provide an improved understanding of cyberspace.

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

  • Army's Olympic gold medallist returns to work

    Gold-medal-winning Army officer Captain Heather Stanning has completed her first week back in her military day job.

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

  • Captain James Anthony Townley dies in Afghanistan

    It is with great sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that Captain James Anthony Townley from the Corps of Royal Engineers died in Afghanistan on Friday 21 September 2012.

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