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  • CGS inspects graduating Junior Soldiers

    Chief of the General Staff (CGS), General Sir Peter Wall, has inspected the largest military graduation parade in Europe at the Army Foundation College (AFC) in Harrogate.

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

  • RAF Leeming personnel show why they're the Pride of Britain

    Personnel from RAF Leeming showed why they're the Pride of Britain when they helped the Daily Mirror launch its annual campaign to find unsung heroes.

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

  • British Army Reserves advise Afghan Police

    Two British Army reservists, both UK law enforcement officers in civilian life, have been helping to improve policing standards in southern Afghanistan. Report by Richard Long.

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

  • Afghan police engage with youngsters in Helmand

    The first Afghan Police community engagement event for youngsters and their families has attracted more than 200 children in an area once considered a stronghold of the insurgency in Helmand province, Afghanistan.

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

  • MOD civilian turns Olympic Games Maker

    The Armed Forces weren't the only ones to work flat out at the Olympics, scores of MOD civilians also gave up their holidays to volunteer. MOD civil servant Lorraine McBride joined the press operations team at Horse Gua…

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

  • HMS Echo returns from 19-month deployment

    Royal Navy survey ship HMS Echo has returned to her home port of Plymouth after a marathon 19-month deployment.

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

  • Royal Navy makes epic rescue in perilous seas

    A team of Royal Navy aviators rescued an injured man from his yacht yesterday evening in very difficult conditions - a Sea State of 8 and a 40-foot (12m) swell.

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

  • Royal Engineers learn ocean diving in Helmand desert

    Sappers from 26 Engineer Regiment have been taking part in the first ever ocean divers course to be taught in the Afghan desert.

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

  • HMS Diamond joins forces with USS Enterprise

    HMS Diamond has joined the USS Enterprise to exercise with US Carrier Strike Group 12 in the Middle East and demonstrate the Type 45's outstanding air defence capabilities.

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

  • Public shows overwhelming gratitude for Armed Forces' contribution to Olympics

    Members of the public have written in their thousands to post messages of thanks for the Armed Forces' contribution to the London 2012 Olympic Games.

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

  • Professor Porter on advances in Defence medicine

    Professor Sir Keith Porter, Honorary Professor of Clinical Traumatology at the University of Birmingham, charts the remarkable progress of modern military care since the Cold War.

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

  • Seafaring students sail to the Baltic with the Royal Navy

    Students from four British universities have travelled by sea to more than 30 European and Baltic ports with the Royal Navy for 12 weeks as part of an annual summer deployment.

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

  • Search and Rescue Flight marks 9,000th rescue

    Whilst Team GB were setting records at the London Olympics, the RAF Search and Rescue team of 'C' Flight, 22 Squadron, based at RAF Valley, reached their own milestone on 'Olympic Super Saturday' by compl…

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

  • British heroes honoured for their part in Malta convoy

    Sailors whose courage kept supply routes open to the strategically vital island of Malta during the Second World War have been honoured with a lasting tribute.

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

  • Olympic gold for Larkhill postbox

    Larkhill Post Office has become the UK's first to have its postbox painted gold in celebration of Captain Heather Stanning's Olympic gold medal win in the women's coxless rowing pairs - but it wasn't done…

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

  • HMS Blyth heads up Black Sea exercise

    Clyde-based minehunter HMS Blyth recently led NATO operations in the Mediterranean and Black Sea after leaving her home port of Faslane at the end of June.

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

  • New £25m landing craft home takes shape in Devonport

    A £25m new complex for Royal Marines landing craft and assault boats in Devonport is well on the way to completion.

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

  • 111/2012 - David Beckham meets military personnel on Olympic duties

    Footballer David Beckham became the latest in a string of high-profile personalities to show his appreciation for the Armed Forces today when he visited a group on venue security duties at the Olympic Park.

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

  • 109/2012 - Military welfare organisations to benefit from G4S donation

    The Ministry of Defence today welcomed a donation from Olympic security provider, G4S, which will be used to support Armed Forces’ sporting and welfare organisations.

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

  • Military welfare organisations to benefit from G4S donation

    The Ministry of Defence has welcomed a donation from Olympics security provider G4S which will be used to support Armed Forces' sporting and welfare organisations.

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