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  • Private Derek Derenalagi selected for the Paralympics

    Five years ago, Private Derek Derenalagi lost both legs when he was injured in Afghanistan. Now he's been selected to compete with Team GB at the Paralympics. Report by Lorraine McBride.

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

  • HMS Sutherland in gunnery exercises off Gibraltar

    HMS Sutherland has stopped off at Gibraltar to take part in a series of gunnery exercises as she begins her six-month deployment.

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

  • Simon Pegg visits Headley Court MediCinema

    Actor Simon Pegg has joined patients and staff at the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre (DMRC) Headley Court to see the development of a new cinema and entertainment centre for injured Service personnel before it opens i…

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

  • Address to the Royal College of Defence Studies

    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

  • Hammond praises military Olympics security effort

    The contribution of the Armed Forces to the Olympics security effort was today praised by Defence Secretary Philip Hammond who toured a military accommodation facility in East London.

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

  • DIO delivers critical rehabilitation facilities to Royal Marines

    The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has completed a new Physical and Remedial Training Centre for 40 Commando Royal Marines (40 Cdo RM ) at Norton Manor Camp in Somerset.

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

  • RAF Chief visits Olympics airspace control centre

    The head of the Royal Air Force has visited Swanwick to meet air traffic controllers managing British skies during the Olympic Games.

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

  • Afghan General visits UK troops ahead of Afghanistan deployment

    The Commander of the Afghan Army's 3/215 Brigade, Brigadier General Sherin Shah, has visited members of 4th Mechanized Brigade ahead of their deployment to Afghanistan on Operation HERRICK 17 in September.

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

  • HMS Diamond joins Australian warship east of Suez

    HMS Diamond has joined Australian ship HMAS Melbourne as she takes her place in the international naval effort to counter criminal activity on the seas east of Suez.

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

  • 102/2012 - UK Takes delivery of first Lightning II fighter jet

    The first of the UK’s next generation stealth combat aircraft has today been handed over to the MoD.

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

  • 103/2012 - Supporting those injured as a result of service to the nation

    Today the Ministry of Defence (MOD) and Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) are announcing a simplification and streamlining of the financial support system for members of the Armed Forces who have been seriously injured.

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

  • 101/2012 - Armed Forces answer British museum’s call to return stolen artefacts to Kabul

    The British Armed Forces have returned 843 artefacts from the British Museum to the Afghan capital Kabul, almost 20 years after they were stolen and smuggled abroad.

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

  • UK takes delivery of first Lightning II fighter jet

    The first of the UK's next generation stealth combat aircraft has today been handed over to the MOD.

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

  • David Cameron visits troops in Afghanistan

    David Cameron has travelled to Helmand province in Afghanistan to talk to troops and find out more about the transfer of security responsibility to Afghan forces.

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

  • Companies receive CDS commendations for support to military community

    Two companies, F A Albin and Sons and the West One Group, have received the inaugural Chief of the Defence Staff's Commendation for their support of the Armed Forces community.

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

  • Disability benefits for injured Service personnel simplified

    The Ministry of Defence and Department for Work and Pensions have announced a simplification and streamlining of the financial support system for members of the Armed Forces who have been seriously injured.

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

  • Armed Forces return stolen artefacts to Kabul

    The British Armed Forces have returned 843 artefacts from the British Museum to the Afghan capital, Kabul, almost 20 years after they were stolen and smuggled abroad.

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

  • MOD kick-starts tendering for east region construction projects

    The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has begun the tendering process with 10 shortlisted companies for the first of its regional framework arrangements for construction projects on the Defence estate.

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

  • 100/2012 - Defence Secretary announces accommodation for 3,500 additional Olympics personnel

    An exhibition centre in Wapping, East London, will serve as accommodation for the bulk of the 3,500 additional military personnel who are being deployed on Olympic Security operations, Defence Secretary Philip Hammond announ…

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

  • The Dambusters' return from four-month tour of Afghanistan

    617 Squadron, 'The Dambusters', made an emotional return to RAF Lossiemouth on Monday following a successful four-month operational deployment in Afghanistan.

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