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  • MOD celebrates 10 years of supporting at-risk students

    The MOD has marked the 10th anniversary of its award-winning educational programme that equips students from deprived backgrounds with valuable lifelong skills. Report by Lorraine McBride.

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

  • Political will, military capacity: maritime security in the Middle East

    Speech by Sir Nick Harvey, Minister for the Armed Forces.

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

  • Defence vehicles dynamics (DVD) 2012

    Speech by Peter Luff, Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology.

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

  • Parliament welcomes 20th Armoured Brigade home from Helmand

    Armed Forces personnel recently returned from Afghanistan paraded through Westminster yesterday and attended a reception at the Palace of Westminster.

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

  • Glowing review for Military Corrective Training Centre

    The Chief Inspector of Prisons has heaped praise on the Military Corrective Training Centre (MCTC) in Colchester in his report published today, 20 June 2012.

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

  • Government scheme helps 3,000 veterans start a business

    A government-backed initiative providing ex-Service personnel with the tools they need to get into business has now helped nearly 3,000 people over two years.

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

  • Irish Guards Band helps unveil Olympic Rings

    The Band of the Irish Guards along with the Welsh Guards' poster boy Garrison Sergeant Major William Mott helped to unveil giant Olympic Rings at Heathrow Airport yesterday which will greet visitors arriving in the UK.

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

  • Armed Forces Day 2012 launched in Scotland

    A Royal Marines Band and representatives from all three Services launched Armed Forces Day 2012 in Scotland today at MOD Caledonia in Rosyth.

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

  • Afghan forces and British troops clear insurgent hot spot

    Afghan policemen accompanied by British troops recently cleared an insurgent hot spot to the east of Lashkar Gah in Helmand province.

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

  • Military cadets discuss volunteering with Prime Minister

    Two military cadets were among a select group of youngsters who recently met Prime Minister David Cameron to discuss the virtues of volunteering.

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

  • MOD scientists honoured in Queen's Birthday List

    Two MOD scientists from the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) were among those to be granted state honours this weekend by Her Majesty The Queen in her annual Birthday Honours List.

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

  • RAF personnel in Afghanistan run for charity

    Over 100 Service personnel from 904 Expeditionary Air Wing and their coalition partners based at Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan donned pink T-shirts to run a 5km course for charity.

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

  • HMS Sutherland crew rescue drowning deer

    Sailors from the Royal Navy warship HMS Sutherland have rescued a deer from Plymouth Sound.

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

  • Global strategy forum 2012

    Speech by Adrimal Sir Mark Stanhope, First Sea Lord.

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

  • 080/2012 - Hammond announces £1billion contract to power future submarines

    The MoD has awarded Rolls Royce a £1.1 billion contract to produce new reactor cores for the Royal Navy’s nuclear submarines and upgrade the plant where they will be built. The nuclear reactor cores will be used to power th…

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

  • Troops in Afghanistan celebrate Father's Day

    Deployed dads across Afghanistan's Helmand province received a welcome morale-boost yesterday when they opened Father's Day cards from their sons and daughters back home.

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

  • Royal Navy submarine contract awarded

    The MOD has secured a supplier to produce new reactor cores for the Royal Navy's nuclear submarines and to upgrade the plant where they will be built.

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

  • RAF units to remain at Scampton

    It has been announced that RAF Scampton is to remain the base for the RAF Aerobatic Team (RAFAT) - also known as the Red Arrows - and the RAF's Air Surveillance and Control System (ASACS).

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

  • 079/2012 - Celebrating Fathers’ Day in Afghanistan

    Deployed dads across Afghanistan’s Helmand province have received a welcome morale boost as Fathers’ Day cards have been delivered to the operational theatre, thanks to the British Forces Post Office.

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

  • Foxhound arrives in Afghanistan

    The first of the British Army's new Foxhound vehicles have arrived in Afghanistan.

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