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  • Canadian Mounties take over Royal duties at Horse Guards

    Re-enacting a gesture made by her father, King George VI, in 1936, HM The Queen has seen fit to celebrate the Commonwealth by inviting the Royal…

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

  • Army and RAF step up training for close quarters combat

    Soldiers are relearning their urban warfare skills in a new course launched this week at Copehill Down, Salisbury Plain, while a newly built…

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

  • Qinetiq 70th anniversary dinner

    Speech delivered by Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology Peter Luff at Malvern College, on Thursday 24 May 2012.

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

  • The strategic challenges of defence acquisition

    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

  • RAF personnel remember Dambusters leader

    Exactly 69 years to the day after the famous Dambusters Raid, the people of the Cornish fishing town of Porthleven, with the support of personnel…

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

  • MOD Kineton receives Freedom of Warwick

    Two-hundred soldiers from Kineton military base have marched through Warwick to celebrate being granted the Freedom of the Town.

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

  • Queen thanks Armed Forces for Jubilee Muster

    Her Majesty The Queen has written a letter of thanks to the Armed Forces for the Parade and Muster for her Diamond Jubilee.

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

  • 1 RTR soldiers return home from Afghanistan

    'Welcome Home' banners, applause and celebrations greeted some 100 soldiers from H Squadron of the 1st Royal Tank Regiment (1 RTR) when they returned home from Afghanistan.

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

  • UK and Saudi Arabia agree deal on officer and aircrew training

    The United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia have reached agreement for the UK to support a programme that will provide the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) with cutting-edge officer and aircrew training

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

  • Milestones reached for women in the Royal Navy

    Commander Sarah West, aged 40, joins Type 23 frigate HMS Portland in Rosyth today, becoming the first woman in the Royal Navy’s history to be…

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

  • Video raises awareness of Armed Forces Compensation Scheme

    A new animated video is being released today to raise awareness of the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme.

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

  • Dstl hosts international Chemical Weapons Demilitarisation conference

    The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) is once again hosting the international Chemical Weapons Demilitarisation (CWD) conference.

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

  • Contracts awarded for the design of future nuclear deterrent submarines

    The first Successor submarine is due to be delivered in 2028, replacing the Vanguard Class submarines which currently carry the UK’s nuclear…

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

  • Address to 15th Chemical Weapons Demilitarisation Conference 2012

    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

  • New national Falklands memorial unveiled

    A new national Falklands memorial was unveiled at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire yesterday in the presence of hundreds of serving Armed Forces personnel and veterans.

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

  • Injured personnel display garden at Chelsea Flower Show

    Patients at Headley Court are growing stronger through a gardening project which has culminated in the creation of a display garden at the Chelsea Flower Show.

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

  • French naval cadets visit HMS Raleigh

    The 13 cadets from the Ecole des Officiers du Commissariat de la Marine (EOCM), the French equivalent of the DMLS, were given a full tour of…

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

  • IN PICTURES: Armed Forces mount spectacular Diamond Jubilee tribute

    Thousands of troops, six massed bands and the biggest tri-Service flypast in recent years formed a spectacular tribute by the Armed Forces to Her Majesty The Queen at Windsor this weekend.

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

  • Navy starts Olympic Flame's UK relay

    The Royal Navy helped the Olympic Flame start its journey across the UK this weekend.

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

  • Off-duty RAF survival specialist saves boys from sea tragedy

    FS Lane, who is 50 years old and trained as an RAF physical training instructor, was visiting the beach with his family when he noticed a family…

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