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  • UK bomb disposal specialists train Afghan soldiers

    Members of the UK's Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) and Search Task Force in Helmand are stepping back from their front line role to develop the Afghan National Army's bomb disposal capability.

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

  • Corporal Andrew Steven Roberts and Private Ratu Manasa Silibaravi killed in Afghanistan

    It is with sadness that the Ministry of Defence confirms that Corporal Andrew Steven Roberts and Private Ratu Manasa Silibaravi were killed in Afghanistan on Friday 4 May 2012.

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  • Soldiers provide security at Olympic Park test event

    Soldiers from 2nd Battalion The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (2 PWRR) are helping to provide security for the final and largest Olympic Games test event taking place this weekend.

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

  • TA medics return from Afghanistan

    Territorial Army (TA) medics from the North East have returned home from an Afghanistan deployment working in one of the world's busiest trauma hospitals.

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

  • HMS Ocean sails up Thames for Olympics exercise

    HMS Ocean will be moored at Greenwich and will be acting as a maritime logistic hub in support of police-led maritime security operations during…

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

  • Soldiers conquer Arctic heights

    The mountaineers, all from the 2nd Battalion based at Weeton Barracks near Blackpool, overcame temperatures as low as minus 30 degrees Celsius…

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

  • Defence Secretary visits UK troops in Germany

    The visit to the troops from the regiments, both of which are part of 7th Armoured Brigade (The Desert Rats), allowed the Secretary of State…

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

  • Queen presents new Colours to Coldstream Guards

    Her Majesty The Queen presented new Colours to the 1st Battalion and Number 7 Company of the Coldstream Guards at Windsor Castle this morning.

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

  • Paratroopers build on urban combat skills

    Paratroopers from 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment (3 PARA) have been practising the urban combat skills they might need as part of the Army's rapid reaction force.

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

  • Hammond - UK would welcome enhanced defence relationship with Germany

    Mr Hammond was hosted by the Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Auswartige Politik (German Council on Foreign Relations) in Berlin, and his speech was…

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

  • Exercise Joint Warrior concludes

    The two-week, tri-Service exercise, Joint Warrior, which saw thousands of troops from five nations converge in Scotland, drew to a close last week.

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

  • Ground-based air defence systems tested in Olympics security exercise

    The systems are being placed at six sites in and around London for testing with dummy missiles as part of Exercise Olympic Guardian. The nine…

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

  • Smarter and greener defence

    Speech by Gerald Howath, Minister for International Security Strategy.

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

  • 2012/05/02 - Shared Security: Transforming Defence to Face the Future

    Speech delivered by Secretary of State for Defence at the British Embassy, Berlin (hosted by German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP)), on Wednesday 2 May 2012.

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

  • Dstl - working with the best ideas in the world

    Jonathan Lyle, the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory's (Dstl's) new Chief Executive, talks to Ian Carr.

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

  • RAF Leeming exercises Freedom of Northallerton

    Flights from RAF Leeming celebrated links with the local community at the Freedom of Northallerton parade, presented to the North Yorkshire …

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

  • HMS Montrose helps commemorate War of 1812 in New Orleans

    HMS Montrose has spent six days in New Orleans helping Americans begin bicentennial commemorations of the War of 1812.

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

  • MOD begins Warcop consultation

    The original undertakings were given at a public inquiry held in 2001, and were intended to safeguard the future status of the land in the event…

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

  • Typhoon jets arrive at RAF Northolt for Olympics role

    Typhoon fighter jets arrived at RAF Northolt today to take part in a major military exercise to test security for the forthcoming London Olympic Games.

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

  • HMS Dauntless impresses in Atlantic exercise

    HMS Dauntless impressed the members of other navies during a multinational exercise in the Atlantic last week to practise improving security at sea.

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