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  • Night scramble for Navy Search and Rescue crew

    A Search and Rescue crew from Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose in Cornwall conducted a daring rescue of an injured fisherman earlier this week.

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

  • Armed Forces lead State Opening of Parliament ceremony

    The pomp and ceremony that takes place during the event is an essential part of the State Opening of Parliament, and over 1,300 Service personnel…

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

  • Armed Forces Day preparations underway

    Final preparations are underway for the nation to come together to celebrate 2012's Armed Forces Day. Report by Lorraine McBride.

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

  • MOD announces change of Joint Strike Fighter jet

    The MOD will move away from the Carrier Variant (CV) JSF and our Armed Forces will instead operate the short take-off and vertical landing (…

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

  • RAF Halton celebrates Freedom of Thame

    Dressed in Air Force blue and wearing a brooch given to her by the station a few years ago, the Duchess attended the freedom parade, on Wednesday…

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

  • HMS St Albans honours Arctic heroes 70 years on

    In rugged surroundings, the Commanding Officer of HMS St Albans, Commander Tom Sharpe, and Britain’s Ambassador to Iceland, Ian Whitting, cast…

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

  • 45 Commando train for rapid reaction duties

    More than 750 Royal Marines and supporting units, together with three warships and Sea King and Chinook helicopters, have waged war in and around Galloway Forest Park in a week-long exercise to prepare 45 Commando for front …

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

  • East Midlands Universities Air Squadron exercises Freedom of Nottingham

    The freedom was awarded to the squadron in June last year, and this was the first time its members had exercised the right. 30 students from…

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

  • Naval officers fly high in sea of sand

    In April, Royal Navy pilots James Birchall and André Milne completed what has been described as 'the toughest foot-race on Earth' - the gruelling Marathon des Sables race across the Sahara Desert.

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

  • New recovery centre opens in Colchester

    A new purpose-built Personnel Recovery Centre (PRC) designed to provide first class facilities for wounded, injured and sick members of the Armed Forces has opened in Colchester.

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

  • Royal Navy duo in multinational anti-sub exercise

    HMS Westminster and a Trafalgar Class submarine led the Royal Navy's involvement in Exercise Arabian Shark, a test of coalition navies to deal with submarines in the Gulf of Oman.

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

  • RAF Regiment gunners return from Camp Bastion

    Gunners from 2 Squadron RAF Regiment returned home last week from a six-month Afghanistan deployment to an emotional reunion with friends and family.

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

  • British wounded warriors return victorious

    The trip was supported and funded by the UK charity Help for Heroes and culminated in the team meeting His Royal Highness Prince Harry, who …

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

  • 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