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  • An area of Helmand, once known as a hotbed of insurgent activity, has adopted a very different air - with its community now coming together through the medium of cricket, aided and encouraged by soldiers from the Royal Irish…

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

  • The Royal Navy's duty Sea King helicopter from HMS Gannet in Prestwick, Ayrshire, has rescued a climber who fell an eye-watering 1,000ft (305m).

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

  • A hero Afghan soldier has saved countless lives by fearlessly disposing of a series of deadly roadside bombs - all thanks to his British training.

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

  • Portsmouth-based Royal Navy minehunter HMS Brocklesby set sail on Monday, 31 January 2011, for a six-month NATO mission in the Mediterranean.

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

  • During a recent 2 PARA Battle Group operation in the area of Nahr-e Saraj (South), the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment's (2 RTR's) Mastiff Group conducted a joint operation with their Leopard tank counterparts in the Danish …

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

  • Three soldiers, Guardsman Terry Brazier, Private Dan Faulkner and Private Luke Whylie, describe the challenges of fighting in Helmand's battlefields.

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

  • Under the auspices of Programme Future Brize (PFB) the development of RAF Brize Norton continues to move on apace.

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

  • Steadily improving security provided by the Afghan National Police, supported by troops from 2 SCOTS, in the Lashkar Gah area of Helmand province has enabled a significant boost to education in the town.

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

  • The MOD has announced that it will develop six regional capital works frameworks for construction projects valued below £12m and one national framework for higher value projects, more complex projects and cross-region progr…

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

  • On Friday 28 January His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales presented campaign medals to members of 1st Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles (1 RGR) who have recently returned from six months in Helmand province, Afghanistan.

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

  • 2 SCOTS and Afghan troops have cleared and secured a town with no resistance, a sign seen by many to show the increasingly-weakened state of the Taliban insurgency in Helmand province, Afghanistan.

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

  • Salisbury Plain will be buzzing with activity for the next few weeks as Joint Helicopter Command plays its part supporting 3 Commando (Cdo) Brigade's preparations for Afghanistan ahead of their deployment on Operation HE…

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

  • It is with sadness that the Ministry of Defence must announce that a soldier from 4th Regiment Royal Artillery, serving as part of Combined Force Nahr-e Saraj (South), was killed in Helmand today, Wednesday 26 May 2010.

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

  • The Commanding Officer of a Woodbridge-based Army unit currently deployed in Afghanistan has paid tribute to the town, praising the local community as 'the envy of many a regiment'.

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

  • Afghan National Police who are being mentored by Delta Company of The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 5th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (5 SCOTS), have mounted an operation in which insurgent influence was crus…

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

  • The top honours at the 1 (UK) Armoured Division's annual military skiing contest, Exercise Pipedown, have once again gone to 1 Logistic Support Regiment (1 LSR), who have dominated the competition over previous years.

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

  • Hundreds of Service personnel are currently engaged in a training exercise on Salisbury Plain in preparation for the next tour of duty in Afghanistan.

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

  • Racing into the Top 20, the Chelsea Pensioners' debut album has taken the charts by storm.

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

  • The versatility, skill, determination and courage of troops in Afghanistan have been the stuff of history the Commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan said this week in an open letter to all troops.

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

  • At Camp Bastion's MOD-owned water bottling plant, civilian contractors supply UK and other ISAF forces across Helmand with clean drinking water - sourced from the desert. Report by Ian Carr.

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