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  • Professional rugby players get benefit of RAF training

    Players and staff from Nottingham Rugby Football Club have visited RAF Shawbury to pick up a few tips on physical training and leadership to ensure they are as prepared as possible for the start of the new season.

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

  • Co-operation bringing stable government to Helmand

    Civilian and military teams are working together in Afghanistan to bring stable government to the area. In sun-baked Helmand, a quiet revolution has been taking place. Report by Joanna Shayer.

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

  • HMS Ocean begins second anti-drugs deployment in the Caribbean

    Having already deployed to the Caribbean in 2007, when the amphibious assault ship made a major impact on drug smuggling by seizing illegal …

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

  • Joint Air Mounting Centre upgrades facilities

    Overseas travel invariably starts with a long wait at an airport terminal before passengers finally board their plane and take to the skies.…

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

  • Royal Navy wrecks discovered in the Baltic

    The previously unlocated wrecks of light cruiser HMS Cassandra and Arabis-Class minesweeper HMS Gentian have been discovered off the coast of Estonia along with the missing bow section of minesweeper HMS Myrtle.

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

  • British soldier teams up with Afghan comrades in Ramadan run

    A British major serving in Afghanistan is intending to put his long distance running skills to the test to raise money for fellow soldiers hurt in the conflict, and will be joined in the effort by Afghan soldiers.

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

  • Battle of Britain spirit flies on in the RAF

    Group Captain Billy Drake, Battle of Britain Hurricane pilot, points to the name badge on Typhoon pilot Flight Lieutenant Rich Walton’s flying…

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

  • HMS Portland gets an icy welcome in South Georgia

    HMS Portland encountered the massive block of ice on a recent trip to the remote UK territory hundreds of miles to the east of South America…

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

  • RMP soldier takes policing skills to Afghanistan

    As the 1st Battalion Scots Guards work to keep traffic flowing on the strategically important Route 601 in Helmand, Lance Corporal Matthew Ellis of 150 Provost Company, Royal Military Police (RMP), is providing policing expe…

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

  • Upgraded surveillance aircraft arrive in Afghanistan

    Upgraded Desert Hawks - hand-launched, remote-controlled surveillance aircraft which can record video footage day and night, sending it directly to troops on the ground - arrived in Afghanistan this weekend.

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

  • Lance Corporal Jordan Dean Bancroft killed in Afghanistan

    It is with sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that Lance Corporal Jordan Dean Bancroft of 1st Battalion The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment, part of Combined Force Nad 'Ali, was killed in Afghanistan on…

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  • New tool improving MOD weather resistance

    The MOD is developing plans to defend its establishments from an increasing threat – the changing environment around us.

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

  • British Gunners work with Aussie colleagues in Helmand

    Lance Bombardier Mark Hope, aged 25, and Gunner Michael Morritt, aged 21, are both currently deployed to Forward Operating Base Budwan in the…

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

  • Jackal keeps proving its worth in Afghanistan

    The number of Jackal vehicles procured for UK forces has passed the 500 mark.

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

  • Major exercise sees UK and NATO forces refine land-air coordination for Afghanistan

    The role of the Forward Air Controller (FAC) in coordinating such precise integration between air and land forces is vital and requires intensive…

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

  • HMS Gloucester sets sail for South Atlantic

    HMS Gloucester set sail for the South Atlantic this morning where for the next seven months she will take part in maritime security patrols and exercise with South American navies.

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

  • Kent cadets celebrate 100th anniversary on the Rock

    Over twenty Army cadets from various towns in Kent visited the Rock of Gibraltar recently as part of the Army Cadet Force's 150th anniversary celebrations.

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

  • Royal Navy trains refurbished Iraqi ship's crew

    Now repair work on the Iraqi Navy Ship (INS) Nasser has come to an end, Royal Navy personnel have been training the ship's crew so they can take her out to defend and patrol Iraq's territorial waters.

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

  • RAF continues to support Pakistan flood relief effort

    Britain is supporting the Government of Pakistan’s efforts to provide safe drinking water, hygiene kits, toilets, sewage clearance and waste…

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

  • Royal Marines protect Afghan people from Taliban intimidation

    As the Royal Marines of 40 Commando work hard to bring security to the population of Sangin in Helmand province they are often tasked to protect residents from Taliban intimidation and attack.

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