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  • RAF's Reaper logs 10,000 hours over Afghanistan

    The RAF's Reaper programme has achieved the milestone of providing more than 10,000 hours of armed overwatch in support of UK and coalition forces in Afghanistan.

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

  • Royal Engineers are busy building Bastion

    The UK’s largest military base and centre of operations in Afghanistan, Camp Bastion, has doubled in size in the last year. See Related News…

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

  • Camp Bastion doubles in size

    Camp Bastion, the lynchpin of British, and increasingly American, operations in Helmand, is a desert metropolis, complete with airport, that is expanding at a remarkable pace. Report by Sharon Kean.

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

  • HMS Chatham destroys pirate boats

    Royal Navy Type 22 frigate HMS Chatham, currently deployed as NATO's counter-piracy flagship, has destroyed two boats after intercepting a group of suspected pirates in the Somali Basin.

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

  • ISAF and Afghan leaders discuss counter-insurgency and civilian casualties

    ISAF and Afghan leaders have ended two days of discussions on improving counter-insurgency operations and preventing civilian casualties by cataloguing best practices that can be shared by all units operating in Afghanistan.

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

  • RAF firefighters battle fire at US Helmand base

    The fire broke out in a storage yard on the base at 1800hrs local time on Sunday 16 May 2010. Within half-an-hour the flames were visible from…

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

  • Armed Forces Sikh Conference fosters 'sense of extended family'

    The fourth annual Armed Forces Sikh Conference, which took place at the Armed Forces Chaplaincy Centre at Amport House near Andover, has been celebrated as a huge success by delegates.

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

  • McChrystal - changing perceptions of Afghan people is key to success

    Changing the perceptions of the Afghan people about the coalition, their own government and the Taliban will be key to success in that nation, the Commander of the International Security Assistance Force and US forces in Afg…

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

  • Crew of HMS Gloucester remember her WWII loss

    Sailors past and present of Royal Navy warships bearing the name HMS Gloucester attended a memorial service last week to remember the loss of the ninth Gloucester with 722 men in May 1941.

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

  • Liam Fox - we need to be in Afghanistan

    New Defence Secretary Dr Liam Fox has spoken about the national security reasons for the UK military being in Afghanistan and praised the bravery and professionalism of troops in Helmand.

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

  • 1 SCOTS soldiers on the IED hunt

    One British Army platoon, based in the Sangin valley, has earned itself high praise after finding, and eliminating, numerous improvised explosive devices during a single patrol.

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

  • Innovative combined mess facility opens at RAF Valley

    Defence Estates (DE) has completed a project to provide new messing facilities for both senior non-commissioned officers and junior ranks personnel at RAF Valley.

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

  • Build-up to Armed Forces Day begins

    This year’s event will take place on Saturday 26 June and is an opportunity for the nation to show its support for all those in the Armed Forces…

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

  • Gerald Howarth and Andrew Robathan confirmed as Parliamentary Under Secretaries of State for the MOD

    Gerald Howarth Mr Howarth was born in September 1947. He was educated at Haileybury and ISC Junior School, Windsor, and Bloxham School, Banbury…

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

  • Nick Harvey confirmed as Armed Forces Minister

    Liberal Democrat MP Nick Harvey has been confirmed as the new Minister of State for the Armed Forces.

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

  • Army doctors attempt to row around UK

    Two British Army doctors are attempting to set a new world record for rowing around Great Britain after setting off from Lymington Yacht Haven in Hampshire on Wednesday 12 May 2010.

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

  • Dragoon Guards provide security for Afghan villagers

    British cavalry soldiers from C Squadron of the Royal Dragoon Guards protect and rebuild the village of Gorup-e Shesh Kalay near Nad 'Ali, following Operation MOSHTARAK.

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

  • HMS Scott returns home

    The Royal Navy survey ship HMS Scott returned to Devonport this week after six months on deployment in the southern hemisphere.

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

  • Tree planting partnership blossoms on the Defence estate

    Defence Estates (DE) and the Woodland Trust have joined forces to maximise opportunities for tree planting across the Defence estate.

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

  • Armed Forces get improved accommodation in Plymouth

    Defence Estates (DE) has completed two significant projects to modernise Single Living Accommodation (SLA) for military personnel based in Plymouth as part of a wider upgrade programme to improve accommodation on the Royal N…

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