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  • 090/2012 - Members of the Armed Forces train to raise the flags at London 2012

    Service personnel from the Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force will be raising flags at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Individuals from all three services will take on the role of flag bearers for more than 1…

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

  • RUSI Future Maritime Operations Conference 2012

    Speech by Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope, First Sea Lord.

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

  • 089/2012 - Ground Based Air Defence Systems to protect Olympic sites

    The Government has today confirmed that ground based air defence systems will be deployed at six sites in and around London for the duration of the 2012 Olympic Games.

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

  • Ground-based air defence systems to protect Olympic sites

    The Government has today confirmed that ground-based air defence systems will be deployed at six sites in and around London for the duration of the 2012 Olympic Games.

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

  • Military bands to entertain crowds at London 2012 venues

    Military musicians from the Royal Marines, British Army and Royal Air Force are to provide musical entertainment at London 2012 venues.

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

  • 087/2012 - Military bands to entertain crowds at London 2012 venues

    Military musicians from the Royal Marines, Army and Royal Air Force will be providing musical entertainment at London 2012 venues. More than 400 musicians from 16 bands will feature at nine Olympic and five Paralympic venues…

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

  • 085/2012 - Reservists undertake Olympic effort for Uniform to Work Day

    Reservists across the country will today wear their service uniforms with pride at work or as they kick start their training for the Olympics.

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

  • IN PICTURES: Ice patrol ship photos win Royal Navy annual awards

    Pictures of the Royal Navy's ice patrol ship HMS Protector have won this year's Peregrine Trophy, the Royal Navy's annual photographic competition.

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

  • HMS Sutherland crew rescue drowning deer

    Sailors from the Royal Navy warship HMS Sutherland have rescued a deer from Plymouth Sound.

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

  • Queen's 2012 Birthday Honours for Service personnel and Defence civilians

    109 UK Service personnel have been granted state honours by Her Majesty The Queen in her annual Birthday Honours List.

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

  • RAF SAR team rescues flood victims in Wales

    An RAF Search and Rescue (SAR) crew has assisted lifeboat volunteers to rescue hundreds from floodwaters in Wales after two months' rain fell in just one day.

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

  • Royal Navy helicopter crew plucks yachtsman from stormy seas

    A yachtsman, overcome by stormy weather in the Atlantic, has been rescued by the Royal Navy's Cornwall-based Search and Rescue squadron.

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

  • 074/2012 - ‘Diamond’ Flypast for The Queen

    The Royal Navy’s aviators have revealed their spectacular flypast formation for the finale of the Thames River Pageant.

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

  • Navy's largest warship visits Sunderland

    The Royal Navy's largest warship HMS Ocean arrived in her 'spiritual home' of Sunderland.

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

  • Military personnel carry the Olympic Flame

    The Flame arrived in the UK last week at Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose in Cornwall, and, after being transferred to Land’s End by a Royal…

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

  • Army and RAF step up training for close quarters combat

    Soldiers are relearning their urban warfare skills in a new course launched this week at Copehill Down, Salisbury Plain, while a newly built…

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

  • Navy starts Olympic Flame's UK relay

    The Royal Navy helped the Olympic Flame start its journey across the UK this weekend.

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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

  • 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

  • Major exercise tests Olympics security preparations

    Exercise Olympic Guardian, which takes place on land, at sea and in the air in the London and Weymouth areas, will see a wide range of capabilities…

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