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  • Royal Marines hosted on 350th anniversary

    Event celebrates special relationship between Royal Marines and the Falkland Islands

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

  • Forces medics bid farewell to Bastion

    Troops in Afghanistan have been supported by a team of expert medics dedicated to providing the best care for their wounded colleagues.

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

  • Remembrance Sunday in Czech Republic

    Remembrance Sunday will fall on Sunday 9 November in 2014 and the ceremony will commence in the Olšany Commonwealth War Cemetery at 10.40a.m.

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

  • UK warship seizes £10 million cocaine haul

    A Royal Navy warship has seized cocaine with a wholesale value of £10 million from a yacht in the Caribbean.

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

  • £1.5 billion UK military air traffic management deal

    A MOD contract to update and sustain military air traffic management – expected to save the taxpayer up to £1 billion – has been agreed.

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

  • World War 1 centenary commemoration

    The UK plans to mark the centenary of the First World War (WW1) both in the UK and abroad.

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

  • Remembrance Sunday 2014 in Japan: Wear a poppy with pride

    Embassy to participate in memorial service; see our list of where poppies are available in Japan

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

  • First trees planted within Scotland’s WW1 Centenary Wood

    Woodland Trust supporter starts tree planting in memory of grandfather and great uncle at Scotland’s WW1 Centenary Wood.

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  • Tesco pledges support for UK Armed Forces

    Tesco becomes the first supermarket to sign up to the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant.

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

  • First batch of F-35B operational aircraft to be ordered

    The Ministry of Defence has agreed to order 4 Lightning II combat aircraft.

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

  • Prime Minister statement on European Council

    David Cameron made an oral statement in the House of Commons today on the European Council, Afghanistan, Ebola, Ukraine and the EU budget.

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

  • Bye-bye Bastion

    Building and packing up the largest operational UK military base to be built since the Second World War.

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

  • Foreign Secretary: The Case for Change in Bosnia

    The Foreign Secretary writes to the citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina to make the case for change.

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

  • Rapid reaction reservists go into action

    Airborne reservists have been training for their rapid reaction role within 16 Air Assault Brigade.

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

  • Moving Cenotaph vigil launches 2014 Poppy Appeal

    Armed Forces personnel joined members of the public taking part in "The Watch" - a vigil to launch The Royal British Legion’s annual appeal.

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

  • Commemoration of sailors fallen in attack on HMS Dragon in 1919

    On 17 October a ceremony to commemorate fallen British, French and Irish sailors who participated in Latvia's war of Liberation in 1919 took place.

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

  • Commemoration of sailors fallen in attack on HMS Dragon in 1919

    On 17 October a ceremony to commemorate fallen British, French and Irish sailors who participated in Latvia's war of Liberation in 1919 took place.

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

  • New funding and powers to tackle abuse in the charity sector

    David Cameron announced new funding for the Charity Commission to tackle abuse, including extremist activity, in the charity sector.

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

  • More UK troops deploy to Sierra Leone

    Around 150 British Army personnel left RAF Brize Norton this morning to add to the significant UK efforts to tackle Ebola.

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

  • £4 million funding available for synthetic biology applications in defence

    Innovative applications of synthetic biology for defence and security are being sought.

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