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Brigadier Doug Chalmers, having recently completed his six-month tour as Commander Task Force Helmand, gave a briefing to media in the MOD's Main Building today.
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The Royal Navy is to receive a further five highly-advanced, radar-controlled defence systems to protect Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) ships.
Royal Marines are further strengthening ties between the militaries of the UK and France as they take part in Exercise Corsican Lion in the Mediterranean.
RAF Leeming has acted as host to personnel from Poland and Turkey who joined British airmen to take part in Exercise Trial Mace XIV.
Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt has commented on the first anniversary of the Declaration of Liberation in Libya, in which the National Transitional Council formally announced the end of the Qadhafi regime.
The Royal Navy's most important anniversary has been marked for the 207th year by a ceremony on board HMS Victory and a parade by cadets through Trafalgar Square.
Soldiers from C Squadron of the King's Royal Hussars (KRH) have returned home from a demanding but successful deployment as part of 12th Mechanized Brigade in Helmand province, Afghanistan.
BT is set to bolster its current workforce by recruiting up to 250 Armed Forces personnel who are already committed to leaving the military.
The use of social media is accepted by Defence and, when used appropriately, should be encouraged. The issue we face is not why or how we use…
Rt Hon Theresa Villiers MP, Secretary of State for NI, today attended the 45th Plenary Session of the British-Irish Parliamentary Session in Glasgow.
Get Safe Online week, 22 to 26 October 2012, helps raise awareness of online security and encourages safe, confident internet use.
Army reservists are arriving in Afghanistan to begin a three-month deployment running the British field hospital at Camp Bastion.
Flight Lieutenant Sttevei Atalla has been awarded the Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the latest Operational Honours and Awards List for her work connecting the local Afghan population with the Afghan Gover…
British and French airborne forces took part this week in an exercise to simulate how they would plan and execute a joint mission.
At a hearing on Monday, the Judge Advocate made an order prohibiting the identification of the five Royal Marines who have been charged and remanded in custody following an incident in Afghanistan in 2011.
Foreign Secretary William Hague met the Japanese Foreign Minister, Koichiro Gemba, for the first meeting of the new foreign policy "Strategic Dialogue" with Japan.
Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt has condemned Israel's plans to expand the illegal settlement of Gilo on the southern flank of East Jerusalem and urges the Israeli Government to change its approach.
Foreign Secretary William Hague said that this was a horrendous act that showed an appalling contempt for human life
A look at the work of the Foreign Office and its embassies overseas this week.
Foreign Secretary William Hague: "A ceasefire must be accompanied by genuine commitment from the Syrian regime to work with Lakhdar Brahimi to find a sustainable end to the violence in Syria".
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