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Thousands of people have shown their support for Service personnel at the Armed Forces Day 2012 national event in Plymouth today.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
New cadet units across England will be given a £10.85m boost so that more young people can join up and take pride in their community, the Government announced today, Armed Forces Day.
Secondary state schools have been invited to take part in a £10.85 million scheme to encourage young people to join the Cadet Forces.
The Deputy Prime Minister has recorded a video message for Armed Forces Day.
Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has announced the private sector bidders shortlisted for each of three major new prime contracts for the delivery of facilities management to Defence establishments across England fr…
Speech by Peter Luff, Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology.
Reservists across the country are wearing their Service uniforms to work today, in the week before Armed Forces Day and as they receive their call-out notices to help provide security for the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Royal Navy submarine HMS Vigilant has recently returned to her home on the Clyde in Scotland following a multi-million pound, three-year overhaul.
The winners of the Royal Navy’s annual photographic competition, known as The Peregrine Trophy, were announced by the First Sea Lord at a ceremony at the Old Naval College Greenwich last night (June 25).
The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has revised the timings of its Next Generation Estate Contracts (NGEC) programme, following a major review of the procurement schedule for its future UK estate commercial arrange…
Communities across the country are getting behind the Armed Forces Covenant to improve the lives of Service personnel and their families.
Armed Forces Day celebrations will begin in style today when thousands of Armed Forces Day flags will be raised across the UK.
Armed Forces Day celebrations begin in style today with thousands of Armed Forces Day flags being raised across the UK.
Territorial Army (TA) soldiers from the Royal Wessex Yeomanry have recently honed their skills on one of the most sophisticated military vehicles in the world - the Challenger 2 tank.
Defence Minister Peter Luff has today visited Europe’s biggest Defence Vehicle Demonstration (DVD) in Millbrook, Bedfordshire, where he saw the unveiling of the British Army’s new Foxhound vehicle for the first time since it…
The British Army's new Foxhound vehicle has been unveiled for the first time since its arrival in Afghanistan.
The Chief Inspector of Prisons has heaped praise on the Military Corrective Training Centre (MCTC) in Colchester in his report published today, 20 June 2012.
Speech by Adrimal Sir Mark Stanhope, First Sea Lord.
The MoD has awarded Rolls Royce a £1.1 billion contract to produce new reactor cores for the Royal Navy’s nuclear submarines and upgrade the plant where they will be built. The nuclear reactor cores will be used to power th…
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