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New Defence Materiel Strategy announced
By Sharon BlackA new strategy programme is being developed to ensure value for money is achieved when delivering equipment and support to members of the Armed Forces.
Military Resettlement, Business, Training & Recruitment
The Brigade Reconnaissance Force (BRF) has helped their Afghan partners undertake an operation in an insurgent stronghold of Helmand that has resulted in a substantial weapons find and a number of insurgents being detained.
Afghan Uniformed Police (AUP), with the help of British units, have destroyed more than 800 kilos of explosives which have been seized in recent operations in the Lashkar Gah area of Helmand province.
Helicopters from 849 Naval Air Squadron have been taking part in a major maritime exercise this week with the United States aircraft carrier USS George H W Bush off the west coast of Cornwall.
Some 250 members of the British Armed Forces have recently taken part in an International Military Pilgrimage to Lourdes, France.
The RAF has struck various targets in Libya this week, including a large military vehicle depot at Tiji in western Libya which has been supporting regime attacks on the civilian population in a region south west of Tripoli.
The first steel for the HMS Prince of Wales, the second of the Royal Navy’s Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers, was cut by Defence Secretary Dr Liam Fox earlier today, Thursday 26 May 2011.
Armed Forces personnel across England and Wales have got a boost from better accommodation, with 2,582 new bedrooms for single Servicemen and women delivered during the financial year 2010-11.
HMS Edinburgh is leaving her Portsmouth base today for a seven-month deployment patrolling the British South Atlantic Islands, including the Falklands and South Georgia.
The Commanding Officer (CO) of 2nd Battalion The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment has been awarded a top Estonian military honour for his part in leading the ISAF partner nation’s forces in Afghanistan. Report by Lorraine McBride.