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Commando Gunners from 29 Commando Regiment Royal Artillery have helped the Afghan National Army (ANA) develop patrolling, casualty-handling and searching skills to the extent that the ANA can now run checkpoints and carry out patrols on their own.
For the past few months a group of Commando Gunners have been putting the advice they received from civilian police in the UK into practice as they mentor members of the Afghan Police in Helmand.
Soldiers from 2nd Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles (2 RGR) have been training new, elite teams of Afghan Uniform Police (AUP) in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan.
The Minister for Defence Personnel, Welfare and Veterans, Andrew Robathan, has visited a charity helping to get wounded, injured and sick veterans into work.
Service personnel and their families in Hounslow, West London are settling into newly refurbished homes delivered by Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) as part of an ongoing £7.8 million upgrade project.
HMS Edinburgh and her ship’s company recently visited Cape Town on a two-week maintenance stop during patrol operations in the South Atlantic.
The Second Sea Lord, Vice Admiral Charles Montgomery, has visited HMS Ocean in the Mediterranean, where she has recently been supporting the enforcement of the UN Security Council Resolution to protect Libyan citizens.
The well-oiled contingency operating base in Italy from where RAF missions over Libya have been launched over the last few months was set up by and keeps running like clockwork thanks to a team of Army experts. Report by Joe Clapson.
Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has completed work on delivering 220 upgraded homes for soldiers and their families at Bulford Camp, near Salisbury.
Attack helicopter ships from the British and French navies have met up off the coast of Libya in a practical demonstration of the UK-French Defence Co-operation Treaty.
Royal Air Force aircraft have conducted further long range precision strikes against Sebha, under the aegis of the NATO-led Operation UNIFIED PROTECTOR, as well as continued attacks on Gaddafi’s forces around Sirte.
A new Search badge has been created to pay tribute to the brave Service personnel of the High Assurance Search Teams who search for and isolate improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Afghanistan.