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Some 110 soldiers from 16 Air Assault Brigade, which deployed to Helmand from October 2010 to April 2011, attended a reception with the All Party Parliamentary Group for the Armed Forces yesterday.
Seven people were rescued from treacherous cliffs by a Royal Navy helicopter on 20 April when their boat capsized in the seas off Staffa in the Inner Hebrides.
The last personnel from the 2nd Battalion the Royal Regiment of Scotland to return from their six month deployment to Afghanistan arrived home today, Tuesday 26 April 2010.
Ten of the Royal Navy’s P2000 patrol vessels took to the seas on Friday, 15 April, for some of the largest squadron exercises and manoeuvres in 25 years.
Royal Air Force aircraft hit seven Main Battle Tanks on Friday 8 April 2011, as part of the UK’s continued support for NATO’s Operation Unified Protector to protect Libyan civilians and enforce UN Security Council Resolution 1973.
It is with regret that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that Colour Sergeant Alan Cameron from 1st Battalion Scots Guards died on 31 March 2011 as a result of wounds he received in Afghanistan on 13 April 2010.
A new organisation to manage Defence property and associated infrastructure begins life today, Friday 1 April 2011.