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An area of Helmand, once known as a hotbed of insurgent activity, has adopted a very different air – with its community now coming together through the medium of cricket, aided and encouraged by soldiers from the Royal Irish Regiment.
Under the auspices of Programme Future Brize (PFB) the development of RAF Brize Norton continues to move on apace.
Portsmouth-based Royal Navy minehunter HMS Brocklesby set sail on Monday, 31 January 2011, for a six-month NATO mission in the Mediterranean.
Salisbury Plain will be buzzing with activity for the next few weeks as Joint Helicopter Command plays its part supporting 3 Commando (Cdo) Brigade’s preparations for Afghanistan ahead of their deployment on Operation HERRICK 14 in April 2011.
2 SCOTS and Afghan troops have cleared and secured a town with no resistance, a sign seen by many to show the increasingly-weakened state of the Taliban insurgency in Helmand province, Afghanistan.
On Friday 28 January Prince Charles presented campaign medals to members of 1st Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles (1 RGR) who have recently returned from six months in Helmand province, Afghanistan.
The MOD has announced that it will develop six regional capital works frameworks for construction projects valued below £12m and one national framework for higher value projects, more complex projects and cross-region programmes up to a value of £50m, under its Next Generation Estate Contracts (NGEC) programme.
Hundreds of Service personnel are currently engaged in a training exercise on Salisbury Plain in preparation for the next tour of duty in Afghanistan.
The Commanding Officer of a Woodbridge-based Army unit currently deployed in Afghanistan has paid tribute to the town, praising the local community as ‘the envy of many a regiment’.
Defence Secretary Dr Liam Fox has written an article for The Sun newspaper in which he stresses that tackling mental health problems for troops is a high priority. Here follows the article.
The versatility, skill, determination and courage of troops in Afghanistan have been the stuff of history the Commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan said this week in an open letter to all troops.
Defence Estates (DE) has delivered top-notch accommodation for soldiers based in North Yorkshire with the completion of a new Single Living Accommodation (SLA) block at Catterick.
Tears were shed at the final homecoming of the Royal Naval warship HMS Chatham yesterday as she entered HM Naval Base Devonport, Plymouth, for the last time after 20 years of service.
Royal Naval medical personnel have recently been undertaking training in North Devon for their upcoming deployment to Afghanistan.