Military Resettlement, Business, Training & Recruitment
Troops in Afghanistan rely on their vehicles to carry out the mission as well as to keep them safe – if anything does break down it can be a potentially life-threatening situation.
It is with great regret that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that Rifleman Vijay Rai from 2nd Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles was killed in Afghanistan on Saturday 15 October 2011.
On the 10th anniversary of the start of UK operations in Afghanistan, Defence Secretary Dr Liam Fox and Chief of the Defence Staff General Sir David Richards have reflected on the sacrifices and the progress made during the decade-long campaign.
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.
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.