Royal Marines chefs feed the front line
Working 14-hour days in kitchens where temperatures reach 60 degrees Celsius, chefs from 42 Commando Royal Marines are producing up to 900 meals a day for troops at a patrol base in central Helmand.
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Working 14-hour days in kitchens where temperatures reach 60 degrees Celsius, chefs from 42 Commando Royal Marines are producing up to 900 meals a day for troops at a patrol base in central Helmand.
Royal Navy Clearance Divers have a refurbished training centre thanks to Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) completing its revamp of an historic accommodation facility on Scotland’s west Coast.
Staff from the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) have joined forces with military colleagues and industry partners to unearth and record centuries-old ancient trees on Defence sites across the country.
A brother and sister in the Royal Air Force have found themselves serving together for the first time, at Camp Bastion in Helmand province.
A Search and Rescue (SAR) team from 771 Naval Air Squadron at Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose recently assisted a farmer by lifting his stranded steer off Cornish cliffs.
The RAF Air Traffic Controllers at Camp Bastion, the main UK base in Helmand province and the UK’s fourth busiest airfield, have recently moved into a new state-of-the-art control tower.
After a series of joint patrols with soldiers from 2nd Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles (2 RGR), Afghan Uniformed Police (AUP) have taken control of Checkpoint Shingul, located in the Chah-e Mirza district of Helmand province.
The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) is looking to industry, including small and medium-sized enterprises, to help reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions across the Ministry of Defence (MOD) estate.
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.
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.
Minehunter HMS Grimsby recently met up with HMS Iron Duke in the Gulf.
British soldiers in Helmand have completed a three-day operation to disrupt insurgent activity in a Taliban stronghold in the Upper Gereshk Valley where a series of British casualties occurred.
British soldiers in Helmand have completed a three-day operation to disrupt insurgent activity in a Taliban stronghold in the Upper Gereshk Valley where a series of British casualties occurred.
British and Afghan soldiers have taken part in a volleyball tournament in Helmand province to get to know each other better and enjoy time off from the rigours of patrolling.
An RAF Sea King Search and Rescue crew went to the assistance this week of a 53-year-old man and his dog who had fallen down a cliff.
The Royal Navy’s flagship Type 45 destroyer, HMS Daring, has successfully fired her groundbreaking new air defence missile system for the first time.
Missiles fired by the Royal Navy and RAF struck targets in Libya’s capital Tripoli last night that are closely involved in the repression of the Libyan people by Colonel Gaddafi’s regime.
Nearly 3,000 people lined the streets of a North Yorkshire market town last week to welcome home from Afghanistan officers and airmen from RAF Leeming.
Members of 4th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (4 SCOTS) and the Afghan National Police (ANP) have taken part in a five-day operation in the Lashkar Gah area of Helmand province.
Royal Navy nuclear-powered submarine HMS Tireless was welcomed home yesterday by a crowd of well-wishers after one of the longest deployments in recent years.
As the RAF fights in both Afghanistan and Libya, military chiefs are turning to meteorologists to help them plan and execute crucial operations. Report by Neale Adams.