Military Resettlement, Business, Training & Recruitment
Afghan forces have carried out the largest air assault operation undertaken in over a year in central Helmand to disrupt insurgent activity in the villages of Malgir and Kopak, in the Nahr-e Saraj district.
A 23-year-old soldier who lost his arm during a fire fight with insurgents in southern Afghanistan has become the first military amputee to receive a prosthesis with new technology that could bring hope to hundreds of forces personnel who have lost limbs in the line of duty. Report by Claire Sadler.
Royal Navy Type 42 destroyer HMS Manchester, a veteran of the first Gulf War, returned to her Portsmouth home for the last time yesterday, 17 February 2011.
The vigilance of two sharp-eyed Gibraltar Defence Police (GDP) officers recently led to the confiscation of 40,000 cigarettes and the arrest of two Spanish nationals.
Her Majesty The Queen has given her formal approval to the appointment of His Royal Highness Prince William as Colonel of the Irish Guards.
A team of Royal Navy explosive experts has recovered a 1954 Mark 9 torpedo off the coast of Beachy Head, Eastbourne, after a fishing boat spotted it floating in the sea.
HMS Manchester has made a final visit to Liverpool, where her crew were met by dignitaries of the city of Manchester, before being cheered through the streets of her affiliated city.
Security and governance have been brought to a previously contested area east of Lashkar Gah, Helmand province, following the first operation in the district to have been entirely planned and led by the Afghan National Police (ANP).
A purpose-built workshop for the in-theatre maintenance and repair of UK military vehicles was recently opened in Camp Bastion, southern Afghanistan, by Defence Secretary Dr Liam Fox.
Lieutenant Jonny Mortimer-Hendry from D Company, 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment, on his first tour of Afghanistan, is leading his team in northern Nad ‘Ali, to partner and help develop their Afghan counterparts.
In her first visit to Washington DC since becoming Permanent Under Secretary (PUS) for Defence, Ursula Brennan has underlined the need and priorities for Defence Reform in a speech to the Heritage Foundation.
Defence Estates (DE) has announced that future suppliers to the military estate will benefit from measures to ensure that all businesses are paid punctually, irrespective of size or specialisation.
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.
Portsmouth-based Royal Navy minehunter HMS Brocklesby set sail on Monday, 31 January 2011, for a six-month NATO mission in the Mediterranean.
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.
Hundreds of Service personnel are currently engaged in a training exercise on Salisbury Plain in preparation for the next tour of duty in Afghanistan.
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.
After clearing insurgents from Naqilabad Kalay in Helmand last year, soldiers from 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment (3 PARA) have returned to the town to recruit the next generation of police officers.
An independent review will investigate whether pricing rules for single supplier defence contracts can be modernised to deliver better value for money, the MOD has announced today.
A group of 40 Officer Cadets from the French Navy have spent the weekend at Portsmouth Naval Base to help build the relationship between the French and British Navies.
In a stark diversion from his traditional role, a Company Sergeant Major in Helmand is helping his unit to talk through any problems they may have and overcome any mental health issues.
British troops are helping the residents of an Afghan village make a public show of defiance against insurgents who once terrorised their community by hanging bunting of the Afghan national flag in the streets.
Prime Minister David Cameron praised the work of Service personnel who provide the ‘airbridge’ between Britain and Afghanistan today as he took to the flight deck of the RAF’s newest transport plane.
Members of Parliament from the House of Commons Defence Select Committee have visited Afghanistan’s Helmand province to find out about the work of British forces there.
Sailors and Royal Marines from 847 Naval Air Squadron (NAS) are preparing to return to the front line in Afghanistan.