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Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has confirmed that an additional 3,500 military personnel will be deployed as part of the security arrangements for the 2012 Olympic Games.
The Army in the West Midlands has strengthened its links with four more local authorities to benefit those communities and Service personnel and their families.
The Defence Secretary has today unveiled the first of a new fleet of Wildcat helicopters, and confirmed a £250m contract to support them.
Task Force Helmand personnel are expanding their sphere of influence in the Upper Gereshk Valley. Report by Richard Long.
4th Mechanized Brigade will replace 12th Mechanized Brigade in October 2012 as the lead formation of British troops in Helmand province.
British and French troops have performed parachute jumps using each other’s aircraft and equipment as they work towards a closer relationship.
His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales paid a visit to RAF Valley in Anglesey yesterday on the first day of his four-day visit to Wales.
HMS Daring has made a visit to the Indian port of Mumbai, becoming the first Type 45 to visit the country.
Buckinghamshire County Council has joined 80 other local authorities by signing up to the Armed Forces Community Covenant.
Members of the Light Dragoons are swapping reconnaissance for police mentoring to bolster the path of transition in Helmand. Report by Richard Long.
The RAF’s next generation military transport aircraft has officially been named Atlas at the Royal International Air Tattoo, which is taking place at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire.
Afghan National Army warriors are taking the lead role in the battle against improvised explosive devices (IEDs). Report by Richard Long.
Merlin helicopters and crews from 814 Naval Air Squadron (814 NAS) have returned from the Norwegian Sea, where they took part in a NATO anti-submarine warfare exercise.
A Royal Marine who lost his leg in an explosion in Afghanistan has taken a break from rehearsing his West End play to run through his hometown carrying an Olympic Torch.
Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has announced that the Government accepts the broad thrust of the six recommendations made in the review of the United Kingdom’s Reserve Forces published on 18 July 2011.
Today the Secretary of State announced the outcome of the Army 2020 review setting out how the Army will transform to become a smaller, integrated and more adaptable army than it is today.
Writing in The Times newspaper, Chief of the General Staff General Sir Peter Wall has outlined the thinking behind the changes to be made to the Army in today’s Army 2020 announcement.
Personnel from all three Services are preparing for their duties as flag-raisers during the 100 Team Welcome and 805 Victory Ceremonies due to take place over the course of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Commando Gunners from 148 Battery, 29 Commando Regiment Royal Artillery, have been training with US Marines in the dusty heat of the Arizona desert.
Gunners from 148 Battery, 29 Commando Regiment Royal Artillery, have been training with US Marines in the dusty heat of the Arizona desert.
It is with great sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that Warrant Officer Class 2 Leonard Perran Thomas of the Royal Corps of Signals, and Guardsman Craig Andrew Roderick and Guardsman Apete Saunikalou Ratumaiyale Tuisovurua of the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards, were killed in Afghanistan on Sunday 1 July 2012.
The RAF is aware of an incident in the Moray Firth area involving two Tornado GR4 aircraft from RAF Lossiemouth.
The RAF has confirmed an incident in the Moray Firth area involving two Tornado GR4 aircraft from RAF Lossiemouth.
One of the Royal Navy’s newest warships HMS Diamond has been working with one of her French counterpart near-identical twin ships in the Mediterranean Sea.
Royal Marine Chris Sherrington has been named in Team GB’s judo squad for the London 2012 Olympics but, as Lorraine McBride reports, he’s taking nothing for granted.
Injured soldiers have helped uncover the remains of a sixth century Anglo-Saxon female in a project to preserve a scheduled burial site on Salisbury Plain.
People united across Britain to support Armed Forces Day over the weekend reports Lorraine McBride.
It is with the deepest sadness that the Ministry of Defence must announce that three soldiers were killed in Afghanistan yesterday, Sunday 1 July 2012.