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The main Diamond Jubilee events took place in London today with over 1,000 members of the Armed Forces involved in ceremonial roles.
It is with sadness that the Ministry of Defence must announce that a soldier from 3rd Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment was killed in Afghanistan today, 3 June 2012.
It is with sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that Corporal Michael John Thacker, from 1st Battalion The Royal Welsh, was killed in Afghanistan on Friday 1 June 2012.
It is with sadness that the Ministry of Defence must announce that a soldier from 1st Battalion The Royal Welsh was killed in Afghanistan on 1 June 2012.
Service personnel were out in force on London’s River Thames today as part of the Diamond Jubilee River Pageant.
The father of a soldier who was killed in Afghanistan began the final leg of a 2,460-mile (3,960km) charity cycle ride around the UK this week.
Royal Navy minehunters HMS Shoreham and HMS Atherstone set sail this week for three-year deployments to the Gulf region.
The Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC) honoured more than 160 soldiers recently returned from a six-month deployment to Afghanistan with a parade and medal ceremony earlier this week.
Thousands of members of the UK’s Armed Forces across all three Services will be taking part in ceremonial duties at various events this weekend to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.
A soldier who was almost paralysed by a gunman whilst serving in Afghanistan is to row in the historic Diamond Jubilee Pageant on the River Thames this weekend.
Over 150 paratroopers from the UK and the United States have parachuted together onto Salisbury Plain as part of an annual exchange programme called Exercise Airdrop Warrior.
Two Royal Navy commanders have accomplished two major achievements in the history of women in the senior Service.
Flight Sergeant (FS) Mark Lane was in the right place at the right time recently when he saved the lives of two young holidaymakers at Poldhu Beach in Cornwall while out walking with his family.
Members of the UK’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) and Search Task Force in Helmand are stepping back from their front line role to develop the Afghan National Army’s bomb disposal capability.
A Royal Navy Sea King helicopter from HMS Gannet in Prestwick, Scotland, battled difficult conditions yesterday morning, Monday 5 December, to rescue a woman on the Isle of Arran.
British Foreign Secretary William Hague has said that a blueprint for the international community’s long-term engagement with Afghanistan beyond 2014 was established at yesterday’s International Afghanistan Conference held in Bonn, Germany.
British soldiers embedded with an Afghan National Army unit recently to offer advice on a three-day operation to clear a vital supply route and search for insurgents.
Families and friends of sailors serving on board HMS St Albans and HMS Edinburgh gathered at Portsmouth Naval Base on Friday, 2 December, to greet their loved ones returning from overseas deployments.
British soldiers training Afghan police have hailed the success of a training course that has seen its biggest intake ever.
The Royal Navy has come to the aid of a Spanish fishing vessel under pirate attack in the Indian Ocean this week.
HMS Victory, the world’s oldest commissioned warship, is to be returned to her former glory thanks to a ten-year restoration programme.
Sixty officers and soldiers from 214 Signal Squadron, part of 21st Signal Regiment (Air Support), have received Afghanistan operational service medals in York Minster.
For the run-up to Christmas, the MOD online news team has once again picked out the images that best represent our defence news coverage over the past year.
Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart Peach has taken up post as the first Commander of Joint Forces Command (JFC) today and will be responsible for commanding and generating allocated joint capabilities.
Tomorrow is the last recommended posting date for letters to reach personnel deployed to Afghanistan, but the MOD is urging generous members of the public to consider donating to Service charities instead of sending post.
Hundreds of well-wishers have lined streets across the East Midlands to welcome the 9th/12th Royal Lancers home from a successful and challenging tour of Afghanistan.
It is the halfway point between RAF Brize Norton and Camp Bastion, and getting troops from A to B (Akrotiri to Bastion) is one of the crucial roles fulfilled by personnel at the RAF’s base in Cyprus.
On Monday, 28 November, soldiers of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (SCOTS DG) proudly marched through Glasgow to mark their return from a tough but successful tour of duty in Helmand province, Afghanistan.