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The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 5th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (5 SCOTS), received a jubilant reception as they marched through Canterbury last week, having recently returned from Afghanistan.
A British soldier presented the FA Cup to winners Manchester City after Saturday’s final, having being selected as the FA’s guest of honour for his inspirational leadership and selfless bravery in Afghanistan. Report by Lorraine McBride.
It is with great sadness that the Ministry of Defence must announce that a Royal Marine from 42 Commando Royal Marines was killed in Afghanistan on Sunday 15 May 2011.
The Commanding Officer of Royal Navy destroyer HMS Liverpool has praised his ‘cool and professional’ crew after they silenced a Libyan shore battery this week which had opened fire on the ship and its helicopter.
Soldiers from the 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment (1 MERCIAN) will be guests of honour at tonight’s Engage Super League game between the Warrington Wolves and the Castleford Tigers.
Seven Royal Navy warships and auxiliary vessels, with embarked Royal Marines and helicopters, are converging in waters off Cyprus this week for exercises as part of the Cougar 11 deployment.
After a delay due to ongoing operations in Libya, soldiers of the Royal Gibraltar Regiment (RG) finally made it to the UK for their annual Exercise Jebel Tarik.
An ice sledge hockey squad made up of injured Service personnel took to the rink yesterday following a year’s worth of preparation to get them ready to compete in the national ice sledge hockey league.
Hundreds of new Afghan National Army (ANA) recruits, or ‘warriors’, have sworn loyalty and allegiance at their new training centre in Helmand province.
British Army personnel are taking to the skies over Libya in RAF Sentinel aircraft, helping gather essential intelligence in support of NATO-led operations to protect civilians on the ground below.
HMS Ramsey leaves her base port of HM Naval Base Clyde today to start a four-year deployment in an area to the east of Suez.
The RAF’s No 2 (Mechanical Transport) [MT] Squadron has been busier than normal over recent weeks having been tasked to drive equipment and supplies to Italy for the RAF’s operations over Libya. Report by Neale Adams.
UK Defence Secretary Dr Liam Fox yesterday played host to his French counterpart in London to exchange the ratified Defence and Security Co-operation Treaty between the two countries.
The revised Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS) has been launched today, incorporating all of the recommendations made by Admiral the Lord Boyce, former Chief of the Defence Staff, in his review of the scheme in 2010.
The revised Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS) has been launched today, incorporating all of the recommendations made by Admiral the Lord Boyce, former Chief of the Defence Staff, in his review of the scheme in 2010.
More than 700 kilogrammes of dry opium has been seized by Afghan forces working alongside British troops in Helmand province.
More than 700 kilogrammes of dry opium has been seized by Afghan forces working alongside British troops in Helmand province.
The RAF destroyed a number of Gaddafi-regime rocket launchers and missiles on Friday morning as part of the NATO mission to protect Libyan civilians from attack.
Numerous vessels are taking part in Cougar 11, this summer’s deployment of the Royal Navy’s new Response Force Task Group (RFTG).
From World War Two and the Cold War stand-off to the Falklands, Sir Michael Beetham has been at the centre of events that have shaped the world. Report by Peter Jacobs.
The latest of the Royal Navy’s new Type 45 air defence destroyers has been formally commissioned into the fleet today.
Scientists from the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) in Wiltshire have been shortlisted for the MacRobert Award by the Royal Academy of Engineering for their work on a new life-saving armour system.
After arriving in Helmand last month, Royal Marines from 42 Commando are showing they have a firm handle on security in the Shahzad area and are building links with the local population through regular shuras.
HMS Brocklesby, one of the Royal Navy’s mine countermeasures vessels, has destroyed a mine laid by pro-Gaddafi forces in the port of Misurata on the Libyan coast.
HMS Brocklesby, one of the Royal Navy’s mine countermeasures vessels, has destroyed a mine laid by pro-Gaddafi forces in the port of Misurata on the Libyan coast.
The last known male British combat veteran of the First World War has died in Australia aged 110.
The last known male British combat veteran of the First World War has died in Australia aged 110.
The foundation stone for a memorial to commemorate over 55,000 RAF Bomber Command airmen who were killed in World War Two was laid in Green Park, London, yesterday.