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The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment has been inspected in Hyde Park prior to intensive rehearsals for its involvement in the Royal Wedding.
HMS Cumberland’s ship’s company received a rapturous welcome home to the UK as she returned from six-and-a-half months of operations, including high-profile roles evacuating refugees from Libya and enforcing an arms embargo against the country.
As thousands were competing in the London Marathon yesterday, a British soldier who was told by doctors he may never run again was taking part in his own race around a military base in Afghanistan.
As thousands were competing in the London Marathon yesterday, a British soldier who was told by doctors he may never run again was taking part in his own race around a military base in Afghanistan.
A Herculean road building project which has dominated the work of thousands of British troops for more than a year is now complete, linking Helmand’s two economic hubs and the isolated communities betweeen them.
As Prince William gets ready for his wedding, members of his former squadron in The Household Cavalry Regiment have been out patrolling in Afghanistan.
Prime Minister David Cameron, together with presidents Barack Obama of the United States and Nicolas Sarkozy of France, have written a joint article restating their commitment to action in Libya and the coalition’s determination to protect civilians in the country.
In response to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report into the RAF’s Typhoon aircraft, Defence Secretary Dr Liam Fox has described the project as ‘under control and back on track’.
For many, completing this Sunday’s London Marathon will be achievement enough in itself, but spare a thought for a soldier, once told that he would never run again, who will, this Sunday, attempt to run a marathon in Afghanistan, in full body armour.
Australian Gunners who ‘fired side by side’ with the British Artillery in southern Afghanistan have received their campaign medals during a ceremony at Colchester’s Merville Barracks.
Following the recent return of 16 Air Assault Brigade from their six-month tour of duty in Helmand province, Commanding Officer Brigadier James Chiswell has said the success of this campaign has left the insurgency increasingly fractured and demoralised, and, as a result, has less of a grip on the local community.
The Royal Air Force has been awarded exemplary status as a ‘Top 50 Employer for Women’.
Typhoon jets are providing a ground attack capability in addition to Tornado GR4 aircraft as British forces continue to support NATO operations in Libya.
Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) sailors will be getting their hands on a new bespoke training facility to teach them how to safely transfer vital supplies from ship to ship whilst at sea.
The way the UK does overseas development should interest all in Defence, former Chief of the Defence Staff Air Chief Marshal The Lord Stirrup writes.
Afghan soldiers working alongside British forces have dealt a heavy blow to the insurgency in central Helmand by discovering a deadly stash of bomb-making equipment and weaponry, including 50 improvised explosive devices (IEDs).
British soldiers battling the Taliban in Afghanistan will get better protection from attacks by insurgents thanks in part to the teamwork shown by the RAF and the Australian Defence Force.
It is with sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm the death of Lieutenant Commander Ian Molyneux, who died yesterday of wounds sustained when he was shot by another member of HMS Astute’s crew.
Two Royal Navy personnel have been involved in a firearms incident at Southampton docks where HMS Astute is alongside.
The RAF’s Remotely Piloted Air System, the Predator MQ-9 Reaper, has notched up a landmark 20,000 operational flying hours over Afghanistan.
Contrary to appearances the south coast is not being invaded, rather the Royal Marines landing craft training school has been conducting an action-packed beach assault exercise in Plymouth this week.
Royal Navy Type 22 frigate HMS Campbeltown has marked the 69th anniversary of a World War Two battle with two Royal Navy veterans.
A new exhibition documents remarkable love letters sent by soldiers at war. Report by Lorraine McBride.
Soldiers from 104 Military Working Dog Squadron, part of the 1st Military Working Dog Regiment, were honoured in front of proud families and friends on Wednesday 6 April 2011, when they were presented with their Op HERRICK campaign medals.
An international team of doctors and nurses is keeping on top of trauma treatment at Camp Bastion hospital in Afghanistan with help from teams in Birmingham and York.
Bomb disposal experts from HM Naval Base Clyde’s Northern Diving Group had a busy time of it recently when they were called out to three different bomb disposal tasks in a single day.
Speaking in Naples, the deputy commander of NATO’s operations in Libya has delivered an update on the situation.
As Britain continues military operations over Libya, Foreign secretary William Hague today said that coalition action enforcing UN Resolution 1973 has ‘prevented a huge loss of life and a humanitarian catastrophe’.