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Sir Geoff Hurst behind Army football
Sir Geoff Hurst behind Army football
An intriguing game of international football is taking place in Aldershot tomorrow between the...

Falklands widow urges servicemen to talk
Falklands widow urges servicemen to talk
The widow of a Royal Navy veteran who took his own life earlier this year is urging servicemen to...

Helping soldiers return to civilian life
Helping soldiers return to civilian life
There are many organisations offering help to personnel leaving the forces, but one charity has...

HMS Heron field gun crew ready

HMS Heron field gun crew ready
HMS Heron’s Field Gun Crew finished off their training at the Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton,...

MOD set to sign Trident subs deal

MOD set to sign Trident subs deal
The replacement of the Trident nuclear deterrent is expected to come a step closer tomorrow when...

Officer to compete in longest bike race
Officer to race in longest bike race
Major Jon Cox, of Colchester-based 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment, is taking part in the Tour...

Roots of recovery at Chelsea Flower Show
Roots of recovery at Chelsea Flower Show
Patients at Headley Court are growing stronger through a gardening project which has culminated in...

Jubilee Military Parade and Flypast
Queen's Diamond Jubilee military parade
IMAGE GALLERY (CLICK BELOW) Thousands of members of the Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force have...

All aboard as HMS Belfast re-opens decks
All aboard as HMS Belfast re-opens decks
HMS Belfast has re-opened to the public again more than six months after a section of gangway...

HMS York in search for missing fishermen
HMS York in search for missing fishermen
A fishing boat and its three-man crew remained missing today, as coastguards continued to search...

Life takes off for injured war veterans
Life takes off for injured war veterans
A fledgling charity has begun training injured veterans for a new career as commercial helicopter...

Operational Service medals for 4 YORKS
Operational Service medals for 4 Yorks
The Duke of York has awarded operational medals to members of the 4th Battalion, The Yorkshire...

Prince Harry's Jubilee song debut
Prince Harry's Jubilee song debut
Prince Harry plays the tambourine alongside the Military Wives choir on the song by Gary Barlow and...

Royal Navy base's Olympic torch honour
Olympic torch to arrive at RNAS Culdrose
The Olympic flame is due to arrive at the Royal Navy's Culdrose airfield in Cornwall tonight (...

Troops given the freedom of Warwick
Troops given the freedom of Warwick
Troops from a Warwickshire army base that trains bomb disposal experts have been given the freedom...

Jubilee cake baked by military chefs
Jubilee cake baked by military chefs
Military caterers have baked a cake for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee parade and muster at Windsor...

RAF survival specialist saves two lives

RAF survival specialist saves two lives
Flight Sergeant Mark Lane, currently working as a survival specialist at the Defence Survival...

Soldiers stage their own Olympics
Soldiers stage their own Olympics
Working to the Olympic motto of ‘Faster, Higher, Stronger’, soldiers have staged their own...

'Tarts for Troops' campaign launched
Tarts for Troops campaign launched
Five vision impaired ex-service men were among a group of people who braved snow, high wind and...

Black Cats ready for Jubilee

Black cats ready for Jubilee
The Royal Navy Helicopter Display Team, the Black Cats are now putting the final touches to their...

Sex assault sailor detained

Sex assault sailor detained
A Royal Navy sailor who groped a female colleague under her pyjamas during a deployment to Bahrain...

Aircraft carrier section moved

Aircraft carrier section moved
A 6,000-tonne section of hull from the new HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier has been moved out...

WW2 Submariner visits HMS Trenchant
WW2 Submariner visits HMS Trenchant
Newly qualified Royal Naval submariners have been presented with their ‘Dolphin’ badges by a World...

Emotional return for HMS Montrose

Emotional return for HMS Montrose
Sailors of the Royal Navy frigate HMS Montrose have received an emotional welcome home at Plymouth...

Salisbury soldier takes to the skies
Salisbury soldier takes to the skies
The first female soldier to lose a limb has taken to the skies above Salisbury Plain. Major Kate...

'Enigma' parts discovered
'Enigma' parts discovered
HMS Collingwood will be helping The National Museum of the Royal Navy at Portsmouth Historic...

2 Signals win Army FA Challenge Cup
2 Signals win Army FA Challenge Cup
2 Signal Regiment have won this year’s Army FA Challenge Cup after beating 2nd Fusiliers 2-1 in...

Bodies of soldiers repatriated to UK
Bodies of soldiers repatriated
The bodies of two British soldiers killed in southern Afghanistan have been repatriated to the UK....

RAF base granted listed status
RAF base granted listed status
The base for Britain's aerial fightback against German Zeppelin raids during the First World War...

Rugby For Heroes charity launch

Rugby For Heroes charity launch
Prince Harry sent a message of support as 400 people from the world of sport, entertainment and the...

Explosive device found on beach
Explosive device found on beach
An Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal team x-rayed the object and found it contained explosives. The...

Forces rowers in World Cup regatta
Forces rowers in World Cup regatta
The first World Cup regatta of the season takes place this weekend in Belgrade. Great Britain has...

Funeral of fourth Warrior blast soldier

Funeral of fourth Warrior blast soldier
A soldier who died in a bomb attack in Afghanistan has been described as a "quiet, unassuming...

Olympic ground-to-air missile site trial
Olympic ground-to-air missile site trial
Blackheath in London has been at the centre of the latest stage in a major exercise to test how the...

BAE bosses accused over job losses
BAE bosses accused over job losses
Bosses at defence giant BAE Systems were today accused of not doing enough to save jobs at a...

Eagles set to soar at RAF Fairford
Eagles set to soar at RAF Fairford
The South Korean Black Eagles will become the first fixed wing aerobatics display team from Asia to...

Forces Rally Championships

Forces Rally Championships
The latest round of the Armed Forces Rally Championship has taken place in Cumbria. The Pirelli...

Green-fingered engineers improve gardens
Engineers have ‘green finger’s’
Members of 15 Field Squadron, 36 Engineer Regiment based in Ripon have been helping improve the...

RAF Brize Norton space hopper record

RAF Brize Norton space hopper record
RAF Brize Norton is hoping to break the world record for the biggest space hopper race. Sgt Jim...

Typhoons set for Olympics exercise

Typhoons set for Olympics exercise
RAF Typhoon jets arrived at an air base in London today ahead of a major military exercise to test...

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The battle for WWII Arctic convoy medals
The battle for WWII Arctic Convoy medals

Veterans of the Arctic Convoys have been campaigning for a medal to honour their work supplying...