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RAF Regiment marks 70th anniversary
The RAF Regiment has marked the 70th anniversary of its formation with a service in Bury St Edmunds...
Engineers train to determine promotion
For the last few weeks, 21 Engineer Regiment from Ripon have been training at Otterburn. 40...
Inquest into the death of Corporal Gill
An inquest has been hearing how a young marine was shot dead in Afghanistan. Lance Corporal Martin...
New facility for sailors and marines
Sailors and Marines at HM Naval Base Clyde have a new respirator system to help them combat the...
Signaller Sartorius-Jones repatriation
The body of Signaller Ian Gerard Sartorius-Jones from 20th Armoured Brigade Headquarters has been...
British Forces News
The flame for the London 2012 Torch Relay is to start its journey at RNAS Culdrose in Cornwall. It...
British Forces News
A recruitment company for those leaving the services is to offer jobs to 160 Gurkhas following...
British Forces News
His Royal Highness Prince Edward the Earl of Wessex has been visiting injured soldiers from 2...
Fears for UK fighter jet contract
The Government says BAE Systems still has "plenty of opportunity" to win an Indian contract for...
HMS Illustrious set for Arctic exercise
Helicopter carrier HMS Illustrious sails from Portsmouth on Friday for arduous cold weather...
Star Trek science for troops safeguarded
Billions of pounds of funding to drive forward cutting edge defence technology to give frontline...
Defence diving school opens new gym
The Defence Diving School in Portsmouth has officially opened a brand new gymnasium. It will now...
Head of Army looks to the future
The head of the Army has warned future operations may mean accepting greater risks because soldiers...
British Forces News
The Kings Troop Royal Horse Artillery will ride through St John’s Wood for the final time today....
TA medics come home from Afghanistan
Staff from 208 Field Hospital have been welcomed back home, after three months running Camp Bastion...
British Forces News
Injured former serviceman Phil Packer has started a 2012-mile march across Britain, the BRIT 2012...
Army chief 'understands' post SDSR fears
The head of the Army has said he accepts that redundancies are starting to bite and that more...
Cross country runners get bogged down
Fifty-six runners headed to Helensburgh Rugby Club to take part in this year’s Northern Region...
High-speed network that gave Navy edge
One hundred and sixty five years ago this month, the Royal Navy closed down a unique system of...
Injured soldiers' Snowdon beacon honour
A team of wounded servicemen who will this year climb Mount Everest are to light a beacon on the...
MOD unveils supersonic missile system
The Royal Navy's next generation missile defence system will be capable of intercepting and...
Afghan 'gratitude' for UK's sacrifices
Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai thanked Britain today for being his country's "steadfast...
Olympic air exercise makes itself heard
The Ministry of Defence says a sonic boom heard by thousands of people across the north of England...
British Forces News
The Duchess of Cornwall has presented medals to military medical personnel for their service in...
Family rooms to be built at QEH
Rooms are being developed on the site of The Queen Elizabeth Hospital for the families of injured...
British Forces News
An RAF Corporal caught with child pornography at his Aberdeen home has been fined. Robert Waud, 38...
Bravery and courage recognised at Palace
Courageous forces personnel have been recognised at Buckingham Palace for their work in theatre....
Dockyard celebrates Royal Navy past
The 50th anniversary of the last Royal Navy submarine to be built and launched at Chatham dockyard...
Farewell tour for warship HMS Liverpool
HMS Liverpool arrives in London today (Thursday) as part of a farewell tour before the Type-42...
First school staffed by forces signs 60
The first UK school with a teaching staff who have all served in the armed forces say 60 children...
ITV series to focus on forces wives
The trials and tribulations of military wives are to be the basis for a new ITV series. Network...
MOD considers RAF Northolt 'sale' option
RAF Northolt could be sold to private investors under options being considered by the Ministry of...
MOD's £850m bill for redundancy pay-offs
The taxpayer faces a bill of more than £850 million for making thousands of troops and staff...
British Forces News
With the Row to Recovery team completing their voyage across the Atlantic, the attention is now on...
Forces' Olympic security plans finalised
Experts have met to discuss security operations for this year's Olympics. The Games, which London...
Gen Sir Nick Parker on Olympic security
The man in charge of the military contribution to security at the Olympics has said the plan for...
British Forces News
The Ministry of Defence has been accused of doing too little to stop the theft of military...
Top military diving centre opens
World-beating diving test facilities were opened in Gosport on Wednesday. The Diving and Hyperbaric...
Horse therapy for PTSD sufferers
Sufferers of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder are benefiting from a new equine therapy. Serving...
British Forces News
The mystery behind the sinking of the HMS Affray is to be debated at Westminster later. The...

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