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The Military division of the Queen's birthday honours list 2019

The Military division of the Queen's birthday honours list 2019

Thursday, 13 June 2019

Defence personnel have been granted state honours by Her Majesty the Queen in the annual Birthday Honours List....

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Family of World War 1 soldiers attend their relatives' funeral a century after they gave their lives

Family of World War 1 soldiers attend their relatives' funeral a century after they gave their lives

Wednesday, 12 June 2019

Niece and great nephews of British soldiers attend their relative's funeral 100 years after they were killed in World War 1....

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RAF Typhoons scrambled to intercept Russian transport aircraft

RAF Typhoons scrambled to intercept Russian transport aircraft

Tuesday, 11 June 2019

Royal Air Force (RAF) Typhoon fighter jets based at Ämari Air Base in Estonia launched on Monday 10 June to intercept two Russian transport aircraft t...

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Hundreds of British troops arrive in Croatia for airborne exercises

Hundreds of British troops arrive in Croatia for airborne exercises

Tuesday, 11 June 2019

UK Armed Forces personnel will take part in Exercise Swift Response, a major multi-national exercise taking place across Europe this month....

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Working together with the United Nations

Working together with the United Nations

Monday, 10 June 2019

The Buddy First Aid Course will become the first aid course required to be completed by every soldier, from every country, contributing to UN Peacekee...

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Coventry company wins £63 million Army vehicle support contract

Coventry company wins £63 million Army vehicle support contract

Thursday, 06 June 2019

The MOD has awarded a contract worth more than £60-million to British industry to maintain the Army’s cutting-edge fleet of armoured vehicles. ...

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Operational legacy investigations and inquests

Operational legacy investigations and inquests

Thursday, 06 June 2019

Help for Veterans from Veterans UK, Veterans Welfare Service....

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Defence Secretary keynote speech at the Land Warfare Conference 2019

Defence Secretary keynote speech at the Land Warfare Conference 2019

Tuesday, 04 June 2019

Defence Secretary Penny Mordaunt speaks about the 'full value of Defence'...

More than a third of the capital’s boroughs attend workshop on housing for Veterans

More than a third of the capital’s boroughs attend workshop on housing for Veterans

Tuesday, 04 June 2019

London VAPC event brings together local authorities, armed forces charities and military support organisations. ...

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HMS Queen Elizabeth to join NATO rapid reaction force

HMS Queen Elizabeth to join NATO rapid reaction force

Tuesday, 04 June 2019

The nation’s future flagship will be made available to deploy as part of NATO’s multinational force...

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HMS Queen Elizabeth step closer to operations with transatlantic training

HMS Queen Elizabeth step closer to operations with transatlantic training

Monday, 03 June 2019

HMS Queen Elizabeth, the nation’s future flagship, will deploy in late summer for the eastern seaboard of the US, including a port visit in the Washin...

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Defence Secretary speech at the Shangri La Dialogue in Singapore

Defence Secretary speech at the Shangri La Dialogue in Singapore

Saturday, 01 June 2019

Defence Secretary Penny Mordaunt speaks about the power of human rights, democracy and respect for the rules based international order....

RAF Typhoons intercept Russian fighters in Estonia

RAF Typhoons intercept Russian fighters in Estonia

Friday, 31 May 2019

Royal Air Force (RAF) Typhoon fighter jets based at Ämari Air Base in Estonia launched to intercept Russian aircraft for the third time this month....

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Minister for the Armed Forces visits Washington ahead of Presidential State Visit

Minister for the Armed Forces visits Washington ahead of Presidential State Visit

Friday, 31 May 2019

Defence Minister Mark Lancaster has travelled to the US to reaffirm the historic and enduring defence relationship shared by the two countries ahead o...

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Thousands of troops from UK led force begin milestone maritime training deployment

Thousands of troops from UK led force begin milestone maritime training deployment

Friday, 24 May 2019

Exercises got underway today across Scandinavia and the Baltic Sea region as a part of Baltic Protector....

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Number of servicewomen on UN Peacekeeping operations to increase

Number of servicewomen on UN Peacekeeping operations to increase

Friday, 24 May 2019

Penny Mordaunt has announced her intention to increase the number of women on peacekeeping operations as a commemorative ceremony took place at the Ce...

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UK reaffirms commitment to chemical weapon prohibition at international conference in London

UK reaffirms commitment to chemical weapon prohibition at international conference in London

Thursday, 23 May 2019

The 22nd annual Chemical Weapon Demilitarisation Conference is being hosted by the Ministry of Defence and the Defence Science and Technology Laborato...

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RAF Typhoon jets trial miniature missile decoy device

RAF Typhoon jets trial miniature missile decoy device

Thursday, 23 May 2019

The RAF has commenced trials of a new cutting-edge missile decoy device on its Typhoon fighter jets. ...

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New Ministry of Defence Police Deputy Chief Constable takes up post

New Ministry of Defence Police Deputy Chief Constable takes up post

Thursday, 23 May 2019

The new Ministry of Defence Police (MDP) Deputy Chief Constable (DCC) Gareth Wilson takes up post this week having recently retired as the Chief Const...

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Cyber innovation at the forefront of UK’s approach to modern warfare

Cyber innovation at the forefront of UK’s approach to modern warfare

Wednesday, 22 May 2019

Defence Secretary Penny Mordaunt has announced £22-million in funding for Army cyber operations centres...

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French authorities announce travel arrangements for D Day 75 in Normandy

French authorities announce travel arrangements for D Day 75 in Normandy

Wednesday, 22 May 2019

Vehicle permits will be required for travel in Normandy on 6 June....

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Sea king helicopters, asbestos

Sea king helicopters, asbestos

Wednesday, 22 May 2019

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has been investigating the incidence of asbestos in sea king helicopters. ...

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F 35 Lightning aircraft take off for inaugural overseas exercise

F 35 Lightning aircraft take off for inaugural overseas exercise

Tuesday, 21 May 2019

The Royal Air Force’s newest fighter left its home base for Cyprus today to take part in its first overseas training exercise following introduction. ...

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Two unknown soldiers given military burial a century after their deaths in the Great War

Two unknown soldiers given military burial a century after their deaths in the Great War

Tuesday, 21 May 2019

Two unknown soldiers have been laid to rest more than 100 years after they fell serving their country during World War 1....

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Graves of Two Kent Soldiers Identified a Century After Their Deaths in the Great War

Graves of Two Kent Soldiers Identified a Century After Their Deaths in the Great War

Friday, 17 May 2019

The resting places of Captain (Capt) Cecil Thomas Tuff, The Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) and Captain Eric Wilson Edwards, The Queen’s (Royal...

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UK and US pilots to prepare for frontline on state of the art simulators

UK and US pilots to prepare for frontline on state of the art simulators

Thursday, 16 May 2019

British pilots will be able to undertake simultaneous virtual exercises with US counterparts based across the Atlantic using new cutting-edge simulati...

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RAF Typhoons scramble twice in two days to intercept Russian aircraft

RAF Typhoons scramble twice in two days to intercept Russian aircraft

Thursday, 16 May 2019

Royal Air Force Typhoons deployed in Estonia scramble for the first time since taking over the NATO Baltic Air Policing mission in the country....

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RUSI Sea Power Conference 15 May 2019

RUSI Sea Power Conference 15 May 2019

Wednesday, 15 May 2019

Admiral Sir Philip Jones KCB ADC DL keynote speech at the start of the First Sea Lord’s Sea Power Conference at RUSI, London....

Defence Secretary keynote speech at the Sea Power Conference 2019

Defence Secretary keynote speech at the Sea Power Conference 2019

Wednesday, 15 May 2019

Defence Secretary Penny Mordaunt speaks about the Royal Navy and Global Britain....

Ilford Park Polish Home Residents Remember Those Who Fought and Died in the Capture of Monte Cassino 75 Years ago

Ilford Park Polish Home Residents Remember Those Who Fought and Died in the Capture of Monte Cassino 75 Years ago

Wednesday, 15 May 2019

As the sun shone down on the Ilford Park Polish Home in Devon, residents made their way from the church service remembering those who bravely fought a...

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