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4227.
 Troops muster for Queen`s Diamond Jubilee Parade
2012-05-18
All three Services have been feverishly preparing for the Armed Forces Diamond Jubilee Parade and Muster which will take place in Windsor this Saturday, 19 May 2012. Soldiers from the Life Guards, Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment, during their annual inspection [Picture: Sergeant Steven Hughes, Crown Copyright/MOD 2012]This will be the first major national event of the Diamond Jubilee which ...... (more)
Department of defence UK
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4226.
 Navy Search and Rescue squadron to begin Olympic Flame`s UK relay
2012-05-18
The Olympic Flame is due to arrive at Royal Naval Air Station (RNAS) Culdrose tonight from where it will be carried in a Sea King helicopter to the start of the UK Torch Relay. Left to right: Lieutenant Chris Whittington, Corporal Justin Morgan Royal Marines, and Lieutenant Commanders Richard Full and Martin Shepherd[Picture: Petty Officer Airman (Photographer) Paul A`Barrow, Crown Copyright/MOD 2012] ...... (more)
Department of defence UK
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4225.
 Off-duty RAF survival specialist saves boys from sea tragedy
2012-05-18
Flight Sergeant (FS) Mark Lane was in the right place at the right time recently when he saved the lives of two young holidaymakers at Poldhu Beach in Cornwall while out walking with his family. Flight Sergeant Mark Lane (library image)[Picture: Corporal David Parnham RAF, Crown Copyright/MOD 2007]FS Lane, who is 50 years old and trained as an RAF physical training instructor, was visiting the ...... (more)
Department of defence UK
www.mod.uk
4224.
 Gem of a Jubilee day for Chief Petty Officer Diamond
2012-05-18
It may be a precious coincidence, but Royal Navy engineer Brian Diamond, who serves on board his namesake ship HMS Diamond, has been presented with a Queen`s Diamond Jubilee Medal. Commander Ian Clarke, Commanding Officer of HMS Diamond, presents Chief Petty Officer Brian Diamond with his Queen`s Diamond Jubilee Medal [Picture: LA(Phot) Maxine Davies, Crown Copyright/MOD 2012]The Chief Petty O ...... (more)
Department of defence UK
www.mod.uk
4223.
 Adaptive skiing exercise helps rehabilitation of injured troops
2012-05-18
Exercise Snow Warrior (Adaptive) which helps injured Service personnel with their physical and psychological rehabilitation through skiing recently took place in Germany. Injured Service personnel on Exercise Snow Warrior in Germany [Picture: Crown Copyright/MOD 2012]The exercise is run by Battle Back, which uses adaptive sport and adventurous training to help the rehabilitation of wounded, in ...... (more)
Department of defence UK
www.mod.uk
4222.
 New MediCinema to help rehabilitation at Headley Court
2012-05-17
A new state-of-the-art cinema and entertainment centre is to open this summer for injured Service personnel at the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre at Headley Court. Computer-generated virtual impression of the new cinema auditorium of the MediCinema entertainment centre at Headley Court[Picture: Royal British Legion/MediCinema]The Royal British Legion, the nation`s leading Armed Forces c ...... (more)
Department of defence UK
www.mod.uk
4221.
 HMS Westminster delivers blow to Indian Ocean piracy
2012-05-17
HMS Westminster has thwarted the activities of three pirate groups in a fortnight, destroying their boats and means of further action. A confiscated pirate vessel is fired on by the guns of HMS Westminster [Picture: Crown Copyright/MOD 2012]In each case the Portsmouth-based warship deployed her Merlin helicopter to send the pirate skiffs to the bottom of the Indian Ocean after pirates on board ...... (more)
Department of defence UK
www.mod.uk
4220.
 Military chefs put the icing on the cake for Diamond Jubilee
2012-05-17
Instructors from the Defence Food Services School are putting the finishing touches to a Diamond Jubilee cake ahead of the military parade and muster at Windsor Castle on Saturday. Forces chef Paul Farrant lifts the hand-painted pastillage crown to top the Diamond Jubilee cake[Picture: Sergeant Russ Nolan, Crown Copyright/MOD 2012]The five-man team has been working in secret on the enormous 90 ...... (more)
Department of defence UK
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4219.
 HMS Daring makes first port visit to Saudi Arabia
2012-05-17
One of the Royal Navy`s most advanced warships, HMS Daring, has made an official stop in Saudi Arabia to reinforce the country`s strong relationship with the UK. HMS Daring approaches the port of Al Jubayl in Saudi Arabia[Picture: LA(Phot) Keith Morgan, Crown Copyright/MOD 2012]The Portsmouth-based Type 45 destroyer is on her first operational deployment in the Gulf where she is working with p ...... (more)
Department of defence UK
www.mod.uk
4218.
 New incinerator reduces ammo disposal costs in Afghanistan
2012-05-17
An incinerator to dispose of unserviceable small arms ammunition has been delivered to Afghanistan ahead of schedule and well under budget. Kenn Underwood (left), managing director of EOD Solutions, joins Major Nick Stanford and Steve Turner, in-theatre small arms ammunition incinerator manager, to discuss siting the incinerator at Camp Bastion [Picture: Crown Copyright/MOD]The small arms ammu ...... (more)
Department of defence UK
www.mod.uk
4217.
 ISAF Deputy Commander reflects on progress in Helmand
2012-05-16
Lieutenant General Adrian Bradshaw, Deputy Commander of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan, here reflects on recent visits to Helmand and eastern Afghanistan, and gains made by ISAF over the past year. Lieutenant General Adrian Bradshaw speaks with members of the Afghan National Security Forces[Picture: Crown Copyright/MOD 2012]Lieutenant General Bradshaw writes: ...... (more)
Department of defence UK
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4216.
 RAF trumpeters to honour Queen with special Jubilee fanfare
2012-05-16
Members of the Central Band of the Royal Air Force will play a specially composed fanfare in honour of Her Majesty The Queen at St Paul`s Cathedral in London on 5 June, as part of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations. The Fanfare Trumpets of the Central Band of the Royal Air Force rehearse on the roof terrace of One New Change which overlooks St Paul`s Cathedral [Picture: Senior Aircraftman Gareth Little, ...... (more)
Department of defence UK
www.mod.uk
4215.
 RAF Police receive Afghanistan campaign medals
2012-05-16
Members of No 2 (Tactical) Police Squadron have received their Afghanistan Operational Service Medals after returning from Helmand province. Members of No 2 (Tactical) Police Squadron on parade at RAF Henlow[Picture: Steve McAdam, Crown Copyright/MOD 2012]No 2 (Tactical) Police Squadron (2 TPS) deployed to Camp Bastion in Helmand province for six months from October 2011 to provide integrated ...... (more)
Department of defence UK
www.mod.uk
4214.
 Extra funding for Armed Forces online mental health network
2012-05-15
Extra funding of £400,000 will be provided for the Big White Wall online mental wellbeing service which provides support for UK Service personnel, veterans and their families. The Big White Wall provides information on mental health issues and is staffed by professional counsellors [Picture: Big White Wall]The award-winning Big White Wall (BWW) is an online forum specifically for serving ...... (more)
Department of defence UK
www.mod.uk
4213.
 Independent report states public rate Armed Forces highly
2012-05-15
The biggest ever independent survey of British troops, which explores the relationship between Service personnel and wider society, has been published this week. Members of the ship`s company and families on board HMS Manchester as she returns to Portsmouth (stock image)[Picture: Paul Jacobs, Crown Copyright/MOD 2011]More than 9,000 serving members of the Armed Forces and 4,000 members of the ...... (more)
Department of defence UK
www.mod.uk
4212.
 HMS Montrose welcomed home from South Atlantic
2012-05-15
A rapturous welcome greeted the ship`s company of Royal Navy frigate HMS Montrose on Friday, 11 May, on their return to Plymouth from a six-and-a-half-month deployment to the South Atlantic. A sailor from HMS Montrose is welcomed home by a loved one in Plymouth[Picture: Leading Airman (Photographer) Joel Rouse, Crown Copyright/MOD 2012]The ship sailed into HM Naval Base Devonport to a seven-gu ...... (more)
Department of defence UK
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4211.
 Armed Forces support Ten Tors teenagers
2012-05-15
Troops from all three Services supported thousands of teenagers this weekend taking part in the Army`s 52nd Ten Tors Challenge on Dartmoor. Running alongside Ten Tors was the Jubilee Challenge for youngsters with special physical or educational needs [Picture: Sergeant Adrian Harlen, Crown Copyright/MOD 2012]Despite bad weather threatening to rain off the event, 2,400 youngsters aged between 1 ...... (more)
Department of defence UK
www.mod.uk
4210.
 MOD announces investment in nuclear facilities
2012-05-15
The MOD is to sustain its commitment to the nuclear deterrent by continuing to invest £1bn a year in facilities at the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE). A Trident II D5 missile is fired from HMS Vanguard during tests in the western Atlantic in 2005 (stock image)[Picture: Lieutenant Stuart Antrobus, Crown Copyright/MOD 2005]The AWE is central to the development and maintenance of the UK` ...... (more)
Department of defence UK
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4209.
 Defence Secretary balances MOD budget
2012-05-14
The MOD`s budget deficit has been wiped out for the first time in a generation, Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has announced today. A Royal Marine and a Chinook helicopter in Afghanistan[Picture: Leading Airman (Photographer) Dave Hillhouse, Crown Copyright/MOD 2011]Through a series of tough but necessary decisions, combined with radical reforms of the MOD`s financial processes, the £38 ...... (more)
Department of defence UK
www.mod.uk
4208.
 Final Helmand district in UK operational area enters transition process
2012-05-14
Nahr-e Saraj district in Helmand province, where British forces operate, has now entered the transition process whereby responsibility for security will be handed over to Afghan forces. Afghan National Army soldiers on patrol during Operation ROZI ROSHAN (stock image)[Picture: Sergeant Mark Nesbit RLC, Crown Copyright/MOD 2012]Afghanistan`s President Hamid Karzai announced yesterday the list o ...... (more)
Department of defence UK
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