Defence News Home Page http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/Defencenewshome.htm en-GB Ministry of Defence, UK, © 2012 Mon, 14 Nov 2005 10:38:00 GMT Wed, 16 May 2012 15:03:29 GMT Ministry of Defence 60 http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/Images/site-logo.gif http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/Home Ahead of the arrival of the Olympic Flame on Friday, One Show presenter Alex Jones and Olympic gold medallist Sally Gunnell paid a visit to Royal Naval Air Station (RNAS) Culdrose in Cornwall yesterday and received a very challenging welcome. http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/PeopleInDefence/RnasCuldroseGivestheOneShowAnOlympicChallenge.htm Top Stories Wed, 16 May 2012 09:19:50 GMT {73936778-1688-462C-B9FD-803F11231771} A wounded Royal Navy medic who saved the lives of four colleagues after they were seriously injured in Afghanistan by a grenade attack in 2011 received a Military Cross this week from Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace. http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/HistoryAndHonour/RoyalNavyMedicReceivesMilitaryCrossAtBuckinghamPalace.htm Top Stories Wed, 16 May 2012 13:49:31 GMT {4843EA3B-1C92-46AB-9F59-DF75AA39934F} 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. http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/MilitaryOperations/IsafDeputyCommanderReflectsOnProgressInHelmand.htm Top Stories Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT {2455BD51-02E7-4B54-851F-E71CBBE97112} 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. http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/HistoryAndHonour/RafTrumpetersToHonourQueenWithSpecialJubileeFanfare.htm Top Stories Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT {D896BFC0-A4D6-4EA5-B68D-D7F4D6F34D7E} Members of No 2 (Tactical) Police Squadron have received their Afghanistan Operational Service Medals after returning from Helmand province. http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/HistoryAndHonour/RafPoliceReceiveAfghanistanCampaignMedals.htm Top Stories Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT {E81E2ABC-FD2A-42D6-99BB-DE6F0B6D2814} A Search and Rescue crew from Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose in Cornwall conducted a daring rescue of an injured fisherman earlier this week. http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/MilitaryOperations/NightScrambleForNavySearchAndRescueCrew.htm Top Stories Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT {BB779427-9FB5-418C-8BE4-2AB17DEF4F1D} Members of the UK's Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) and Search Task Force in Helmand are stepping back from their front line role to develop the Afghan National Army's bomb disposal capability. http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/MilitaryOperations/UkBombDisposalSpecialistsTrainAfghanSoldiers.htm Top Stories Tue, 08 May 2012 10:25:30 GMT {E2CDDF39-3F59-4470-AD6E-7C6E39134E01} On Saturday 5 May, East Midlands Universities Air Squadron (EMUAS) exercised the Freedom of Nottingham by parading through the city centre 'with bayonets fixed and flags flying'. http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/HistoryAndHonour/EastMidlandsUniversitiesAirSquadronExercisesFreedomOfNottingham.htm Top Stories Wed, 09 May 2012 13:58:07 GMT {DE68F2A0-BA7D-483B-8172-0D814077DCE3} Following an open competition the Oil and Pipelines Agency (OPA) has announced the appointment of Mr Graham Ellis as Chairman. http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/EquipmentAndLogistics/NewOilAndPipelinesAgencyChairmanAppointed.htm More News Wed, 16 May 2012 13:18:23 GMT {246AE70B-37F3-428C-A325-E3D86D4D39B1} Troops from all three Services supported thousands of teenagers this weekend taking part in the Army's 52nd Ten Tors Challenge on Dartmoor. http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/TrainingAndAdventure/ArmedForcesSupportTenTorsTeenagers.htm More News Tue, 15 May 2012 10:40:02 GMT {4E200231-2449-4B69-A36B-C75879AD0F3D} 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. http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/HistoryAndHonour/HmsMontroseWelcomedHomeFromSouthAtlantic.htm More News Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT {043373DB-40EE-4D4B-923A-D274C8320939} 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. http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/DefencePolicyAndBusiness/ExtraFundingForArmedForcesOnlineMentalHealthNetwork.htm More News Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT {77AF56C0-B650-42A2-8BFB-0D92EAB49B4E} The biggest ever independent survey of British troops, which explores the relationship between Service personnel and wider society, has been published this week. http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/DefencePolicyAndBusiness/IndependentReportStatesPublicRateArmedForcesHighly.htm More News Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT {B8EA7937-42BC-435C-98CF-DCB4743494F4} 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). http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/EquipmentAndLogistics/ModAnnouncesInvestmentInNuclearFacilities.htm More News Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT {FF0EBFD6-E302-45C7-84A2-79135AC8F80E} The MOD's budget deficit has been wiped out for the first time in a generation, Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has announced today. http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/DefencePolicyAndBusiness/DefenceSecretaryBalancesModBudget.htm More News Mon, 14 May 2012 12:53:25 GMT {2838CECD-AF72-401B-8715-C66521D33933} 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. http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/MilitaryOperations/FinalHelmandDistrictInUkOperationalAreaEntersTransitionProcess.htm More News Mon, 14 May 2012 09:12:10 GMT {E99B8A7A-331A-4EB6-A000-4BA198B93886} It is with sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that Corporal Brent John McCarthy, from the Royal Air Force, and Lance Corporal Lee Thomas Davies, from the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards, were killed in Afghanistan on Saturday 12 May 2012. http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/MilitaryOperations/CorporalBrentJohnMccarthyAndLanceCorporalLeeThomasDaviesKilledInAfghanistan.htm More News Mon, 14 May 2012 08:17:40 GMT {159FE19F-F515-4A9A-B2E8-93EF0A2B9573}