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Speech by Philip Hammond, Secretary of State for Defence
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Minehunter HMS Penzance has left the Clyde to take up the UK baton from HMS Ledbury on NATO duties in the Mediterranean.
皇冠体育app Prime Minister welcomed the NATO Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, to Downing Street today.
Soldiers from 1st Battalion 皇冠体育app Rifles (1 RIFLES) have assumed responsibility for the UK's contribution to the EU mission in Mali.
皇冠体育app first artillery shells in over a decade have been fired at Stanford Training Area (STANTA) during a joint UK and French Army exercise.
Foreign Secretary & Defence Secretary host joint meeting with Poland鈥檚 Foreign & Defence Ministers to discuss EU common security interests.
Royal Fleet Auxiliary support ship Wave Knight has helped seize an estimated 拢6.5 million worth of drugs from traffickers in the Caribbean.
Royal Navy warship HMS Argyll has just completed an intense period of counter-narcotics operations in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
HMS Lancaster is on station throughout the Caribbean during the hurricane season, together with Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) Wave Knight forming the Atlantic Patrol Task (North).
皇冠体育app crew of a Royal Navy warship has seized a massive 680-kilogram stash of cocaine with an estimated street value of 拢100 million.
A Royal Navy warship has been working alongside one of the US Navy's mighty aircraft carriers in the Gulf of Oman.
A VIP reception has been held at the Palace of Westminster to honour the RAF's support to the French forces fighting insurgents in Mali.
皇冠体育app Royal Navy minehunter recently joined NATO allies at the Albanian port of Vlore for a series of exercises and manoeuvres.
An RAF navigator has been awarded for heroism under fire while protecting civilians from attack by Gaddafi-regime forces in Libya in 2011.
A UK MOD Delegation led by the Deputy Head for NATO and European Policy, Mr David Murtagh conducted annual Defence Staff Talks with the MOD of the Republic of Tajikistan 4-5 June.
Troops assigned to NATO's Allied Rapid Reaction Corps completed the first part of a rapid deployment exercise in Corsica this weekend.
Soldiers of the Irish Guards have taken part in a multinational peacekeeping exercise in Bosnia.
Royal Marines from 42 Commando have been exercising their hostile action skills with EU partner forces on Salisbury Plain.
UK warships have joined multinational forces in Bahrain to take part in the second International Mine Countermeasures Exercise (IMCMEX).
Royal Navy minehunter HMS Ledbury sailed from Portsmouth yesterday, 7 May, for a 4-month NATO mission in the Mediterranean.
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