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The highest ranking Army Reservist has been installed as Governor of Edinburgh Castle

Posted by: MOD News Team, Posted on: 20 October 2015 - Categories: Events, Personnel

...Regiment of Scotland march off parade into the Castle in Edinburgh. The Army’s most senior Reservist: Major General Riddell-Webster Major General Riddell-Webster was commissioned in 1983 and spent most of...

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Defence in the media: 20 October 2015

Posted by: MOD News Team, Posted on: 20 October 2015 - Categories: Defence in the media
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...quotes Lt Gen Everard saying LGBT people make the Army more effective, and how he has called for more homosexual and transgender people to sign up. The article states that...

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MOD response to Sun article on HMS Concord

Posted by: MOD News Team, Posted on: 20 October 2015 - Categories: Breaking News, Reactive statements

...of HMS Concord for the Naval General Service Medal with the clasp Yangtze 1949. The Independent Review carefully considered the Concord veterans’ case that they should be eligible for the...

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Defence in the media: 19 October 2015

Posted by: MOD News Team, Posted on: 19 October 2015 - Categories: Defence in the media
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Of note for Defence in today's news is coverage of a report that looks at UK troop numbers, and stories that carry Defence Secretary Michael Fallon's comments that Russia is killing "hundreds" of Syrians civilians in bombing raids. Troop numbers …

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Defence in the media: 18 October 2015

Posted by: MOD News Team, Posted on: 18 October 2015 - Categories: Defence in the media, Personnel, Reactive statements

...giving details on civilian and personnel numbers and current operations, it also includes a list of the MOD’s equipment holdings, the vast majority of which are in service and deployable....

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Breaking News: MOD response to Sunday Telegraph front page on legal claims against Armed Forces

Posted by: MOD News Team, Posted on: 17 October 2015 - Categories: Breaking News
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...job. Ministers have commissioned detailed work on this and will make any further announcements in due course. Follow us on Twitter and don’t forget to sign up for email alerts....

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Defence in the Media: 17 October 2015

Posted by: MOD News Team, Posted on: 17 October 2015 - Categories: Defence in the media
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Of note for Defence in today’s news is the story about a former Afghan translator winning the right to asylum in the UK, and a story about work beginning on...

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Defence in the Media: 16 October 2015

Posted by: MOD News Team, Posted on: 16 October 2015 - Categories: Defence in the media
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There is widespread reporting in today’s defence-related news that the US will keep their Armed Forces in Afghanistan beyond President Obama’s departure from office.

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Defence in the media: 15 October 2015

Posted by: MOD News Team, Posted on: 15 October 2015 - Categories: Defence in the media, Personnel, Reactive statements

Among today’s headlines European leaders will meet in Brussels for a summit at which the ongoing refugee crisis is expected to dominate, there are reports that Pauline Cafferkey is now...

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Defence in the media: 14 October 2015

Posted by: MOD News Team, Posted on: 14 October 2015 - Categories: Defence in the media
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Broadcasters today are reporting that the US and Russia are to hold new talks on air safety in Syria, while there is other coverage of both the MH17 crash report...

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