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• Soldiers deliver aid to villages cut-off by floods
• Duke of Cambridge honours Birmingham’s WW1 heroes
• 1st Battalion Scots Guards exercise in Denmark
• Medals for ebola medics
• Brazilian Jiu Jitsu supremo gives masterclass to British Army team
• The SCOTS deploy to Afghanistan
• Soldiers granted Freedom of Isle of Wight
• Top accolades for Army sporting heroes
• Pegasus badge heralds formation changes for 16 Air Assault Brigade
• Flag raised to signal new Headquarters Field Army
• Going home to face Ebola
• Soldier awarded at Lord Mayor's Show
• British Army leads NATO exercise in the Baltics
• Exercise Cambrian Patrol results
• Tributes paid to war dead on Remembrance Sunday
• Foot guards test jungle warfare skills in Belize
• Soldiers in biggest NATO exercise in a decade
• Armed Forces cover London with poppies
• British soldiers shoot award-winning photographs
• Service at St Paul’s marks 75 years of Army bomb disposal unit
• Historic Edinburgh appointment for senior Reservist
• Head of the British Army lays wreath in honour of soldier
• More than a thousand troops on parade as Britain welcomes China
• UK armoured battle group takes part in Poland exercise
• Sikh Conference promotes positivity
• Army regiment supports BBC's DIY SOS team to transform homes for veterans
• Royal Anglian ‘Vikings’ reunited at medal parade
• Soldiers of 7th Infantry Brigade march out for Exercise Jerboa Patrol
• Gurkha statue unveiled by Joanna Lumley
• Army Reserve marks new beginning on the Isle of Man
• Her Majesty The Queen visits The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards in Leuchars
• Reserves pass off parade
• VC paving stone honours Charlton’s First World War hero
• 75th anniversary of the George Cross and George Medal
• Reserve Paras train in Spain
• The Vikings return from training Malian troops
• New futuristic personal equipment unveiled
• RIFLES take charge of Iraq training mission
• British Sikhs commemorate anniversary
• Royal Horse Artillery take to the waves
• Her Majesty The Queen becomes the longest reigning British Monarch
• Head of the British Army launches new Leadership Code
• British Army welcomes American General into its ranks
• Omdurman Gun fires a fond farewell
• Selfless Stalag POW given final named resting place
• SNIY reservists adopt the grey beret
• 16 Air Assault Brigade demonstrates swift response on multinational exercise
• Troops deploy to Gabon to tackle elephant poaching
• The Army creates its most senior post ever for a soldier
• Two soldiers of Gurkha Rifles return from circumnavigation of Arctic Island
• 38 (Irish) Brigade assumes command of more regiments in ongoing transformation
• Thousands celebrate the 70th anniversary of VJ Day
• Bomb Disposal Experts tackle WW2 bomb
• Scottish troops deploy on mission to Kabul
• Vision for a more inclusive Army
• Bid farewell to the Lynx Mk7 aircraft
• A new chapter in the history of the Desert Rats
• Lance Corporal Michael Campbell has died
• 2 SCOTS train with Foxhound ahead of deploying to Kabul
• Sikh honour for London Reservist
• Dedication of Royal Army Chaplains' memorial
• Army Field Catering and Culinary Arts Exhibition
• The King’s Royal Hussars celebrate 300 years of history with royal visit
• Army aviators celebrate their diversity
• Invictus Games 2016 announced
• Parachute jump marks name change for airborne sappers
• New Virtus body armour for infantry troops
• VC paving stone honours Jewish First World War hero
• Army appoint first female Major General
• Military courage recognised in Operational Honours List
• Thousands celebrate Armed Forces Day
• Army Reservists train in the Pyrenees with Spanish mountain soldiers
• Armed Forces Day Flag flies across Whitehall
• Army helps deliver New Waterloo Dispatch
• Waterloo 200 Service of Commemoration
• Isle of Man welcomes first Reserve unit for 50 years
• Military celebrates Monarch's birthday
• Bastion Memorial Service of Rededication
• Waterloo allies reunite at military display
• Gurkha pageant celebrates 200 years of loyal service
• Scottish soldiers emulate their forefathers for Waterloo Anniversary
• Gunners complete live firing exercise with the AS90
• Ceremony of the Keys
• Prince Harry to attend Bastion service and memorial unveiling
• Gun Salutes mark HM The Queen’s Coronation
• State Opening of Parliament
• First World War rail disaster remembered
• Dunkirk Evacuation remembered 75 years on
• Bomb Disposal Experts tackle Wembley WW2 bomb
• Rewards and recognition for Army’s finest musicians
• The King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery declared ‘fit to represent the nation’
• Farewell to Fallingbostel after 70 years
• Airborne EOD masterclass for British and American engineers
• Cenotaph service leads three days of events to mark 70th anniversary of VE Day
• Soldiers bid farewell to their German hosts
• Historic merger of cavalry regiments
• Gurkhas parade for commemoration
• Welsh Guards receive new colours from HM The Queen
• Veteran paratroopers return to battle scene 50 years on
• Gun salute marks the Queen's birthday
• Full military honours for six unknown soldiers killed in WWI
• 1 LANCS bugler plays the Last Post at the Menin Gate in Ypres
• Lance Corporal Joshua Leakey receives his Victoria Cross
• Army personnel lay the late King of England to rest
• Armoured vehicles travel ‘ship to shore’
• American exercise marks airborne anniversary
• Officer Cadets train in urban warfare at launch of new Reserve unit partnership
• Army bomb disposal experts called to defuse WW2 bomb in London
• Freedom Parade soldiers welcomed in Hartlepool
• Islam Awareness Week marked at Army headquarters
• MOD confirms the death of Private Jamie Lee Sawyer who was serving in Cyprus
• Royal Irish Regiment marks St Patrick's Day
• Service of commemoration marks 13 years of UK military operations in Afghanistan
• Reserve Military Working Dog Squadron seeks new recruits
• National Apprenticeship Week 2015
• Prime Minister unveils WW1 Victoria Cross paving stones
• Counter-IED specialists head to Iraq to train Peshmerga
• Ceremonial welcome for President of the United Mexican States
• The Light Dragoons lead the light cavalry charge
• Welsh Guards celebrate Regimental centenary
• Military courage recognised in Operational Honours List
• The Desert Rats begin the next chapter
• Defence Secretary praises UK military for Sierra Leonean efforts
• Gunners in Northumberland bid farewell to their regiment
• Junior soldiers march off to bright futures
• Army Intelligence targets Manchester
• Archbishops of Canterbury and York sign Armed Forces Covenant
• Major Tim to Ground Control
• Royal visit for 7 Regiment Royal Logistic Corps
• HM The Queen’s Accession to the Throne anniversary gun salutes
• 16 Air Assault Brigade prepares for American exercise
• Memorial service for Duke of Marlborough
• German General visits Salisbury Plain
• Gurkhas’ Everest challenge in 200th anniversary year
• Medics tested on training exercise
• Service of commemoration for Afghanistan
• Troops mark final Afghanistan return with march to Parliament
• Armoured vehicle fleet support contract announced
• Logistics and maintenance troops take aim
• 16 Air Assault Brigade commemorates its service in Afghanistan
• Reserve recruitment campaign launches
• Reservist to receive an MBE for his work with bereaved families
• Army recognised in Stonewall Top 50
• New £900m contract secures future maintenance of Army’s vehicles
• New Year Honours for service personnel 2015
• First British Reservists leave for Sierra Leone
• Review into women in ground combat roles published
• Christmas at the Defence Animal Centre
• 1914 Christmas Truce remembered
• Publication of the Al-Sweady inquiry report
• Locomotive arrives at Edinburgh memorial event
• Reservists join the fight against Ebola
• Armed Forces honoured at the Millies
• Winter parade receives warm welcome
• Change of Command Parade in South West of England
• Sun Military Awards to mark achievements in Afghanistan
• Army reservists earn festive reward after gruelling exercise
• Dover Castle church service for 2 (South East) Brigade
• Paratroopers compete against each to be the best
• Apache airtroopers battle for top spot
• Welsh soldiers on a Spanish mission
• VC Paving stone honours first Jewish World War One hero
• Apaches prepare for future operations
• British Army tests mechanised infantry for future deployments
• Honour for Military Working Dog that saved the lives of soldiers in Afghanistan
• British Army on Exercise Black Eagle in Poland
• Flag raising marks opening of new regional Brigade Headquarters
• Drumhead Service held in memory of VC hero
• The Desert Rats formally step out of armoured role
• Memorial pavement in Lambeth honours VC recipient Lt John Dimmer
• Ministers plant poppies at the Tower
• Prince Harry pays tribute on Remembrance Sunday in Kandahar
• HM The Queen attends Flanders' Fields Memorial Garden opening
• First British Ebola treatment facility opens in Sierra Leone
• Army Soldier to play for the England Rugby Union team
• Reservist medics train in California
• Afghanistan: the changing nature of equipment
• Exercise Cambrian Patrol 2014
• UK ends combat operations in Helmand
• Fifteen British soldiers killed during WW1 have been laid to rest
• More UK troops deploy to tackle Ebola
• Welsh Guards wage war on poaching
• Welsh Guards in Kenya training for the future
• Camp Bastion troops say farewell to memorial wall
• North West troops train with NATO in Latvia
• Troops prepare for Sierra Leone Ebola duty
• Winners announced in the Army Photographic Competition 2014
• Service rules on tattoos have been relaxed
• 4 MERCIAN Reservists fire mortars on SPTA
• British Army’s rapid reaction force jumps into Poland
• Army’s next generation eye in the sky takes flight in Afghanistan
• The Light Dragoons train in Ukraine on multi-national exercise
• World’s most powerful tank transporter used to move heavy armour to Poland
• Army Officer wins engineering Modern Day Visionary award
• Army returns a piece of First World War history back to Ypres
• Army lends a hand to create new female polar bear enclosure
• Arnhem veteran Lance Corporal Wally Smith’s story
• Arnhem veteran Private John Bosley’s story
• British veterans make pilgrimage to Arnhem on 70th anniversary of battle
• The King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery equestrian exercise in Woolacombe
• 1 Regt AAC formally welcomed to RNAS Yeovilton
• British Armed Forces Sikh Association launched
• Invictus Games closing ceremony concert
• Gold, silver and bronze for British Archery team
• Golden start for British troops at Invictus Games
• Signallers saluted by the Princess Royal
• British and American Apache units share experiences
• Army officer to tackle wheelchair rugby at Invictus Games
• British and Canadian troops train together
• Andover archer targets Invictus Games
• NATO exercise ends in daring helicopter assaults
• Windsor Castle greets the newly merged Household Cavalry Band
• New Scout vehicles will be the ‘eyes and ears’ of the British Army
• Four-legged warrior honoured at historic medal ceremony
• Guildford to host Armed Forces Day 2015
• Personnel from 33 Field Hospital deliver health care to remote Kenyan villages
• First VC paving stone in London honours Brent hero
• First World War memorial to the Welsh unveiled in Flanders
• Gold for female signaller in Armed Forces Parachute Championships
• Riflemen train with US troops on joint exercise
• Reservists help and inspire Tyneside youngsters into work
• Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red launched at Tower of London
• Military joins nation to mark centenary of First World War
• Parade marks amalgamation of The Royal Tank Regiment
• Army chief pays last visit to troops in Afghanistan
• Wiltshire WW1 soldiers remembered
• Great War Centenary marked with Leeds parade
• Duke raises morale with Afghanistan visit
• 23 Pioneer Regiment bids farewell to Bicester
• Officers graduate from Southampton University
• Reservists ready to support Commonwealth Games
• Army chefs do battle at culinary competition
• Welsh Guards granted Freedom of Wrexham
• 1 (UK) Armoured Division redesignated to 1 (UK) Division
• Soldiers attend special service to mark 'blessing of the soil'
• Lynx display team ending final season on a high
• Army training provides skills to unemployed young adults
• £300 million upgrade for defence rehabilitation services
• Apache regiment restructures for the future
• Recruitment fair brings major employers to Tidworth
• 4 SCOTS return home in style
• Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment heads to the seaside for annual camp
• Reservist engineers look forward as regiment disbands
• Final homecoming parades for 3 MERCIAN
• Nation gives thanks on Armed Forces Day
• Afghanistan medals for soldiers of 2nd Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment
• Army opens doors for young people with learning difficulties
• Reservists wear their uniforms to work
• Riflemen conquer world's coldest mountain
• Nottingham reservist engineers retrain for new EOD role
• Regular and Reserve Riflemen march through Bridport
• Tigers prove fearsome partners in Latvian exercise
• Final chapter: last tour of duty for 9th/12th Royal Lancers
• South Shields Gunners guard precious Bible
• Desert Rats welcomed home from Afghanistan
• Fathers and sons working together in Afghanistan
• 4 SCOTS receive operational medals
• Heroes' welcome for Fusiliers at Warwick parade
• Memorial service remembers airborne role
• Veteran drops in on D-Day commemorations
• Joint Force Support commander hands over the baton for final leg
• D-Day landings remembered at Pegasus Bridge
• Normandy veterans pay respects at Sword Beach
• Beating Retreat is set to be even more spectacular for 2014
• Normany 70 interviews
• Living memorial for Scotland's First World War heroes
• Airborne troops study D-Day battlefields
• Highlanders homeward bound after final Afghan tour
• Queen's Dragoon Guards to see out Afghanistan operation
• Reservists drop into action over Salisbury Plain
• Wartime flavour for 2014 Beating Retreat
• Busy vet enjoys double life in Army Reserve
• 1 SCOTS to hold parades ahead of Belfast move
• D-Day veterans meet current paratroopers
• Prince Harry celebrates bond with Estonian troops
• Janet and John gave skill for life to former SAS soldier
• Animals’ VC presented posthumously to canine hero killed in Afghanistan
• Reserve dream inspired dramatic weight loss
• Franco-British exercise demonstrates future entente cordiale
• Eighth annual Sikh conference held at Amport House
• Kimberley honours its soldiers past and present
• North West Reservists train in Australian bush country
• Airborne signallers battle for promotion
• British forces leave last outpost in Helmand
• West Country Reservists in Cyprus exercise
• Brigade prepares for final Afghanistan tour
• Snipers from the rapid reaction force test their skills
• British Officer Cadets win Sandhurst Cup at West Point
• Princess Royal unveils first veterinary corps memorial
• Somerset Reservists' new aviation role
• Army Football Association re-enacts the inaugural 1889 Army FA Cup Final
• Grenadiers pass annual inspection with flying colours
• Hero dog killed in Afghanistan to be awarded animals’ Victoria Cross
• West Country soldiers return from mission in Mali
• MOD names five service personnel killed in Afghan Lynx crash
• My role in the making of a supersonic car
• Army helps long-term jobseekers find employment
• Final shift ready to clock on at Camp Bastion Hospital
• Students Pass Out at the Army School of Physical Training
• Reservists train with rapid reaction force
• Apache targets 50,000 Afghanistan flying hours
• Troops complete North-East flood defence inspections
• Pomp and ceremony for Irish President's first state visit
• Exercise Joint Warrior tests the Army’s ability to react
• Animatronic 'Porton Man' to test protective equipment
• Two Royal Welsh battalions become one
• Stirling unveils spectacular programme for Armed Forces Day
• Next deployment of UK forces to Afghanistan announced
• Bomb disposal engineers take recruitment march through London
• Milestone as Task Force Helmand is disbanded
• Role change for Scottish brigade
• Soldier rescues injured woman stranded on Wales’ highest peak
• Exercise heralds arrival of new Force Troops Command
• Scottish infantrymen test their shooting skills
• Service marks anniversary of Second World War airborne operation
• Extreme weather tests troops on Canada exercise
• Scots troops honoured at medal ceremony
• Bravery recognised in honours list
• Infantry soldiers tested on Cyprus training exercise
• Base closures: British forces milestone in Afghanistan
• Women's day highlights females at the front line
• Soldiers prepare for battle on No Smoking Day
• Reservists prepare for landmark deployment
• Chinook and Challenger 2 team up with reservists
• Gunners fire Rapier Missile Systems on exercise
• Sapper Adam Moralee has died in Afghanistan
• Bridging success in Afghanistan
• Textbook training for deployed troops
• New Chief of the General Staff appointed
• Military to assist with flood recovery work
• Local employer learns more about Army Reserve
• Stirling to host Armed Forces Day 2014
• Salisbury Plain residents to have their say
• Army personnel support urgent flood defence inspections
• Shout it from the mountain
• Technique for refuelling military aircraft tested
• Covenant signing marks significant milestone in Wales
• Balaklava Company proves ready for royal duties
• Paratroopers given masterclass in urban operations
• More troops help with flood relief efforts
• Band's farewell to Woolwich after 251 years
• Sochi 2014
• Tankies' wet Bristol homecoming
• British troops seize ammunition and explosives in Afghan-led raid
• Live-firing exercise in Wales for Queen’s Dragoon Guards
• Apache set for Saturday visit to market town
• Coldstream Guards complete final pre-deployment training
• Forces show to support to Normandy 70 commemorations
• Thousand UK jobs secured by £760m copter investment
• UK Forces support American troops in major operation
• Leaders of the future are put to the test
• Swaffham Army Reserves move into the future
• 3 Mercian soldiers train the trainers
• Salisbury Plain helps troops prepare for Afghanistan
• Final tranche of Army redundancies announced
• Kenyan exercise provides essential medical care
• Army team claims third place in Atlantic rowing challenge
• Paratroopers strengthen French connection
• British-mentored troops seize bomb-making kit in Helmand
• Gun fire marks homecoming parade of 1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery
• New kit will help soldiers see more clearly
• Warthog troops support Afghan police in raid to seize bomb-making kit
• From Hadron to Herrick
• Armed Forces celebrate New Year around the world
• Festive feast for frontline troops
• Fusilier Rigby: Commanding Officer's statement following guilty verdicts
• Airborne medics practise skills for global operations
• Military heroes honoured at the Millies
• New Defence College of Technical Training announced
• War hero receives UK's first mind-controlled robot arm
• Military helping hand for east coast flood communities
• 1st Mechanized Brigade holds thanksgiving and memorial service
• Handover of UK headquarters team in Afghanistan
• Flanders 'sacred soil' arrives in Britain
• 'Smashing Christmas' targets excess drinking
• New team of REME soldiers working on Bloodhound SSC
• Royal Engineers provide vital skills in the Philippines
• Army helicopters arrive in the Philippines
• Bionic legs revolutionise mobility for wounded
• Army divers refresh their training in the Solent
• Facebook milestone
• Parade marks end of tour for 3 (UK) Div HQ troops
• Army helps jobseekers towards employment
• The Second Royal Tank Regiment commemorates the Battle of Cambrai
• Scottish cavalry bids farewell to tanks
• West Country reservists on track with Challenger 2
• Freedom of City of London for ceremonial mastermind
• Olympic gold medallist returns from Afghanistan
• Scottish soldiers sharpen troop skills in Helmand
• Farewell parade for 168 Pioneer Regiment
• Sacred Soil ceremony marks start of WWI commemorations
• Queen's Royal Hussars remember a fallen comrade
• Fallen are remembered at service in Helmand province
• Secrets of the silence revealed
• Afghan soldiers take strides at new battle school
• British Army publishes strategic narrative
• Paras and Merlin practise airfield seizure
• Warrant Officer Class 2 Ian Fisher killed in Afghanistan
• Plea to keep postal system clear this Christmas
• Afghan warriors seize enemy weapons in battle
• Mercian troops protect key British base
• Community learns of vital links to the Army
• Burmese Chase: Army Commandos train with US Marines
• Lancaster reservist leads team to trophy a second time
• Illustrious exercise for Apache helicopters
• Afghanistan's new Officer Academy welcomes first intake
• Cambrian Patrol celebrates successful teams
• Statue of Sefton, Hyde Park hero, unveiled
• Postal and courier role for new regiment
• Airborne sappers restructure for the future
• Active Eagle puts Paras through their paces
• Military courage recognised by Operational Honours list
• Army takes a 'Stop' to Trafalgar Square
• Troops hand Patrol Base Ouellette to Afghans
• West Country reservists get taste of Air Corps role
• Military Working Dog Unit returns home from Afghanistan
• Army Reservists are tested in Italy
• PM adds extra boost to Grenadiers’ Waterloo challenge
• Army Chefs' recipe for success in Afghanistan
• Military Band entertains Birmingham with flashmob
• Paratroopers put Javelin on target at Norfolk ranges
• New recovery centre for injured and sick troops
• 70,000 Afghanistan flying hours for Hermes 450
• Army musicians mark Duke of Cambridge Day
• British troops take on the Afghan Army at cricket
• Double live-fire milestone for First Royal Tank Regiment
• Rifles take over training of Mali troops
• Physical Training Corps gathers for memorial dedication
• Poachers parade before Afghanistan deployment
• Christmas post: Support troops through Service charities
• 4 Rifles assist Afghan soldiers in successful operation
• Men's Health Campaign: Officer's warning over silent killer
• British Army big guns return to Norfolk ranges
• Mercian reservists train Ugandan defence forces
• Success story as last unit leaves Nad-e Ali district
• Soldier is appointed new Millennium Stadium manager
• Injured soldiers unearth Battle of Britain Spitfire
• Desert Rats prepare for Afghanistan deployment
• Royal Engineers repair key Helmand bridge
• Troops help teens build skills and confidence
• Scottish cavalry takes the reins in Kabul
• Infantry soldiers boost battlefield skills in Jordan
• Danish Award for selfless British soldier
• Apaches fire first shots at Norfolk ranges
• Health warning over DIY tattoo kits
• Bomb damaged transporters return to service
• Task Force Helmand HQ leaves Lashkar Gah
• Harrogate sees largest military graduation parade in Europe
• Changes to the Corps of Army Music
• Captain Wales qualifies as Apache Commander after gruelling assessment
• A new Reserve: new support, new relationship
• Trooping the Colour with a thousand soldiers and horses
• Statement on behalf of Drummer Lee Rigby's family
• Drummer Lee Rigby killed in Woolwich incident
• Soldiers on exercise pause to remember comrades
• 1st Mechanized Brigade takes lead in Helmand
• Recruiting FB pic - hidden from navigation
• Posthumous Victoria Cross for Lance Corporal James Ashworth
• TA Live - campaign will broadcast live from the front line
• Army 2020 sets out plans for transformation of the Force
• Army to reduce by 23 units

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