The Helmand Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) has refurbished a key base for the Afghan National Police who are being handed more responsibility for security in Helmand from UK and other ISAF troops.

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Soldiers from the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment's Falcon Squadron have arrived at Camp Bastion in Helmand province and are conducting their final training before going out on the ground.

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Members of the Afghan National Army in Helmand have launched Operation OMID CHAR, described as their most significant operation yet.

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It is with sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that Acting Corporal David Barnsdale from 33 Engineer Regiment (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) was killed in Afghanistan yesterday, Tuesday 19 October 2010.

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The outcome of the Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR), which sets out how the Government will deliver the priorities identified in the National Security Strategy, has been published today, Tuesday 19 October 2010.

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The termination of the Defence Training Rationalisation (DTR) project and the Metrix Consortium's appointment as preferred bidder has been announced by Defence Secretary Dr Liam Fox today, 19 October 2010.

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The U.S. Military Academy at West Point provided a Cadet Color Guard as the official colors for the American League Championship series game at Yankee Stadium, New York, N.Y., Oct. 18. Seventy-five cadets also unfurled a giant ceremonial American flag during the pre-game festivities.

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Soldiers from 3rd Advise and Assist Brigade, 4th Infantry Division took some time to meet and get to know their neighbors: members of Bedouin tribes that live close to Camp Adder, a sprawling hub of military activity located in southern Iraq near the city of An Nasiriyah.

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The successful eradication of more than 20,500 marijuana plants valuing over $50 million in nine operational days of concentrated, collaborative effort by Indiana State Police, Indiana National Guard Counterdrug Task Force and other state and federal law enforcement agencies stopped illegal drugs from hitting American streets.

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Representatives from 84 organizations worked together Oct. 12-15 to hone their emergency-response capabilities in the event of a catastrophe within the National Capital Region. Capital Shield, an annual inter-agency training exercise, strives to build relationships between local authorities such as fire and police stations, and federal agencies such as the military, Federal Bureau of Investigation and Federal Emergency Management Agency, to augment each other in a time of crisis.

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