Hands are wrapped, gloves are taped and headgear is secured. They hear their name called over the loud speaker; there is no turning back, no more time to train. It is time to put everything together, step into the ring to fight and hope to come out on top.

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The White House announced Monday that President Barack Obama will award the first non-posthumous Medal of Honor since Vietnam in a ceremony Nov. 16.

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A Soldier team from the Army Special Operations Command took top honors at the 10th Annual International Sniper Competition here.

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The 2010 Best Warrior Competition is a showcase of the Army's training doctrine. The events include an Army Physical Fitness Test, day and night weapons qualification ranges, Warrior Task and Battle Drill testing, urban orienteering and a board appearance.

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Contingency Operating Site Falcon, in southern Baghdad, was transferred from U.S. control to the government of Iraq Oct. 10 during a formal transfer ceremony.

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Helmand villagers recently told British soldiers who stopped by to hold a shura that a school built by ISAF forces three years ago is now thriving.

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Cornwall Council recently recognised the work of personnel from Royal Naval Air Station (RNAS) Culdrose who have just returned from serving with coalition forces in Afghanistan at a special reception at the council's headquarters.

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Ten years after HMS Ocean provided offshore support to repel rebel forces threatening Freetown in Sierra Leone, the Royal Navy's amphibious warfare helicopter carrier has returned to help train the country's armed forces.

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The Government has published its National Security Strategy, 'A Strong Britain in an Age of Uncertainty', today, which outlines our reappraisal of Britain's role in the world, the risks to our security and the implications for the UK.

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Group Captain Guy van den Berg took over as Commander Bastion earlier this month. This new role sees the command of the main UK joint operating base in Helmand and its airfield combined.

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