The prosecution and defense rested Dec. 22, 2011, after delivering their closing statements in the Article 32 hearing of a Soldier charged with leaking hundreds of thousands of classified documents.

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For the run-up to Christmas, the MOD online news team has once again picked out the images that best represent our defence news coverage over the past year.

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UK Servicemen and women in Afghanistan will enjoy an extra 1 hour and 15 minutes of talk-time to keep in touch with family and friends this Christmas.

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A lone walker with an ankle injury has been plucked to safety from deep snow in the Scottish Highlands in one of the most challenging rescues faced by any HMS Gannet duty crew this year.

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Prime Minister David Cameron has visited UK troops deployed to Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan to wish them a Merry Christmas.

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Professor Sir Mark Welland, Chief Scientific Adviser to the Ministry of Defence and Head of the Department's Nanoscience Centre, has been given two prestigious awards by the United States Department of Defence and the US Department of Energy.

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Soldiers whose term of service is scheduled to end in fiscal year 2012 and want to stay in the Army must make that commitment sooner rather than later.

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Myah the dog reminds Shirley Schmunk of her son's sacrifice, and helps with the psychiatric rehabilitation and therapy to wounded veterans.

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The Office of the Chief of the Army Reserve has relocated to its new headquarters building at Ft. Belvoir, Va.

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Sgt. Maj. of the Army Raymond F. Chandler III made his first trip to Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, visiting Soldiers with Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa and other units on camp, Dec. 16, 2011.

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