The extent to which Britain's Armed Forces will support the security effort for next year's Olympic and Paralympic Games in London was announced today by the Defence Secretary, Philip Hammond.

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The Government has accepted the recommendations in the Cyprus Review on Sovereign Base Areas (SBAs) and confirmed its enduring commitment to the SBAs in Cyprus.

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HMS Turbulent returned to Plymouth on Wednesday 14 December 2011 after spending 267 days away on deployment and was welcomed home by members of the popular Military Wives Choir.

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HMS York has been activated as the Royal Navy's fleet ready escort, and is monitoring the largest ship in the Russian Navy, the aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov.

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When the aviation community's newest chief warrant officer five, Kyle Hill, received his rank Dec. 1, 2011, he knew the promotion was bittersweet.

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More than 3,000 service members gathered at Pope Army Airfield on Fort Bragg, N.C., Dec. 14, to hear President Barack Obama deliver a speech marking the end of the war in Iraq.

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Two leaders from the Europe Regional Medical Command were awarded the Polish Armed Forces Medal in Heidelberg, Germany, Dec. 15, 2011.

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Most Soldiers know that smoking cigarettes can eventually cause lung cancer and emphysema, but one does not have to wait 20 or 30 years to experience the adverse effects of smoking.

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The Army took delivery of more than 3,600 M240L Medium Machine Guns, but getting the program to where it is today was an enormous challenge that the Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC) and Project Manager (PM) Soldier Weapons personnel were more than prepared for.

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The great guns series wraps up its look at 100 years of field artillery with a look at the M777, a replacement to the M198 155 mm howitzer. The new lightweight field artillery piece has only seen action since May 2007, when it began combat operations in Iraq; less than a year later Soldiers were firing the M777 in Afghanistan.

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