Royal Navy warship HMS Trent sent to Caribbean to hunt drug smugglers
HMS Trent usually operates in the Mediterranean and off the west coast of Africa. but is taking over HMS Medway's duties in the Caribbean
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Navy Royal Navy's most advanced destroyer comes home after drug busts and hurricane support
HMS Dauntless spent a busy few months in the Caribbean Sea, having completed a major overhaul prior to her deployment
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Ukraine Ukraine names operative claimed to have made world's longest sniper shot
Fifty-eight-year-old former businessman Viacheslav Kovalskyi is said to have shot and killed a Russian soldier at a distance of 3,800 metres
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Army Exclusive: Welsh Cavalry take on US Blackhorse Regiment in California's brutal Valley of Death
Watch what happened as British and American troops went head-to-head at the US Army's biggest training area in the Mojave Desert
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Aircraft New home, but same markings as Spotty the Jaguar says goodbye to RAF Cosford
Jaguar GR.3A XX119, nicknamed Spotty due to its distinctive paint scheme, is leaving its old base bound for RAF Lossiemouth
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History Gas masks: How they evolved from the trenches to the Iranian Embassy siege and beyond
The gas mask was developed during the First World War after Germany launched the first chemical attack of the conflict in April 1915
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Army Beards in British Army under constant review amid rumours of rule change
Pioneers are allowed facial hair, but there are now reports that the Army is considering lifting a ban on most other ranks wearing a beard
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Politics Non-state armed groups like Wagner on the rise worldwide, says thinktank
The IISS's Armed Conflict Survey found 200 million people's lives are being controlled by groups like these rather than their government
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Ukraine Exclusive: Ukraine wants to rearm itself in order to take the fight to Russian invaders
Forces News speaks to Oleksandr Kamyshin, the minister trying to expand Ukraine's defence sector and create closer ties with Western firms
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Navy Royal Navy hands over command of Nato's premier Mediterranean task group
Type 45 destroyer HMS Duncan led the group on frontline duties for five months, but that duty now lies with the Italian navy
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Sport Bouldering flourishes among military ranks ahead of first Inter Services comp
Military climbers test their physical and mental agility in the Armed Forces Bouldering League ahead of the Inter Services Championships
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Aircraft US grounds entire Osprey fleet after eight personnel killed in latest crash
Tokyo immediately grounded its own fleet of V-22s after the accident off the Japanese coast - and now the US armed forces have done the same
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Afghanistan Cameron pledges to investigate Afghan special forces persecuted by the Taliban
The Foreign Secretary vows to assist former British-trained operators who were left behind in Afghanistan after being denied entry to the UK
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Ukraine Foreign Secretary tells US Republicans they must back aid deal for Ukraine
Lord Cameron supports President Biden's military and economic aid package, but Republicans are so far stalling on approving it
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News Defence Secretary to call for faster aid delivery into Gaza during Middle East visit
Grant Shapps is set to visit Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories during his trip to the region
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Rugby Union Future of forces rugby union: Watch every Inter Services under-23s match again
Watch every try live as future stars of Twickenham Stadium and Kingsholm Stadium battle for service pride.