HMS Defender Returns To Portsmouth After Seven-Month Deployment
The Type 45 destroyer was deployed to the Gulf last August.
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News Ceremonial Changing Of The Guard Postponed Over Coronavirus
Mass gatherings are being cancelled across the entire country.
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Scotland Faslane: Several People Self-Isolating At Nuclear Base
There have been no confirmed cases of coronavirus at the base, with those self-isolating doing so as a precaution.
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News British Defence On Coronavirus 'Key Workers' List As Schools Close
The Government is preventing children from attending school unless their parents carry out vital roles.
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Reserves British Reservist Killed In Iraq Repatriated To UK
The repatriation of 26-year-old Lance Corporal Brodie Gillon took place at RAF Brize Norton.
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Afghanistan US Suspends Afghanistan Deployments
Around 1,500 troops and civilians who recently arrived in the country have been put into self-isolation.
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Iraq British Personnel To Drawdown From Iraq
The UK's training mission in the country has already been paused for 60 days, due to COVID-19.
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News Deploying Military For Coronavirus Support Is 'Risky', Defence Expert Warns
The expert warned that the tasks personnel would be expected to carry out were “not their speciality” and “essentially a distraction”.
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News Coronavirus: 20,000 British Personnel At Higher Readiness
A new 'COVID Support Force' will be formed to respond to requests for assistance from public services and civilian authorities.
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Reserves Reservists On Standby To Support COVID-19 Response
They will be available to assist public services during the coronavirus outbreak.
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Army Army Basic Training And In-Person Recruitment On Hold Over COVID-19
The Ministry of Defence says training centres will remain open in the UK, while the Army looks into ways to remotely test candidates.
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Cyprus Third Person In British Forces Cyprus Tests Positive For COVID-19
The individual is said to be displaying mild symptoms of coronavirus and is self-isolating.
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Veterans Government Pledges To End 'Cycle' Of Vexatious Claims Against Veterans
Separate plans are being drawn up to cover personnel who served in Northern Ireland.
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News Royal Welsh Troops Ordered Home From Germany Training Exercise Over COVID-19
The armoured infantry unit was not expected to return to its Wiltshire base for at least another 10 days.
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News Watchdog Warns Major British Defence Projects Are 'Undeliverable'
The National Audit Office (NAO) says 10 out of the 32 most significant programmes need "urgent action" or are are "undeliverable".
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Army ‘Flexibility' Means Coronavirus Will Not Hamper Training At AFC Harrogate
The Commanding Officer of the Army Foundation College in Harrogate says training will not be disrupted even if forced to close temporarily.