MPs warned of risks of MOD Police cuts - British Forces News

MPs warned of risks of MOD Police cuts
British Forces News
Under the measures, the MOD Police is to downsize from a current strength of just under 3100 to about 2400 by April 2016. The MOD Guard Service will be cut from just under 3300 members to about 2200 by April 2015. The headquarters and management ...

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Tributes paid to soldiers Lee Davies and Brent McCarthy killed in Helmand - WalesOnline


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Tributes paid to soldiers Lee Davies and Brent McCarthy killed in Helmand
WalesOnline
A West Wales soldier killed in Afghanistan over the weekend has been named as Corporal Lee Thomas Davies, from the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards. The Ministry of Defence said Lance Corporal Davies and his colleague Corporal Brent John McCarthy, ...
British soldiers murdered in Afghanistan named by MoD The Guardian
British servicemen shot dead named as Lee Davies and Brent McCarthy Telegraph.co.uk
Troops shot by Afghan to be named Clacton and Frinton Gazette
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House of Representatives OKs pay for National Guard - Appleton Post Crescent

House of Representatives OKs pay for National Guard
Appleton Post Crescent
Tom Petri, R-Fond du Lac, and Ron Kind, D-La Crosse, that directs the Defense Department to compensate about 575 National Guard members, including about 80 assigned to the 1157th Transportation Company in Oshkosh, for leave they had earned while ...

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London 2012 Olympics: David Beckham says suggestions he would play for Team GB ... - Telegraph.co.uk


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London 2012 Olympics: David Beckham says suggestions he would play for Team GB ...
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Members of the Met Police's 70 strong torch relay team slept overnight on the naval base to guard the flame and the Ministry of Defence protection unit who guard dignitaries were also in attendance. Naval officers had tested the runway length at ...

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MoD pledges to 'protect' cap badges of Scottish regiments - BBC News


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MoD pledges to 'protect' cap badges of Scottish regiments
BBC News
The Ministry of Defence has said it is seeking to preserve the regimental cap badges of Scotland's historic army regiments. The move follows widespread speculation that famous names such as the Black Watch could disappear. The MoD insisted no final ...
DON'T DARE SNEER AT THEIR SACRIFICE Express.co.uk
Announcement on Army reorganisation delayed Telegraph.co.uk

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Military numbers in Scotland at lowest for 15 years, reveals MoD - Scotsman


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Military numbers in Scotland at lowest for 15 years, reveals MoD
Scotsman
The latest Ministry of Defence statistics were published as retired senior officers warned a row over regimental names in Scotland has been “a smoke screen” for dangerous cuts to army numbers. As revealed in The Scotsman, the Argyll and Sutherland ...

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Daily Mail journalist Toby Harnden's book on Welsh Guards fighting in ... - Daily Mail


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Daily Mail journalist Toby Harnden's book on Welsh Guards fighting in ...
Daily Mail
Although written with the full cooperation of the Welsh Guards, the Ministry of Defence tried to block publication of the book. A legal agreement was reached under which the MoD bought the entire first print run of 24000 copies from Quercus at a cost ...

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