Helmand Blog - Afghanistan

The Helmand blog is run by PJHQ and the team from UK Forces Media Ops. The team is located in Northwood in the UK and in Helmand at Camp Bastion and the Task Force Headquarters and works to support the coalition forces together with the other government departments such as the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Department for International Development. Contact Helmand Blog - helmandblog@googlemail.com

Monday, July 26, 2010

Sangin – Then and Now in Afghanistan

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Captain Marty Adams is serving with 40 Commando Royal Marines in the Sangin District Centre. He was last in the town in 2005 serving with th...
Sunday, July 25, 2010

New Lynx helicopter provides fire power from the skies of Afghanistan

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Lance Corporal (LCpl) ‘Gaz’ Lovett (23) is an Aviation Crewman on the new Lynx Mk9A helicopter, serving with 672 Squadron, Joint Helicopter ...
Saturday, July 24, 2010

Royal Marine survives Taliban bullet

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The combination of body armour, a Jackal patrol vehicle, a Chinook helicopter and the skill of medics has helped to save the life of a Royal...
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Friday, July 23, 2010

Corporal Matthew James Stenton and Lance Corporal Stephen Daniel Monkhouse killed in Afghanistan

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It is with sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that Corporal Matthew James Stenton from the Royal Dragoon Guards and Lance Cor...
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Thursday, July 22, 2010

RAF reservists help defend Kandahar Airfield

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Two RAF reservists have been helping co-ordinate a battle group sized operation to defend the giant coalition air base at Kandahar in Afghan...

International community supports phased Afghan control over security

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At the Kabul conference yesterday the international community expressed its support for President Karzai's objective that the Afghan Nat...

Armed Forces Compensation Scheme improved

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The period in which personnel injured in service can claim compensation is to rise from five to seven years from point of diagnosis as part ...
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Wednesday, July 21, 2010

How soldier survived Afghan ambush and roadside bomb

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from BBC Newsbeat A sergeant major in the British army says he was "lucky" after surviving a roadside bomb and an ambush while on ...
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Ministers 'united' on Afghanistan

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UK ministers have put on a united front after Defence Secretary Liam Fox suggested the focus in Afghanistan should move away from reconstruc...
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