The command of UK troops in Helmand province, Afghanistan, was officially handed over from 11 Light Brigade to 4th Mechanized Brigade today, Saturday 10 April 2010.

After a six-month deployment in the Middle East, the Royal Navy warship HMS Monmouth was welcomed home into Plymouth by more than 500 joyful family members and friends on Friday 9 April 2010.

Soldiers from the 1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery returned from a six-month deployment to Afghanistan, where they were heavily involved in Operation MOSHTARAK, to Wiltshire yesterday, Monday 12 April 2010.

Even though they have only recently arrived in Afghanistan, soldiers from 6 Squadron, 12 Logistic Support Regiment, have already conducted a gruelling week-long logistic patrol delivering equipment to troops on the front line.

After three months providing 24/7 close air support and reconnaissance to coalition forces in Afghanistan, the RAF’s IX (Bomber) Squadron handed over their duties to Number II (Army Cooperation) Squadron yesterday, Tuesday 13 April 2010.

Currently on deployment in the Gulf, the crew of HMS St Albans have been undertaking training exercises this week to maintain the high state of readiness needed for their mission.

Soldiers from the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards’ Queen’s Company have recently helped the Afghan National Army hold a reintegration shura with members of the Taliban.

Royal Navy warship HMS Chatham has intercepted a hijacked dhow, being used as a pirate mother ship, to the east of the Gulf of Aden and set free its kidnapped crew.

The Royal Navy frigate HMS Portland has set sail for a seven-month deployment to the South Atlantic this week.

Army bomb disposal experts from the Counter-Improvised Explosive Device (C-IED) Task Force have cleared the road to the market town of Shahzad in South West Helmand, in the heart of the Green Zone.