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HMS Cumberland deal a "sledgehammer blow" to drug traffickersTuesday 1st November 2005
Depleted Uranium testing programme to concludeMonday 7th November 2005
"Half Life" technology provides Army with an urban warfare dress rehearsalMonday 7th November 2005
Princess Royal approves a new generation of military accommodation at HM Naval Base ClydeFriday 4th November 2005
Ministers praise MOD Police for overseas operationsFriday 4th November 2005
AA Gill praises commitment of Service chefsThursday 3rd November 2005
Ministry of Defence releases statement on the trial of Parachute Regiment soldiersThursday 3rd November 2005
Death of Marine Engineering Mechanic Darren Burton in Falkland IslandsWednesday 2nd November 2005
John Reid emphasises strong defence relationship with EstoniaWednesday 2nd November 2005
Saviour of Buckingham Palace honoured in LondonWednesday 2nd November 2005
No 3(Fighter) Squadron return from KandaharWednesday 2nd November 2005
MOD responds to Pension Appeals Tribunal concerning illness of a Gulf veteranTuesday 1st November 2005
HMS Endurance to help scientists study the retreating iceTuesday 1st November 2005
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![The 2 tonne haul of cocaine seized by HMS Cumberland with a street value of some £200 Million is unloaded from the speedboat [Picture: LA(Phot) Gregg Macready]](/all/20051107180859im_/http://www.news.mod.uk/img/pressdatabase/images/supportingImages/thumbnails/cdb13_sm.jpg)
The British frigate HMS Cumberland has seized a two-tonne haul of cocaine with a UK street value of some £200 Million in a Caribbean drug bust. The discovery was made on 29 October 2005, during routine counter drugs operations in the Western Caribbean, following reports indicating that a 'go fast' - the term given to small speedboats - involved in drug trafficking was transiting through the Devonport-based frigate's patrol area.
In 2004 the independent Depleted Uranium Oversight Board (DUOB) launched a programme of voluntary retrospective testing for depleted uranium (DU) in urine for those who served in the 1990/1991 Gulf Conflict and UK military operations in the former Yugoslavia.
When the Royal Gloucestershire Berkshire and Wiltshire Light Infantry (RGBW LI) deployed to Afghanistan earlier this year they took with them a new training concept that they had been testing as part of their pre-deployment training. 
Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal has seen for herself the highest standard of living accommodation that exists within the armed forces in Britain. On Trafalgar Day, she formally opened Holbrook Building, the first of 18 new accommodation blocks being built at HM Naval Base Clyde.![MDP officer Nigel Mills chats with an Iraqi police officer in Baghdad [Picture: MDP]](/all/20051107180859im_/http://www.news.mod.uk/img/pressdatabase/images/supportingImages/thumbnails/mdplanchse3_sm.jpg)
Ministry of Defence Police officers have received praise from three Cabinet ministers for their contribution to international policing in six countries overseas.
Notoriously acerbic food critic and Times columnist AA Gill was genuinely impressed by the efforts of young military chefs competing in the Combined Services Culinary Challenge (CSCC) at Sandown Park in Surrey this week.
The court martial of seven soldiers and ex-soldiers from 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment ended today, 3 November 2005, when the Judge Advocate directed the Board to return Not Guilty verdicts in respect of all charges against them.
It is with the greatest regret that the Ministry of Defence can confirm the death of Marine Engineering Mechanic 1st Class Darren Burton, aged 24, in the Falkland Islands. ![John Reid meets the Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Urmas Paet, at the House of Commons in London on 2 November 2005. [Picture: Ian Nelson]](/all/20051107180859im_/http://www.news.mod.uk/img/pressdatabase/images/supportingImages/thumbnails/Estonian_sm.jpg)
Secretary of State for Defence, John Reid met the Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Urmas Paet, at the House of Commons in London on 2 November 2005.
Sergeant Ray Holmes, the World War II RAF fighter pilot who saved Buckingham Palace, and his Hurricane were honoured on 2 November 2005 when his former Squadron were presented with a specially crafted model of the aircraft, made from its melted-down engine.![Aircrew at Kandahar Airbase in Afghanistan re-arm and service a Harrier GR7a from RAF Cottersmore [Picture: Phil Hannaford]](/all/20051107180859im_/http://www.news.mod.uk/img/pressdatabase/images/supportingImages/thumbnails/3fshr1_sm.jpg)
No 3(Fighter) Squadron return home from Kandahar after a challenging 4 month deployment in support of International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and coalition forces operating in the troubled southern area of Afghanistan.![HMS Endurance pictured in front of an Antarctic iceburg on a previous deployment [Picture: Royal Navy]](/all/20051107180859im_/http://www.news.mod.uk/img/pressdatabase/images/supportingImages/thumbnails/Endurance2_sm.jpg)
Ice patrol ship HMS Endurance left Portsmouth on 31 October 2005 for her annual six-month deployment better equipped than ever – and she will carry out, among other things, work that will help scientists study the impact of the Antarctic's melting ice cap.