Troops to be trained in self-control
Rammell says troops need 'judgement and sensitivity' as well as combat skills

MoD budget 'pressures' forced cuts
Iraq and Afghanistan left armed forces 'very stretched', says top civil servant

Pilot shot between the eyes saves 20
Flight Lieutenant Ian Fortune made eight-minute flight despite injuries

Nine months for AWOL soldier
Joe Glenton handed sentence following 737 day absence blamed on PTSD

Brown promises Snatch replacement
PM uses Afghan visit to promise 200 Light Protected Patrol Vehicles for troops

''Every request for equipment was met''
The Prime Minister tells Chilcot that troops got everything that was asked for

Brown to appear before Iraq inquiry
PM's 'guillotine' of defence spending and funding for helicopters to be probed

US blamed for Falluja's birth defects
Doctors are blaming the high level of defects on weapons used by US military

MoD 'misleading' over budget shortfall
Select committee report slams ministry's 'disingenuous' answers on shortfall

Injunction halts BAE settlement deal
Campaigners say SFO's £30m fines do not reflect the seriousness of allegations

Churchill loses battle with cancer
President of the UKNDA and grandson of WWII Prime Minister dies aged 69

Defence run on 'a wing and a prayer'
Fox attacks Gordon Brown's 'instinctive lack of interest' in armed forces