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Former Naval Officer. House husband, father, think-tanker & part-time PhD candidate, KCL. All views / opinions my own. R/T =/= agreement/endorsement.
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Joined November 2020
This aged poorly... CONVERTED TRY!
Have England decided to field a different team, or have France failed to show up? *Smith then spoons the penalty... #engvsfra #SixNations2025
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Have England decided to field a different team, or have France failed to show up? *Smith then spoons the penalty... #engvsfra #SixNations2025
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@Artemisapphire Mindful activity! My DS at BRNC thought I was some land nav ninja during the Dartmoor exercise; give a glance at the map and I was good to go! Didn't have the heart to tell them where I lived (Yelverton)...
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@inversefox @jeandpardaillan Devshirme (the 'child levy') paid by the non-Muslim occupants of the Ottoman empire is truly horrifying - even if they could hold high office. But even once devshirme ended, slavery did not. Charles Gordon was horrified by Ottoman slavers operating with impunity in Sudan.
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@Artemisapphire Lived on edge of Dartmoor as a boy. Spent many weeks walking and camping across it, and weekends swimming in the rivers that tumble from the high tors. Last time I went was 2021 for eldest's 6th birthday rite of passage... just like my dad did with me. Magical!
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@inversefox Not saying it's right, just what the process may have been. Tbh, I was saying in the early 2010s that Service/Govt Pers should not have *any* electrical products from China (incl tablets, white goods etc...). Was told I was being paranoid. Hmm.
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Littoral warfare done with intent. In the 1940s we created Landing Craft Gun for close support. The idea was first mooted (afaik) by a certain Thomas More Molyneux...in 1759. We constantly identify the *same* lessons. Seemingly, we seldom learn them.
Swedish Marines (Amfibiebataljonen) are set to receive a new capability through the acquisition of vessels with integrated heavy Patria NEMO mortars.
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@inversefox @Sam_Cranny @Hedd_Wyn_John No idea - but then we had lots of stuff we don't do now. Just know when I asked Sam he gave me many reasons why not a good idea today. Part of it is the change in track type & durability; part vehicle size, weight etc... He gave me a quick summation in Jan 2021, so bit hazy now!
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@FormerCG Agree entirely. At risk of raising a red herring, having amphib within an almost entirely maritime/naval ConOps is almost akin to giving RAF responsibility for all Airborne ops via the RAF Regt. & then saying they're only there to support air campaigns.
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@ArchieMcKenna6 "Taking ports & raiding" was what was advocated in the 1900s & interwar period. In both cases, the Army was left out the discussion (for reasons various). It was only when the Army joined the chat that we got serious about amphib. Same in previous centuries.
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