Sometimes it’s not the best problem-solver who solves the problem; it's the person with the most accurate sense of what the problem is.

This is ludicrous. Those horses weren't even Lieutenants before. Another case of being promoted out of failure.

Can the UK's Armed Forces improve the offer for its service personnel?

After recently retiring, Steve Prest ⚔️ 🛠️⚡⚓🍓 said the military must improve the employment package on offer by the British Armed Forces and, using sailors as an example, outlines how they can do it

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In my last article for Forces News I said that the military must improve the employment package on offer for service personnel. In this follow-up article I outline, using sailors as an example, how they should do it.

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Happy 40th birthday to the finest screen version of the Robin Hood legend. I remember sitting down to watch the first episode and being spellbound from the word go. Intelligent writing, a terrific cast, superb photography, that gorgeous music. Everything worked. A true classic.

Overcoming challenges, intense mental and physical hurdles, and the ultimate survival of phase one!

We asked our newest recruits about the biggest challenges they faced at initial training.

Only a few rise up to the challenge – could you? ow.ly/2MQj50RqXbt

#ThisIsEngland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏏

13 years of this…….. 🙄 #edballsday

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Snapshot of the status of the British Surface Fleet. ⁦UK Defence Journal⁩ ukdefencejournal.org.uk/snapshot-of-th…

This is excellent by Sir Humphrey, and tangentially supports my argument that uncrewed surface/underwater vessels have a major peacetime vulnerability of being scooped up by opponents. If you put it to sea without a crew, be prepared to lose it.

#terrypratchettday

Today, #SirTerryPratchett would have turned 76. Luckily for us, he lives on in the characters and worlds he created.

'I didn’t have white hair in those days,’ said Granny.
‘Everything was a different colour in those days.’
‘That’s true.’
‘It didn’t rain so

If you are in NATO then read this and then read it again.

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I just published OP KEYSTONE — The TOP SECRET Story of The Royal Navy & RAF Mission In the Barents Sea link.medium.com/PLpqNyrG8Ib

“Leadership is solving problems. The day [your people] stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them.”

In July 1984 the Royal Navy, RFA and RAF Nimrods conducted a TOP SECRET UK/US intelligence gathering mission in the Barents Sea. Its goal - to acquire intelligence on Soviet Navy operations, and obtain military hardware where possible. /1
(Blog at tinyurl.com/ycyp4na)

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Lots of coverage on defence spending in the UK, and many questions raised. Pinstripedline blog analyses the details and provides a cautious 'thumbs up', but many details need to be clarified.

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Should Nato step up its support by putting British boots on the ground in Ukraine - or is this a risky step too far?

Defence and security blogger @PinstripedLine weighs up the arguments for and against

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