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Nerd, network moocher, coder, soldier, wannabe WIS, chartered engineer. I take stuff to bits to see how it works. Hat turning grey with age.
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Joined January 2016
As things kick off in Ukraine be suspicious & check everything before sharing. There will be lots of rubbish on social media soon - both malicious, and worse, ill informed junk by people desperate for clout. Donโt make things worse by trying to be first & chasing followers/likes.
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I rewired an electric plug for the first time in over 20 years. I used traditional methods handed down to me, stripping the wires with my teeth and a kitchen knife to tighten the screws. I fear this tradecraft will be lost to future generations.
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Weโll be using our standard Homer Car process as usual.
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MOTS is a good idea. I have no idea if this vehicle or any others in running are any use, I suspect they are >95% fit for job. But once bloated procurement leviathan in Andover gets hold of it, weโll spend a ยฃgazillion on some late bespoke heavy expensive nonsense instead.
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Lifespan of a patch Facebook page is 18 months, then it becomes so full of nail bars, reboxed Temu wax melts, gutter cleaners, car detailers & shoplifting resellers that it collapses. Admins implode & someone then sets up new fiefdom to complain about dog turds in wrong bins.
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Thiruvananthapuram Airport is beautiful this time of year.
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Free medal mounting for Army (for six or more). Good news but why did it take decades to do this? Pressuring someone to do it yet refusing to pay was not fair.
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UK Defence: โVoluntary outflow is the most common exit reason for full-time trained personnel. In the 2024/25, 5.9% of trained personnel voluntary left the UK Regular Forces before the end of their agreed engagement or commission period. This is down from 6.4% the previous yearโ.
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โGerman army chief fired after blunt criticism of militaryโ. โฆhe didnโt just nod & agree until he was safely retired before commenting.
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Iโm self reporting to @bumsnorkler for judging as heโs not in my chain of command, so this isnโt me puckering up. He has no idea who I am & probably doesnโt care. Anyone having a pop, is way out of date.
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I donโt presume to critique chief crab on his tweet & โGreat to beโฆโ is classic VSO-speak, but Iโm not jumping on naming outrage. <appointment/rank> <first name> is perfectly normal way of talking about someone. We do it all the time Gen Brian, Brig Dave etc. So leave him be.
Great to be at RAF Brize Norton yesterday, meeting the exceptional people who work tirelessly and professionally to serve our country and all of those who live here. I am proud of Stn Cdr Lou and the team and what they do every single day. What they do, and what we do, matters.
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โDenmarkโs army extends compulsory enlistment to women for the first timeโ. They have also increased the total number conscripted & duration of their service.
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Four arrested by anti-terror police after RAF Brize Norton break-in. tbh, it wouldnโt have been that hard to ID the perps. Just go along to last meeting & rule out all the undercover MI5, Police & Journalists, then they were probably the only ones left.
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In infamously complex world of pilot egos, F-35A is going to cause drama. Growbag & Bremont wearing B pilots already lord it over propeller driving peasants, but will now want an obvious STOVL badge to distinguish themselves from boggo standard F-35A jockeys.
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AI is brilliant. It has solved how to refuel F-35A by RAF aircraft. Pity it canโt make Ajax smaller, lighter, cheaper & less shakey.
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So NATO summit is basically saying:. โAI, drones, cyberz, etc are all good and have a place, but when it comes down to it, we need huge piles of ammunitionโ. So not chasing buzzwords, latest fashions & fluff, but common sense at last?
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