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@combat_boot

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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
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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. Donโ€™t make things worse by trying to be first & chasing followers/likes.
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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: โ€œVoluntary 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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โ€œGerman army chief fired after blunt criticism of militaryโ€. โ€ฆhe didnโ€™t just nod & agree until he was safely retired before commenting.
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Iโ€™m self reporting to @bumsnorkler for judging as heโ€™s not in my chain of command, so this isnโ€™t me puckering up. He has no idea who I am & probably doesnโ€™t care. Anyone having a pop, is way out of date.
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I donโ€™t presume to critique chief crab on his tweet & โ€œGreat to beโ€ฆโ€ is classic VSO-speak, but Iโ€™m 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.
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ACM Sir Rich Knighton
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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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โ€œDenmarkโ€™s 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 wouldnโ€™t 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 canโ€™t make Ajax smaller, lighter, cheaper & less shakey.
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So NATO summit is basically saying:. โ€œAI, 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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Doha air defence experts report to social media immediately.
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MOD publicity pics of PWRR Officers getting keys to new SFA.
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PoliticsBabe๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ
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@ronkelawal The newbuild, tanned Essex babe and holiday to Ibiza/Tenerife every year
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I take it all back & apologise. Clearly the ground crew worked hard Friday afternoon & got that aircraft back in the air quickly.
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โš ๏ธ Breaking Iran News. From photo taken just outside Iranian airspace 30 mins ago, I think RAF maintainence team have decided to run the engine to burn out the paint?
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โš ๏ธ Breaking Iran News. From photo taken just outside Iranian airspace 30 mins ago, I think RAF maintainence team have decided to run the engine to burn out the paint?
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POTUS has put BOMBS in Caps Lock. I take it that means USA dropped big ones on Iran?
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