Giblets
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So I wonder who is paying for the Njord Viking escort tug to sit at anchor in St Helen's Road until they have sorted PoW out!
UK’s biggest warship suffers propeller shaft damage off south coast after setting sail for US
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SaltIre
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You are. I am. We all are.
Poignard
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The magic money tree.
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Bouba
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Like our own carriers the Ford has had teething issues. It’s first in its class and an awesome bit of kit... the Prince of Wales is second (and probably last in class) but was built almost in parallel with QE...so the only lesson learned would be construction, procurement and cost cutting.
The Ford is completely electric...no more steam pipes...and so much electricity that she will be the platform for the new range of super weapons...like lasers
SaltIre
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His Majesty's Marines take to the air and fly the flag.
(Bloke's got a beard! They wouldn't let non-marines wear a green beret, would they?)
(Bloke's got a beard! They wouldn't let non-marines wear a green beret, would they?)
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Chiara’s slave
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No, the Royal Marines are pretty careful with their privileges
Frogmogman
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I very much enjoyed the videos of the Royal Marine band serenading the good burghers of New York, particularly in grand central station.His Majesty's Marines take to the air and fly the flag.
(Bloke's got a beard! They wouldn't let non-marines wear a green beret, would they?)
SaltIre
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So do you mean the bloke with the beard wearing a green beret is or isn't a Royal Marine?
Beardman might be 'merican...
Fr J Hackett
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I reckon they would make very good and easy targets if they used those jet packs for any type of landing.
SaltIre
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Frogmogman
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I have seen someone wearing a Naval uniform with beard and green beret. Surgeon Captain (or Commander as he was at the time) Rick Jolly, of the Red & Green life machine in the Falklands was so attired for the Falklands parade in London.
Mind you, I don’t suppose its a Navy medic flying with a jet pack….
Fr J Hackett
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They definitely can't wave at people!
Pull, send another one springs to mind? Don't think you would have to give much lead or lead.
Bouba
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I also wonder about the utility of jet suit..without hands free to hold and fire weapons what use are they ?
Chiara’s slave
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They’re for boarding suspicious craft in a bad sea. Not assaulting enemy ships under fire.
Poignard
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Seems to me that anyone who flies a thing like that is very brave, especially over land.
If the engine fails the glide angle is 90 degrees and it is too low for a parachute.
If the engine fails the glide angle is 90 degrees and it is too low for a parachute.
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Fr J Hackett
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Do suspicious ships not have weapons.
penfold
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The catapults are electric; the reactors and generators still have steam.
penberth3
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Commando trained RN? Capt. Jolly can't have been the only one.
SaltIre
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Indeed he wasn't. Of the ~25 Royal Navy Medical Officers in my "intake" in 1984 I think about 5 did Commando training and got their green beret. Rev John Morris is perhaps the best person to comment.
I know of a number of "green beret" Royal Navy Medical Officers who served with the Royal Marines in the Falklands & South Georgia. In addition there were rather a lot of "non-green beret" RN Medical & Dental Officers who served ashore, at the Red & Green Life Machine in Ajax Bay as well as afloat on Canberra, Uganda and ships & submarines of the task force.
Edit: Oops. I forgot the Nursey Officers!?
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