Oldguard12

Former paratrooper, member of 12th SFG(A), PSYOP and now?
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[SFC (ret.) Robert Jordan @SSGRJ]

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#FF from the left, close interval, march

[SFC (ret.) Robert Jordan @SSGRJ]

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@WMartin89
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@pfcilng
@CllrJamesDawson
you'll be issued an #FF when it gets cold.

[SFC (ret.) Robert Jordan @SSGRJ]

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@CllrJamesDawson
the #FF is ready for inspection

[Imperial War Museums @I_W_M]

Today we remember all those who have suffered and died in conflict.

The coffin of the Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey, London, November 1920.

Image: IWM (Q 31518)

[SFC (ret.) Robert Jordan @SSGRJ]

@WBTVSteveO
@SistersofB
@Real_ArmyCI
@Doctrine_Man
@Oldguard12
@pptsapper
@FOB_Haiku
@WMartin89
@1Cav327
@ssgcav
@BlondsOvrBaghd
@pfcilng
@CllrJamesDawson
#FF for effect

[Drachinifel @Drachinifel]

Well, turns out if you mention Admiral Halsey enough he will appear!

[SFC (ret.) Robert Jordan @SSGRJ]

@WBTVSteveO
@SistersofB
@Real_ArmyCI
@Doctrine_Man
@Oldguard12
@pptsapper
@FOB_Haiku
@WMartin89
@1Cav327
@ssgcav
@BlondsOvrBaghd
@pfcilng
@CllrJamesDawson
have #FF ready for inspection by a famous WW1 pilot

[SFC (ret.) Robert Jordan @SSGRJ]

@WBTVSteveO
@SistersofB
@Real_ArmyCI
@Doctrine_Man
@Oldguard12
@pptsapper
@FOB_Haiku
@WMartin89
@1Cav327
@ssgcav
@BlondsOvrBaghd
@pfcilng
@CllrJamesDawson
#FF safety brief, no jumping in leaves with candy

[Happy Captain @EODHappyCaptain]

“BEHOOVE”

[John Cleese @JohnCleese]

Remembering a dear friend, the always late Graham Chapman. He ceased to be 35 years ago today.

[Charles Prepolec 🇨🇦 🇬🇱 🇩🇰 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @sherlockeditor]

Here's to the memory of Sidney Paget (4 October 1860 – 28 January 1908) on the anniversary of his birth. The first illustrator to truly influence and shape the image of #SherlockHolmes in the minds of the reading public.

[Happy Captain @EODHappyCaptain]

For the average person? Yes

For a military staff member? Those are rookie numbers

[Will Iredale @WIredale]

"Japanese airman thought to be the last to have taken part in the ‘day of infamy’ Pearl Harbor attack in December 1941." Fascinating obit in today's Times — and extraordinary to think an airman who took part in that historic day has only just died.

[U.S. Naval Institute @NavalInstitute]

#TuesdayThoughts

[Happy Captain @EODHappyCaptain]

Unexploded Ordnance items are weird. there is no way to tell when one will go off or if it will go off at all. After all, the reason that it is there to begin with is that it failed to function. It could have been user error, mechanical error, electrical error...there is no way to know.

Every new variable could be the missing piece of the puzzle to cause a detonation. Constant ground shock from aircraft taking off and landing, moisture in the air...who knows.

thats why you shouldn't touch stuff if you have no idea how it got there.

[Andrew Stocker @TimeLordDrew61]

Happy Emma Peel day. 59 years ago today we were introduced to Diana Rigg as Emma Peel in The Avengers. #TheAvengers #DianaRigg #EmmaPeel

[🇬🇧📺 Classic British TV 📺🇬🇧 @Classicbritcom]

The Prisoner first aired on this date in 1967 - I have been studying this series with great interest recently even visiting Portmeirion, A wonderful series that really gets you thinking 💭

[TheParachuteRegiment @TheParachuteReg]

Paratroopers from @16AirAssltBCT jumped out of the skies near Arnhem to commemerate the anniversary of the battle of Arnhem.

The two days of commemorations concluded with an open-air service at Oosterbeek War Cemetery attended by Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal and the Chief of the General Staff General Sir Roly Walker KCB DSO ADC Gen.

Ready for anything 🇬🇧🆎️
#arnhem80
#Paratroopers
#ArnhemBridge
#Oosterbeek
@ArmyCGS
@BritishArmy
@Army_Leadership
@ArmyInfantryHQ

[rgpoulussen.bsky.social @rgpoulussen]

Around this day in 1944, Nijmegen. Local volunteers, young ones, helping men from American 82 Airborne Division. 😊 #WW2 #HISTORY

[Ryan Reynolds @VancityReynolds]

Albert, You fought your ass off, bubba. You loved making stuff, telling stories and being on a team.

I remember you returning to work after a ton of chemo and radiation… weak, in pain but super happy to be back. I remember the exact day because I brought you a Wrexham hat and you wanted to take a photo in it. Later, while shooting stills, you fell. Hard. I remembered something Norman Lear said in his mid 90’s… In his darker moments he’d say, “Even THIS I get to experience!”

And as the crew gasped in mild panic you popped right up with a shit-eating grin on your face. I grabbed your arm to steady you, readying a half-assed attempt to stupidly manage your embarrassment for you. You looked up at me (not a tall man) with ZERO awkwardness. Only the same smile. The look on your face made that Norman Lear quote grow louder in my head, like your eyes were saying: “Even THIS I get to experience!”

You were at work. With people you love. And you were alive. Only an alive person can trip and fall and then smile and continue working. And if anyone reading this knows someone parked at the intersection of life and death, you know it’s hard for them to see anything but life. When the light at the end of the tunnel probably isn’t a cure, I think people see clearly — focusing on stuff that actually matters.

Albert, thanks for all the love you put in to @MaximumEffort. Thanks for being funny and kind to my kids. I know sometimes you felt pretty lonely and I hope that feeling was the first to fuck off when you passed. I’m glad you’re not in pain anymore. Everybody on our crew will miss you. And ffs… even this we get to experience. (That wise little chestnut isn’t sinking in yet but fingers crossed!)

P.S. Nobody’s asking for my advice but here it is because unsolicited opining is the love language of social media. Having lost two people this month — one being my friend of 27 years, the great, Eric Gilliland, I just want to say:

Be kind. Be mischievous. Try to put your phone down. (I know it’s hard) If you have someone you appreciate or love, tell them. If there’s someone out there you absolutely hate, forgive them. It’s another way of winning that nobody ever talks about.