Chris

Balancing a civilian career at Brunel University London with being a #RoyalNavy #Reservist ‘Freedom is not free’

[British Army 🇬🇧 @BritishArmy]

We've been conducting a major @NATO exercise in London this week - and no one above ground suspected a thing.

Hundreds of soldiers have been testing how they would run a major NATO command post, hidden deep beneath one of the busiest cities on earth.

Read more ⬇️
https://t.co/2iaqUXxsQM

[Andy Rawson @AndrewRawson11]

Lieutenant Frank Bethune objected when he was told to hold the Spoil Bank (south of Ypres) on 13 March 1918. He said it was ‘useless death trap’ but he was overruled. So, his whole section volunteered to join him. He issued each man with the following order: 1/3

[Al Carns @AlistairCarns]

Essential aid delivered from the sky.
Members of the Parachute Regiment parachute on to the remote island of Tristan da Cunha. They mark a drop zone then call in an air drop of essential medical supplies from the RAF. 1000s of miles away in the middle of the Atlantic…only they could do it…to the Parachute Regiment we salute you! 🫡🫡

[Chris @Stock_C]

That’s cool!

[Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧 @DefenceHQ]

UK specialist paratroopers and military clinicians have carried out a daring parachute operation to deliver critical medical support to Tristan da Cunha – Britain’s most remote inhabited Overseas Territory – after a suspected case of Hantavirus was identified on the island.

[First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff @GenGJenkinsRM]

A fantastic game and a great result for the Royal Navy, narrowly beating the Army 41-36

Many congratulations to @RNRugby!

#NavyRugby

[Dan Salt @Danjsalt]

Britain is so unsafe

{Checks stats}

USA
- 3 assassination attempts on the current president alone
- 14,000 murders in the 2025 alone
- 408 mass shootings

UK
- 0 assassination attempts in 9 years
- 0 successful ones since 1812
- 512 murders in 2025
- 0 mass shootings

[Harry Sisson @harryjsisson]

Trump had another mental health episode and spiraled out of control on social media last night:

12:18am - Demands Chuck Schumer resign
12:19am - Posts a tweet saying Obama tried to “overthrow the government in 2016.”
12:22am - Reposts a statement from Sen. Mike Lee calling for the filibuster to be removed
12:27am - Posts a conspiracy video alleging Obama and Hillary Clinton committed treason
12:27am - Posts a tweet from a MAGA account calling for Obama and Clinton to be arrested for treason
12:28am - Another post calling for treason charges against Obama and Clinton
12:28am - Yet another post demanding treason charges for Obama and Clinton
12:29am - Posts an AI image of a man holding a sign
1:13am - Demands the 2020 election be “wiped from the books and be of no further force or effect.”
2:43am - Posts about Clint Eastwood complimenting him
2:44am - Posts about Elon Musk calling the Southern Poverty Law Center a “scam”
2:45am - Posts about a far-right podcast

This man is not well. He is a demented lunatic who is spiraling out of control. He must be impeached and removed from office.

[The Angry Gunner @TheAngry53586]

Just a reminder that my monarch qualified in MCMV ops when most of you were dreaming of a career at sea.

And he didn’t have bone spurs.

Just a sense of duty.

[Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧 @DefenceHQ]

This satellite image is of Russian naval base Olenya in the High North, along with their spy ship Yantar and specialist GUGI submarines before they departed port for UK waters.

These vessels are designed to survey underwater critical infrastructure during peacetime, then sabotage in conflict.

In response to nefarious activity by Russian GUGI submarines and an Akula Class submarine, the Defence Secretary @JohnHealey_MP deployed our Armed Forces to track and deter any malign activity by these vessels. We worked in partnership with Norway and other allies responding to increased Russian activity in the Atlantic, north of the UK.

A @RoyalNavy warship and @RoyalAirForce P-8 aircraft ensured the Russian submarines were monitored 24/7.

The Akula Submarine subsequently retreated home having been closely tracked throughout and we continued to monitor the two GUGI submarines, in and around wider UK waters.

Our Armed Forces left them with no doubt that they were being monitored, that their movements were not covert as Putin planned and that their attempted secret operations had been exposed.

[David Blagden @blagden_david]

The reason this passes for news - beyond the Mail’s love of clickbait - is that the naval knowledge of the country (and its media) is now so low that most people don’t know that all warships get loads of OPDEFs all the time.

1/3

[UNIFIL @UNIFIL_]

Earlier this evening, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) detained a UNIFIL peacekeeper after blocking a logistics convoy. Following direct and immediate contacts by UNIFIL's Head of Mission & Force Commander and our Liaison Branch, the peacekeeper was released in less than an hour.

[Antony Cotton MBE @antonycotton]

We’re 222 signatures off the 10,000 we need to get the Government to respond to our petition. Please can you share and sign…

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

When I travel outside of Ukraine, I get daily intelligence updates online. This morning, I was briefed that U.S. military facilities in the Middle East and the Gulf region were photographed by Russian satellites in the interests of Iran.

On March 24th, they imaged the U.S.–UK joint military facility on Diego Garcia located in the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean. They also captured pictures of Kuwait International Airport and parts of the infrastructure of the Greater Burgan oil field. On March 25th, they took pictures of the Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia. The Shaybah oil and gas field in Saudi Arabia, İncirlik Air Base in Türkiye, and Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar were all imaged on March 26th.

There are no Ukrainian facilities on this list. But who is helping whom when sanctions are lifted from an aggressor that earns daily revenue and provides intelligence for strikes against American, Middle Eastern, UK, and U.S.–UK bases and so on?

When surveillance is carried out over facilities in Ukraine, we always understand that they must be protected, since plans are in motion to destroy them – energy and water infrastructure, military facilities, and so on. Everyone knows that repeated reconnaissance indicates preparations for strikes. How can sanctions be eased if this is what the Russians are doing?

There must be pressure on the aggressor. And lifting sanctions is certainly not pressure. It looks strange. Sanctions are being lifted, while the aggressor is providing intelligence to strike facilities, including those of the countries that are discussing or have already lifted sanctions.

From my conversation with journalists (3/3).

[Think Defence @thinkdefence]

@WarInstitute is one of the most underfollowed accounts on here. They always publish quality content, readable, and interesting.

[Deborah Haynes @haynesdeborah]

Given the understandable focus this weekend on the UK’s lack of air defences, I’m reposting a link to The Wargame podcast

Last April, we simulated a Russian ballistic and cruise missile attack on the UK and how a fictional government COBR might respond

https://t.co/7Zvq7Z8jnB

[Chris @Stock_C]

Well there you go. Two possible answers

[On This Day RN @OnthisdayRN]

Where do the Nicknames Pompey & Guzz come from? Guzz @HMNBDevonport is almost certainly taken from an Indian measurement of a Guzz which was almost a yard, therefore it was nicked by Plymouth sailors as a name for ‘The Yard’. Pompey @HMNBPortsmouth is more contested by my 1/2

[Science-Nature World @ScienceNatureW2]

The United Kingdom seen from the International Space Station.

[Joanna Hardy-Susskind @Joanna__Hardy]

A three year prison sentence will destroy your life, ruin your job, almost certainly wreck your mental health, it will impact your relationships, your children, your parents, your prospects of work, having a home, your good name - and you can’t stick a plaster on any of that.

[وزارة الدفاع |MOD UAE @modgovae]

لقطات تظهر اعتراض وتدمير الدفاعات الجوية الإماراتية طائرات مسيّرة إيرانية حاولت استهداف الدولة.

لا تهاون بأمن الوطن وسيادته... والقوات المسلحة الإماراتية جاهزة لردع أي تهديد.

Footage showing the UAE’s air defences intercepting and destroying Iranian UAVs that attempted to target the country

There is no compromise when it comes to the nation’s security and sovereignty. The UAE Armed Forces stand ready to deter
any threat

#وزارة_الدفاع
#وزارة_الدفاع_الإماراتية
#MOD
#UAEMinistryOfDefence