SO2 Middle Third

Army Officer, military historian and collector of random c#@p. All views my own

[Think Defence @thinkdefence]

At the risk of sounding like a stuck record, the problems in UK defence are because of

1.
Successive governments

2.
The MoD

3.
The armed forces senior leadership

All must share the blame and anyone pointing fingers at one or the other is, being charitable, mistaken.

[HURRY UP & WAiT @Posted_to_BAOR]

Army CoC release statement after the Ajax inquiry………

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@afp075 @MilitaryBanter OF4

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@Chris1966 @haynesdeborah Let’s not forget 13 years of Blair and Brown

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@DefenceBrink @PhilipIngMBE Nothings changed in the last 30 years (at least)

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@thinkdefence How many chutes to airdrop AJAX? Not that the UK have an airframe to lift it

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@FlashForFreedom Too early. Heating only gets turned on 1 Oct - it’s the rules no matter how cold Sept gets

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@G4Wallah @thinkdefence Unit level switchboard 16 line (ULS16) if my memory serves me right

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@Gabriel64869839 The next review will change it all before most has even reached IOC

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@Conservatives @elloydowen Tax and spend again. Tax and spend

[Think Defence @thinkdefence]

Ten times more lethal, remember where you heard this

#SDR

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@TheUCS473 and the surprise is? What did everyone expect? a full costed review with detail?

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@FlashForFreedom More smut, innuendo, casual racism and sexism, and general far-right cak required

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@CliveWardauthor Or is it a thicket of subalterns?

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@John_ForemanCBE @Gabriel64869839 and an OBE for the ‘genius’ who reinvented the wheel

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@Ubique2078 @SecuritySheep @Gabriel64869839 A large number downgraded to just cadets and the infra (armouries etc) not up to spec anymore

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@thinkdefence I foresee more shiny vanity projects. Strike Mk2 anyone?

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@Chris_D9575 @CorunnaSmudge @thinkdefence surely more values and standards and maybe a bit of ‘briefing the truth’ rather than briefing for your next OJAR

[Sir Humphrey @pinstripedline]

A blunt and grim warning from the ever brilliant @wavellroom about the state of British Army decline.
https://t.co/lcM1XBoxiV

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@Norfolkforever @haynesdeborah @SecGenNATO @DavidLammy Jobs for the boys