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11/03/2010 |
Author: ranroz
Subject: Scots rescue base 'busiest in UK'
Posted: 11 March 2010 at 9:01pm
When the French take over the SAR duties I bet they will not be half as many call outs as the most with be to Dangerous for them to risk the Choppers on.
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11/03/2010 |
Author: jimd
Subject: British Troops Prepare To Leave Musa Qala
Posted: 11 March 2010 at 7:48pm
British troops are pulling out of Musa Qala in southern Afghanistan, after driving out the Taliban twice and losing 23 soldiers in the process. Musa Qala became a watchword for everything that was wrong with Helmand province in the eyes of the West. Now, after UK Forces purged the area of Taliban, the town is being handed over to US forces. |
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11/03/2010 |
Author: xsniper
Subject: New member
Posted: 11 March 2010 at 5:06pm
Cleaners ? Office Girls ? whats going on ere then ...... Now I hear of Female Submariners ? blooming Ada while some of us were stuck in our 6x4 Trenches ......you wicked wicked boy's |
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11/03/2010 |
Author: xsniper
Subject: Brown steps up attack on generals
Posted: 11 March 2010 at 4:52pm
How can any one ever believe a word any of those Politicians say again ...... |
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11/03/2010 |
Author: MoD Oracle
Subject: Andy & Ollie Meet Boris!
Posted: 11 March 2010 at 4:42pm
A story with legs: Met Police officer PC Andy Seery introduces Ollie the Ostritch to London Mayor Boris Johnson outside the Capital's Assembly building. |
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11/03/2010 |
Author: jimd
Subject: Brown steps up attack on generals
Posted: 11 March 2010 at 3:18pm
Gordon Brown today hit back at former military chiefs who have criticised his funding of defence, insisting they are 'wrong'. The Prime Minister was forced to defend his record on defence funding yet again after new documents revealed he totally miscalculated the cost of the war in Afghanistan. Papers released under freedom of information laws showed he only put aside 'hundreds of millions' to pay for the war which has already cost £9.4billion.
Mr Brown made a flying visit to Afghanistan after telling the official inquiry into the Iraq war last Friday he had never turned down a military request for equipment. But he was accused of being 'disingenuous' by former Chiefs of Defence Staff General Lord Guthrie and Admiral Lord Boyce who insist the defence budget was too small.
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11/03/2010 |
Author: LowLander
Subject: Cold War honours/NDM medal PETITION
Posted: 11 March 2010 at 3:01pm
The Aussie,s were awarded this same medal, only under a different wording, it is the same as NDM
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11/03/2010 |
Author: jimd
Subject: Scots rescue base 'busiest in UK'
Posted: 11 March 2010 at 2:34pm
The Royal Navy's search and rescue (SAR) unit in Prestwick is the busiest in the UK, official figures show. HMS Gannet undertook 447 call outs in 2009 - 20% of all UK military SAR operations and 65 more than its previous record of 382 in 2008. Military officials said the call outs saw assistance given to 378 people. HMS Gannet's future has been placed in doubt by Ministry of Defence plans to move search and rescue services (SAR) from Prestwick to Glasgow Airport. |
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11/03/2010 |
Author: jimd
Subject: Tornado lands safely after engine problems
Posted: 11 March 2010 at 12:25pm
A Tornado has landed safely at RAF Lossiemouth after suffering engine problems. The alarm was raised on Thursday morning when the Tornado suffered a mechanical failure with one of its two engines over the Highlands. Rescue aircraft, including the Stornoway Coastguard helicopter, and emergency crews were dispatched as a precaution. An RAF Lossiemouth spokeswoman said the plane landed safely. BBC |
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11/03/2010 |
Author: jimd
Subject: Basra Memorial Wall
Posted: 11 March 2010 at 11:53am
Prime Minister Gordon Brown is due to attend a service to rededicate the Basra Memorial Wall at a national centre of remembrance in Staffordshire. The monument, built in 2006, is a tribute to the 178 British soldiers and one Ministry of Defence civilian who died in combat operations in Iraq. The wall has been moved to the National Memorial Arboretum near Lichfield. BBC |
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