British Military Current Events

[daftandbarmy]

Supergrass brtually murdered by South Armagh ASU. Didn't see that one coming, eh?

I've had the dubious pleasure of being on the receiving end of some of their work. Why these psychopaths have not all been consigned to a dungeon somewhere will remain an eternal mystery to me. Think 'Clifford Olson', but repreived because they were portrayed as 'freedom fighters'.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7063781.stm

 

[daftandbarmy]

Danni joins the Royal Marines. Looks like the Paras dumped her. She must have failed P Company 


http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article394472.ece

 

[daftandbarmy]

The Mercian Regiment stands up

http://www.soldiermagazine.co.uk/mag/feature5.htm

 

[daftandbarmy]

Element B could have saved him... or not. RCIEDs don't play nice.

http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1729232007

 

[geo]

D&B, Being a soldier in a theatre of war is hazardous to one's health at the best of times.
There will always be a "wonder weapon or device" coming down the food chain - never to arrive when you need it....
Life sucks at times!

 

[daftandbarmy]

British General sees potential for failure in Afghanistan... raising the temperature for the NATO slackers who remain safely away from the southern border


http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=316155d7-cca6-44e7-a3a3-836283479dcb

 

[daftandbarmy]

Harry support the Help for Heroes campaign. Looks like they've raised over a million bucks in less than a month. I wonder if we have anything like that in Canada?

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article418213.ece

 

[daftandbarmy]

Senior Officers too hung over to soldier. Career working, career working... career stops!


http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article423988.ece

 

[daftandbarmy]

Troops forced to pay 1000 quid for insurance premiums

If you can't take a joke, you shouldn't have joined...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=491666&in_page_id=1770

 

[geo]

D&B  WTF,  what kind of death benefits are provided by the MOD?

 

[daftandbarmy]

Way back in my day it was pretty laughable... I remember something like a sliding scale from lost finger (200 quid or something) up to a couple of thousand for lost limbs etc. The death benefit was in the princely range of 10,000 pounds I think.

Before deploying to an operational theatre you had to fill out your insurance forms for the company that had the MoD contract  (to whom you were required to pay a direct deposit from your bank account), and update your will.  We were never offered an option of who to go with for the insurance as it was assumed that no other underwriter in their right minds would insure a paratrooper headed to Northern Ireland. The name of the company and insurance plan is very well known in the UK Forces, I just can't remember it right now (mess tins, wooden spoon).

I always listed my cat as my primary beneficiary. The payout would have looked after his food and kitty litter for at least two years.

Famously, a Royal Marine in my company in 1986, in Belfast, was awarded the unheard of sum of 400 pounds for a brick in the hand that caused significant damage requiring stitches.  We had to restrain the marines from running around without gloves on after that one...

 

[daftandbarmy]

Light Bulb... On

Just remembered what it was called - ADAT (Army Dependents Assurance Trust - or something like that). I tried to Google it but didn't find anything, so assume that they blew it up and rebuilt it in some other guise. Total buffoonery in comparison with what's around these days I'd guess, but I'll leave that one to the insurance experts.

 

[daftandbarmy]

Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment (Queen’s and Royal Hampshires).



http://www.army.mod.uk/pwrr/main.htm



Go to hardware and try out the range…
:bullet:

 

[daftandbarmy]

Humour and tragedy in the trenches with the Cameronian. I'll be ordering a copy of this book for sure

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=492308&in_page_id=1770

 

[geo]

Interesting picture of the author....
wearing WW2 era serge, Lt pips & gunner's collar dogs.
Methinks he might have gotten recycled for the 2nd for Aerial gunnery
even though, in 1940, he woulda been 64 (39 in 1915)... Yikes.

However, this sounds like an interesting read!

Oh well XMASS is coming around

 

[daftandbarmy]

UK staying in Afghanistan until 2010


http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/britain-to-extend-stay-in-afghanistan-until-2010/2007/11/08/1194329352532.html

 

[daftandbarmy]

Milos loses out. He will be well PO'd.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7087155.stm

 

[MarkOttawa]

Half of combat helicopters grounded
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article2852692.ece

Half of Britain’s Apache helicopters, which provide back-up for forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, were not fit for service this summer and a third of Chinook transport helicopters were grounded.

According to a Ministry of Defence survey, about half of the ageing Sea King fleet and the newer Merlin Mk3 support helicopters were also out of action.

The number of Apaches available for combat fell from 60 per cent last year. Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup, Chief of the Defence Staff, acknowledged that the military was overstretched but said that equipment had improved.

Mark
Ottawa

 

[geo]

Hmmm... this sounds familiar.........

 

[daftandbarmy]

Slab Murphy orders execution.... gosh, can't believe it, really suprised etc etc etc (not)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=493341&in_page_id=1770