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Old 28th May 2014, 20:59
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Melchett01
 
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I was invited back to Cranwell last year as a guest at the Royal grad. I'm sure there were a couple of Chinese cadets on the course - I can only imagine that was an attempt at the influence piece as described earlier, although what the Unit Security Officer might have said when told they were coming, I can only imagine.

And thinking back to my days as a student there, we had a couple of cadets from Brunei. Whilst both delightful chaps, one was far more outgoing and less reserved than his colleague. Eager to try everything that Cranwell had to offer, he was spotted in the bar with a beer by our Flt Cdr. On being politely asked about how drinking tallied with his religious beliefs, he lit up a huge grin and said that whilst Allah was omniscient, chain link fences caused interference with such omniscience!
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