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24th May 2006, 15:31
Replies: 23
Views: 4,264
Posted By Cambridge Crash

DOMCOL & Indulgence Flights

ZOOM
I can confirm that DOMCOL was alive and well in the late 1990s. I took deferred DOMCOL back to New Zealand via Hong Kong in 96/97. BA Trooper to Hong Kong (sat in BA jump-seat into Kai Tak)...
11th May 2006, 16:42
Replies: 16
Views: 2,575
Posted By Cambridge Crash

USCG

Correct me if I am wrong, but the US Coast Guard is now part of the Department for Homeland Defense, and not the DOD. Accordingly, they can use what weapons they like...
4th May 2006, 08:06
Replies: 17
Views: 3,324
Posted By Cambridge Crash

NIC

SILA

What about your COLA - which most military colleagues serving overseas do not receive. See your PMs.
26th Apr 2006, 08:33
Replies: 10
Views: 2,244
Posted By Cambridge Crash

A2QFI Professional grades - DFS, POLADs,...

A2QFI

Professional grades - DFS, POLADs, LEGADs, Civ Secs, PQEs, - as well as a raft of administrative UKBC continue to serve on (larger) operations, albeit in base area jobs, but not without a...
5th Apr 2006, 17:09
Replies: 5
Views: 1,535
Posted By Cambridge Crash

Who demands the weapons

Quote: DIS demands that we preserve the ability to design and produce futuristic high tech wpns

Do they? Isn't that a DEC function?
5th Apr 2006, 16:10
Replies: 62
Views: 9,576
Posted By Cambridge Crash

Sword - why?

I have one - was given it many moons ago - and used to display it proudly above the fireplace. Frequent moves and a process of demilitarising my life has relegated it to 'storage'. I did consider...
29th Mar 2006, 07:07
Replies: 23
Views: 3,225
Posted By Cambridge Crash

Southside...I agree

In spite of my Socialist leanings, I rented out a property whilst living in SFA and made the appropriate tax adjustments in my annual IR return - all quite legal. What Southside said is factually...
29th Mar 2006, 06:56
Replies: 36
Views: 5,042
Posted By Cambridge Crash

Cost of an ND?

From Today's NZ Herald:
$1600 fine for Navy captain
29.03.06 7.00am
A Royal New Zealand Navy captain was fined $1600 at a court-martial at Trentham Military Camp yesterday for accidentally firing...
28th Mar 2006, 15:44
Replies: 10
Views: 2,244
Posted By Cambridge Crash

Those also serve who stand and wait...

A2QFI
I think that you are being a little harsh on civil servants. Is contracting out all but war-fighting tasks the best way ahead? How will it enhance the lot of service personnel? Yes - civil...
28th Mar 2006, 15:23
Replies: 56
Views: 7,350
Posted By Cambridge Crash

Noise Nuisance

Unfortunately, under environmental legislation, that RAF has no more right than anybody else to create noise that could 'constitute a nuisance'. Truckies will be familiar with a vexatious...
17th Mar 2006, 09:37
Replies: 26
Views: 5,390
Posted By Cambridge Crash

Net Value of Lyneham

Lyneham was compulsarily acquired under Emergency Regulations (1938) for about £12,000 thus Defence Estates are obliged to offer it back to the original owners or their descendents (records are...
15th Mar 2006, 09:06
Replies: 49
Views: 10,652
Posted By Cambridge Crash

Coup de Grace, more likely

Last year I had an interesting conversation with a very senior - and retired - diplomat who stated that MRAF Lord Elworthy and Sir Solly Zuckerman were implicated and had proposed that Mountbatten...
14th Mar 2006, 12:16
Replies: 16
Views: 2,538
Posted By Cambridge Crash

Bu@@er the Typhoon - get more Air Defence Variant Tristars

From March 2006 'Soldier' magazine, page 18:
When the air bridge works, it is a highly efficient transport service, taking soldiers thousands of miles quickly and efficiently in comfort.
While...
15th Feb 2006, 17:03
Replies: 4
Views: 1,380
Posted By Cambridge Crash

Fastnet accuracy

And how did the other 7 cas die? Apart from the non-material errors of naming the wrong Service (at least they didn't call them Army helos), the depiction of life on a yacht in storm-force...
13th Feb 2006, 15:46
Replies: 57
Views: 10,382
Posted By Cambridge Crash

BX/NEX Runs

I went a little wild on 110v appliances when serving overseas - microwave, kitchenaid blenders, food processors, grillers etc etc (supping on the products of a corrupt capitalist system). On return...
7th Feb 2006, 15:30
Replies: 9
Views: 1,660
Posted By Cambridge Crash

B6 Ballistic Protection

Yeah, great idea, buy an armoured sedan that has been compromised...

CC
6th Feb 2006, 11:19
Replies: 36
Views: 5,619
Posted By Cambridge Crash

Life assurance and use of MT

Whilst I think that the originator of this thread is being somewhat petulant, it gives me the opportunity to highlight a life assurance issue.
Many of you, poor churls, will have life assurance...
3rd Feb 2006, 07:53
Replies: 95
Views: 11,697
Posted By Cambridge Crash

Bicycle Mileage

I have learned from a (former) colleague working in Whitehall that those occupying service accommodation (Messes, quarters and 'lodgings') will now have to contribute towards the 'home to duty'...
31st Jan 2006, 15:48
Replies: 59
Views: 8,394
Posted By Cambridge Crash

Slammed

2015
A-MOD-EY ™ purchase the remaining tower blocks in Canary Wharf to house all UK Defence Force Officers – all engaged on contract monitoring duties. A small barrack block remains near...
31st Jan 2006, 08:24
Replies: 34
Views: 3,713
Posted By Cambridge Crash

3.14

3.14: I agree that the chances of encountering AQ or even a det of Iraqi RG in the middle of the Channel (oops! revealed the sport) was remote, however the skills that one acquires in a demanding...
30th Jan 2006, 11:54
Replies: 34
Views: 3,713
Posted By Cambridge Crash

Bah Humbug or Leadership?

I was very fortunate to be selected during Op Granby to represent the RAF, and then the country, at a posh sport. A number of other light-blue were similarly selected and at a PR bash in Chelsea,...
1st Dec 2005, 08:34
Replies: 38
Views: 7,451
Posted By Cambridge Crash

|War Fighters

During my IOT in the predictable days of the Cold War, most aircrew OCDTs saw this as a step towards a lucrative career in the airlines. One of the DS reminded us on Day One: 'Your job is to bomb...
30th Nov 2005, 09:12
Replies: 1
Views: 1,443
Posted By Cambridge Crash

Deals on wheels

Don't know too much of this event (although having just been there in a civilian capacity) however, recently Kuwaiti MOI bods did stop a TCN driver in a British convoy who was found to be carrying...
15th Nov 2005, 12:38
Replies: 31
Views: 5,336
Posted By Cambridge Crash

VVHA

Ahh - now we get to the root of the issue. Your inhibitions, shall we say, are dropped as a result of alcohol. Presumably an issue during a DV interview?
14th Nov 2005, 15:54
Replies: 31
Views: 5,336
Posted By Cambridge Crash

CPA 2004

If a registered (ie same-sex) partnership breaks down, the relationship must be disolved through the courts, in a manner akin to a divorce.

VVHA - you may be interested that this is a matter...
9th Nov 2005, 16:13
Replies: 29
Views: 3,850
Posted By Cambridge Crash

Chutley, err?

PPr00ne, I agree with you - what on earth is Chutley on about?

The republican terrorist aim in Northern Ireland - when distracted from criminal activity - was political leverage, so they targeted...
1st Nov 2005, 07:30
Replies: 36
Views: 3,545
Posted By Cambridge Crash

In-Year cash Surplus

Apart from temporarily forcing up the prices for users of Coacaine, I suppose a yield of £200M is a nice little boost to the in-year cash allocation for the Fleet...
12th Jul 2005, 06:27
Replies: 12
Views: 1,583
Posted By Cambridge Crash

Risk!

The BBC TV news did a good job of conflating Bush's resolve to fight terror against the force protection concerns of those at Mildenhall. At my reckoning, if all the USAF personnel went to london,...
6th Jul 2005, 22:13
Replies: 19
Views: 2,312
Posted By Cambridge Crash

Marital laws?

I am sure that there is someone here that can correct me, but the enactment of Martial Law requires an Order in Council - or can Queen's Order No 1 be initiated by the senior surviving minister of...
5th Jul 2005, 17:01
Replies: 32
Views: 5,493
Posted By Cambridge Crash

Who has the Balls?

If you want a dressy affair, the May Balls (in June) at Cambridge are very strict. Take, for example, the dress tandards for the College that I am affiliated to: white collar evening attire for men...
29th Jun 2005, 06:44
Replies: 36
Views: 5,438
Posted By Cambridge Crash

RoundUp? A Weedkillser

VVHA,

The RN do have an equivalent of Op Round Up - your comments suggest that you haven't spent any time at Faslane. As a frequent light-blue visitor at HMNB Clyde 3-4 years ago, many was the...
20th Jun 2005, 15:34
Replies: 93
Views: 11,704
Posted By Cambridge Crash

ICTY

The ICTY case against Milosevic is proceeding. His decision to represent himself continues to draw matters out. I am out of date as to the exacrt progress, but the ICTY has been excruitatingly...
20th Jun 2005, 14:02
Replies: 93
Views: 11,704
Posted By Cambridge Crash

ICC

Jess

Milosevic is under the jursidiction of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Crimes against Humanity in Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), not the ICC. Nontheless,the ICTY is doing a sterling...
20th Jun 2005, 10:06
Replies: 970
Views: 326,083
Posted By Cambridge Crash

JSDF (for how much longer?)

Since 11 Sep 01, the Japanese constitution has been quietly amended to allow for increasing deployment of Japanese assets outside of their EEZ. For example in Sep 03 the JSDF, along with civilian...
19th Jun 2005, 11:37
Replies: 93
Views: 11,704
Posted By Cambridge Crash

International Law Commission

Tourist,

Clearly you have not heard of the work of the International law Commission, which is about as independent as you can get in an legal system that recognises the sovereignty of the State...
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