The year is 2025... a bootneck is 1SL... the RM Band marches at the launch of a drone as the crowd of senior Officers clap for our robot overlord. The future is now.

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Final attack overseas, 5 Scot’s platoon commander

All foreign currencies to the British Sailor are known as Ickies, which they would typically spend on a good run ashore with their oppos (night out with friends). Once you break an Icky you end up with Klebbies which are usually 100 to an Icky.

Am.I sat in the sun 🌞 , drinking beer 🍺 and listening to sea shanties⚓️? Yes, I am thank you and it's marvellous 😀

LH Eilish Brogan, our most recent Royal Navy FA 🇬🇧 trustee, bringing in the #FACup for the Women’s Final

Seems reasonable. I also recall the referendum being a simple in/out question. The voting slip was not seeking a mandate on what kind of relationship, for trade or anything else, we should have with the EU from outside. Anyone claiming it did is simply projecting their own bias.

The moment Mission: Everest arrived back in London. In their first broadcast interview since setting the record they tell me they feel physically fine just “feels like I did leg day yesterday.” Attributing it to their acclimatisation process. 🗻🗻 Interview on BFBS Forces News

This is fine. Like SpaceX, they have adopted an Agile approach and everyone has learned lots of lessons to implement on the next iteration.... it's why we should use a 'fail fast' methodology for everything. Obviously. #Satire

Hoofing! 🗡️💪

"Stick to the facts"🗣️ Following their triumphant return from their record breaking Mission: Everest, Veterans Minister Al Carns responded to the "concern" surrounding the use of xenon gas🗻 He explains how he and the ex-Special Forces team implemented gas👇

If you only read one thing online this week about leadership and getting things done, make it this 👀👇

OTD 20 years' ago, HMS SUTHERLAND arrived in St Petersburg. Much has changed in two decades!

UK #CSG25 ships from Norway, Spain and Canada 🇬🇧🇳🇴🇪🇸🇨🇦 have all been sailing together since early April, being joined by 🇵🇹🇮🇹🇺🇸 at various points. Increasing our operational effectiveness and proving, we are #StrongerTogether #OpHighmast

A leading Middle Earth defence and security professional opines on the forthcoming SDR.... 👀👇

Has bob mortimer hacked Richard Coles's account? 🧐

.Community Notes & Violations - 153 US Service WOMEN died during the Global War on Terror, in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria. #MemorialDay2025 - We will remember them...

Excellent article by ⁦Tom Sharpe⁩ on next generation of ⁦Royal Navy⁩ shipbuilding as #Type31 first in class #HMSVenturer comes out of @Babcock frigate factory in #Rosyth. ⁦Rt. Hon Ben Wallace⁩ ⁦James Cartlidge MP 🇬🇧 🇺🇦⁩ ⁦Sir Nick Hine⁩ telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/05/2…

Decommissioned prematurely? She was launched in 1992 and had an 18 year design life! I know plans change, but the Navy have had more than their money's worth from the T23s.

Others have already covered the broad sweep of the SDR. I have some views on how to judge its ambition on capabilities - and the need to be realistic about what can be achieved or how ‘transformational’ it can be. The MOD needs to have challenging and measurable targets.