David 🇬🇧🇺🇦 (@viking_dave85) 's Twitter Profile
David 🇬🇧🇺🇦

@viking_dave85

🇬🇧 Infantry Major (@RAnglians) | Viking 🟥🟨 | Personal account for #people #culture #leadership #warfare 🤔👂💬🖋

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calendar_today20-06-2018 13:47:24

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Royal Anglian Regiment (@ranglians) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Special Order of The Day - Almanza Day 25 April 1707. The War of the Spanish Succession, 1701 to 1714, was brought about by disagreement between the European nations over who should succeed King Charles II of Spain. royalanglianregiment.com/heritage/our-b… #TBT #ThrowBackThursday #RoyalAnglian

Special Order of The Day - Almanza Day 25 April 1707. The War of the Spanish Succession, 1701 to 1714, was brought about by disagreement between the European nations over who should succeed King Charles II of Spain. royalanglianregiment.com/heritage/our-b… 

#TBT #ThrowBackThursday #RoyalAnglian
David 🇬🇧🇺🇦 (@viking_dave85) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Always been a huge fan of this: "leaders connect people to their purpose". Ironically, I think this is even more important in organisations & units where 'the purpose' is seemingly really clear. It's then that complacency kicks in, and people aren't bought in.

David 🇬🇧🇺🇦 (@viking_dave85) 's Twitter Profile Photo

So true, and so many good nuggets, as ever. Definitely worth a listen 🎧 From The Green Notebook: Major General Christopher Donahue- You Have to Fight For Your Culture. podbean.com/ea/dir-ttt7d-f… From the Green Notebook #culture

British Normandy Memorial (@britishmemorial) 's Twitter Profile Photo

With less than a week to go to #DDay80, our 1,475 giants stand, heads bowed, among the growing wild meadows around the Memorial. Hand-knitted poppies alongside the fallen. #StandingWithGiants Credit - Andrew Powell-Thomas

With less than a week to go to #DDay80, our 1,475 giants stand, heads bowed, among the growing wild meadows around the Memorial. Hand-knitted poppies alongside the fallen.

#StandingWithGiants

Credit - <a href="/authorAPT/">Andrew Powell-Thomas</a>
Chief of Joint Operations (@ltgenstickland) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Yesterday we marked the two-year anniversary of OP INTERFLEX We are incredibly proud of this milestone in training collaboration with our tenacious partner Armed Forces of Ukraine 🇺🇦 Thank you to our International partners who continue to deliver pivotal support to Ukraine British Army 🇬🇧

Yesterday we marked the two-year anniversary of OP INTERFLEX

We are incredibly proud of this milestone in training collaboration with our tenacious partner <a href="/UArmedForces/">Armed Forces of Ukraine 🇺🇦</a> 

Thank you to our International partners who continue to deliver pivotal support to Ukraine

<a href="/BritishArmy/">British Army 🇬🇧</a>
Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧 (@defencehq) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Yesterday marked two years of Operation Interflex – the UK-led training mission for Ukrainian recruits. To mark the date, recruits were treated to ice cream courtesy of This Is BFBS and enjoyed a break from combat training to cheer on Ukraine at Euro 2024. #StandWithUkraine

Yesterday marked two years of Operation Interflex – the UK-led training mission for Ukrainian recruits.

To mark the date, recruits were treated to ice cream courtesy of <a href="/ThisIsBFBS/">This Is BFBS</a> and enjoyed a break from combat training to cheer on Ukraine at Euro 2024.
 
#StandWithUkraine
David 🇬🇧🇺🇦 (@viking_dave85) 's Twitter Profile Photo

So many good tips in this thread (and the Andrew D. Huberman, Ph.D. pod is great too). Sleep (& timing). Sunlight. Coffee. Just need to get better at sticking to the advice!! 🤦‍♂️

COL Peter Allan (@comdbattlelab) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Your adversary will use unmanned aerial systems against you. How will you defend against and defeat this capability? date.army.gov.au/packages/adver…

Your adversary will use unmanned aerial systems against you. How will you defend against and defeat this capability?

date.army.gov.au/packages/adver…
David 🇬🇧🇺🇦 (@viking_dave85) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Great dinner night in the Mess for #Salamanca Day yesterday. Hosted by C (Essex) Company, 1st Battalion Officers, Warrant Officers, and guests shared a meal and revisited our history. Amazing to have *the* French Imperial Eagle from 1812 in the room too! 🙏

Great dinner night in the Mess for #Salamanca Day yesterday. Hosted by C (Essex) Company, 1st Battalion Officers, Warrant Officers, and guests shared a meal and revisited our history.

Amazing to have *the* French Imperial Eagle from 1812 in the room too! 🙏
David 🇬🇧🇺🇦 (@viking_dave85) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Warning: non #Olympics content & shameless Army plug 😉 Slightly early celebration of #Minden Day in #Rutland this year. But a great day for the wider Regimental family. Vikings got Coronation medals, mini-Vikings got Minden medals! Proud Daddy moment as 2IC 🟥🟨

Warning: non #Olympics content &amp; shameless Army plug 😉

Slightly early celebration of #Minden Day in #Rutland this year. But a great day for the wider Regimental family.

Vikings got Coronation medals, mini-Vikings got Minden medals! Proud Daddy moment as 2IC 🟥🟨
David 🇬🇧🇺🇦 (@viking_dave85) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Privileged to be on the team that led this group for six months. Humbling and hugely rewarding experience, and I learned loads. The debate about who were the 'real Vikings' (🇫🇮,🇩🇰,🇸🇪 ,🟥🟨) remains a live one 😉 #SlavaUkraini 🇬🇧🤝🇺🇦

David 🇬🇧🇺🇦 (@viking_dave85) 's Twitter Profile Photo

What = success? The journey, or the finish line? "In classical times, the courageous struggle for a noble cause was considered success in itself. Sadly, the idea has been forgotten”. From the Green Notebook pods & emails still some of my favourite. Good food for thought over☕️ & 🥓 !

Royal Anglian Regiment (@ranglians) 's Twitter Profile Photo

ROYAL ANGLIAN CONNECT is now live - Download Now and Register For iPhone: royalanglianregiment.com/apple For Android: royalanglianregiment.com/android Any email with the access code will be sent from RHQ this morning. #royalanglian

ROYAL ANGLIAN CONNECT is now live - Download Now and Register

For iPhone: royalanglianregiment.com/apple

For Android: royalanglianregiment.com/android

Any email with the access code will be sent from RHQ this morning. 

#royalanglian
Royal Anglian Regiment (@ranglians) 's Twitter Profile Photo

See the feature on Forces News about our 60th anniversary at the Imperial War Museum in Duxford on the 1st of September. forcesnews.com/services/army/… #veterans #RoyalAnglian #soldier #BritishArmy

Sir Humphrey (@pinstripedline) 's Twitter Profile Photo

There has been a lot of media focus today on the National Audit Office report into MOD support to Ukraine, mostly on the perceived impact on UK training. This short thread tries to pick up some wider points, which highlights an incredible MOD Civil Service & Mil success story. /1

There has been a lot of media focus today on the National Audit Office report into MOD support to Ukraine, mostly on the perceived impact on UK training. This short thread tries to pick up some wider points, which highlights an incredible MOD Civil Service &amp; Mil success story. /1
David 🇬🇧🇺🇦 (@viking_dave85) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We were lucky enough to benefit from a new officer joining us from time with Dstl; his input to the #Wargaming session was invaluable. Great to also hear troops recognising then utility down at Section & Platoon level too 💪