Armed Forces Day – What is it? The first Armed Forces Day is 27 June 2009, and is an opportunity for the nation to show our support for the men and women who make up the Armed Forces community. Every single council in the mainland, most in Northern Ireland (with […]

Just listen to what this old soldier has to say and if you don’t get wet eyes then read elsewhere tomorrow. Especially moving was the part when asked what he expected from the US Government in return for his service.He didn’t serve in WWI and WWII because the government asked […]

Despite the occasional miscellany which surfaces on this site and the complete unashamedly parochial nature of a post turning up in the next two-or-three, TheEye (who is missing St Crispin’s wise council as he is busy teaching ex-colonials how to shoot at things from the comfort of a subsidised wardroom […]

Despite the occasional miscellany which surfaces on this site and the complete unashamedly parochial nature of a post turning up in the next two-or-three, TheEye (who is missing St Crispin’s wise council as he is busy teaching ex-colonials how to shoot at things from the comfort of a subsidised wardroom […]

Despite the occasional miscellany which surfaces on this site and the complete unashamedly parochial nature of a post turning up in the next two-or-three, TheEye (who is missing St Crispin’s wise council as he is busy teaching ex-colonials how to shoot at things from the comfort of a subsidised wardroom […]

Despite the occasional miscellany which surfaces on this site and the complete unashamedly parochial nature of a post turning up in the next two-or-three, TheEye (who is missing St Crispin’s wise council as he is busy teaching ex-colonials how to shoot at things from the comfort of a subsidised wardroom […]

Despite the occasional miscellany which surfaces on this site and the complete unashamedly parochial nature of a post turning up in the next two-or-three, TheEye (who is missing St Crispin’s wise council as he is busy teaching ex-colonials how to shoot at things from the comfort of a subsidised wardroom […]

This message is from the Young Britons’ Foundation to certain chaps and chapesses in Luton (and elsewhere). Says it very well.

Despite the fact that this is already receiving widespread front page media attention. this demands a post on this military-leaning blog. Muslims, as everyone will know by now, protested when the 2nd Battalion Royal Anglicans marched through Luton to mark their return from a tour of Basra. There were 12 […]

There was much grumpiness on this blog a fortnight ago about the Spanish knee-jerk reaction against the visit of Princess Anne to Gibraltar. They weren’t happy. She touched down today on an RAF Bae146 jet operated by No 32 (The Royal) Squadron. Within a few hours the least-worst politician on […]