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10-03-17, 06:13 AM | #1 | ||
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UK Nuclear submarine captain relieved of command
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-...-west-41474888
No, this is not April Fool. Mixing sub crews was a bad idea, obviously. Quote:
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We really don't need this kind of distraction on the most dangerous vessels in the world.
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10-03-17, 06:20 AM | #2 |
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Sex maniacs!
Drink more strong black coffee and keep your pants on. Joking aside this always was a bad move probably done to keep the PC police happy.
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10-03-17, 09:03 AM | #3 |
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at least it was a female
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10-03-17, 09:39 AM | #4 |
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Now I know the true meaning of 'hot bunking'
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10-03-17, 09:58 AM | #5 |
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Steve McQueen as Jake Holman:
"Well 'shoot' something"
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10-03-17, 11:45 AM | #6 |
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A sub is too narrow and... well...
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10-03-17, 12:18 PM | #7 |
Soaring
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10-03-17, 12:28 PM | #8 |
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Makes one wonder if the first Lady Marine combat-officer's platoon of Y-chromosome Myrmidons will keep a straight face when ordered to 'fix bayonets'....
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10-03-17, 02:26 PM | #9 | |
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Now if the command were to affix bayonets that would be more serious. Bur really, when was the last time we actually affixed bayonets in combat?
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10-03-17, 02:40 PM | #10 | ||
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the battle of Kakaran village, Helmand.
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A a pragmatic training thing; http://prairiepundit.blogspot.com/2010/09/fix-bayonets-command-to-strike-terror.html Quote:
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10-07-17, 01:55 PM | #11 |
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And now the Jimmy's gone too... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017...onship-female/
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10-07-17, 02:21 PM | #12 |
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Quite honestly, you should finally get the power of nuclear weapons to the British. They are only a provincial village after leaving the EU. They have forfeited all rights to power and represent a potential danger.
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10-08-17, 07:11 AM | #13 | |
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10-08-17, 07:14 AM | #14 |
Chief of the Boat
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Now that's a bit rich coming from someone from a country with such a historical background over the past hundred or so years
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10-08-17, 08:39 AM | #15 |
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Well put in a polite way jim.
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