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Ladies and Gentlemen, It‘s a great idea, only one problem, there is absolutely no knowledge of what the long term effects of this procedure will be. I was talking to a old friend who is an opthalmic surgeon just before Christmas, she saying that every client who has the procedure done, has to...

Robust defender of military tradition By Kenneth Rose (Filed: 01/04/2002) A DOZEN or so years ago, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother happened to give one of her convivial lunch parties at Clarence House during the visit to London of the first President George Bush. We had just sat down when...

Gentlemen, The following is from The Times. It appears that the other chap who was to get the VC is now to be awarded an ‘Immediate‘ Conspicuous Service Cross. Yours, Jock in Sydney March 31, 2002 VC hero faces cash dilemma Robert Winnett AN SAS sergeant-major wounded in Afghanistan was told...

2002, 01:42 GMT 02:42 UK Queen Mother dies Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother 1900 - 2002 The Queen Mother has died peacefully in her sleep at the age of 101, with her daughter at her bedside. She passed away at Royal Lodge, Windsor, at 1515 GMT on Saturday, and the news was announced by...

Ladies and Gentlemen, Found by accident, actually looking for the four legged animal not the AVGP. This first part of an article on modelling the Grizzly is rather good. http://www.missing-lynx.com/articles/modern/jpmgriz/jpmgriz.htm Yours, Jock in Sydney

Sir, It is the same C7 that the USMC bought an initial 128 thousand barrels for their M16A2‘s, the same C7 and C8 that is in British Army use in Afghanistan. I suggest that before you make such remarks you find out why the barrels had a fault, amazingly you will find out that the initial...

Ladies and Gentlemen, feedback from Afghanistan has shown that once more the L7 GPMG (the C6, the MAG) has proven to be an extremely effective weapon in British Army hands. With the tripod and the C2 sight it was very effective in the fighting in the various cave systems, both in the direct...

AN ADITT I find it absolutely fascinating that the software allows plonker, wanker, but Richard=Richard Cranium=Delta Item Charlie Kilo Head it comes out as **** Head. I wonder how it would cope with some choice Australian or Scottish expressions. O‘well it is American. Yours, Jock in Sydney

For you who uses the moinker of RecceGuy, I did not suddenly take the plunge, I had planned retirement back when I was 27, many things that I have done over the years were pointed in that direction. Last year I after having another bout with the "Jimmy Dancer" had to take a serious look at my...

Ladies and Gentlemen, I had a chat with a old friend of mine in the North West of Scotland, on retirement from the British Army he became a ROIII (Retired Officer Grade III - the equivalent of a serving Captain) performing the duties of Adjutant/QM of the Home Service Force in the North of...

Ladies and Gentlemen, It appears that the American public relations people got the story very wrong. The vehicles are standard Bv-206, which belong to the 10th Mountain Division. The American Major who wrote the article was from the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assualt), and it appears that...

Ladies and Gentlemen, The British Army developed a home defence concept called the Home Service Force (HSF) in the 1980‘s, a form of ‘home guard‘. Made up of independent companies (HQ and 3 pls) with the role of providing a trained and disciplined force which could guard sensitive points...

Sir, Your link does not work. I was suffering under the misaprehension that the ‘new‘ rifle platoon was to consist of pl HQ with 2 man 60mm mortar team, pl comd, pl WO, sig, runner; three rifle sections of two 4 man fireteams with a C9, and a MG section with two C6. So I persume by your...

Ladies and Gentlemen, having looked at the web site listed in previous posting, I find it is from the USA "Military REform" people. The whole thing is full of inaccuracies, half truths and outright lies. Example being he says the Australian Army has pulled its LAVII (known as ASLAV in...

Ladies and Gentlemen, have been thinking about this post for a couple of days now. A number of messages have made the point that Anti-Pers mines do not win wars, and quite right, they are won by a 19 year old baggy arse with a rifle and bayonet who occupies the ground that airpower, artillery...

Ladies and Gentlemen, The following was forwarded to me from a posting in the American (very strange site) Military Reform, it is part of a purported press release from the US 101st Airborne Division "On March 15, 2002, the Canadians attached to the U.S. Army‘s 2nd Brigade 10th Mountain...

Ladies and Gentemen, See: http://www.users.bigpond.com/AMEP/august2000.html AUSTRALIAN MILITARY EQUIPMENT PROFILES Military Publications and Information. Photographs of the Month August 2000. THis gives photos and information ex these ex Canadian turrets. Yours, Jock in Sydney

Ladies and Gentlemen, It‘s funny but tonight whilst out at dinner we were discussing this subject of British Army war service. There has been at no time that British soldiers were not on active service throughout the world (not including the Berlin Garrison, which was always on active service...

Ladies and Gentlemen, This written above "My dad emailed me a little humourous note regarding SAS recruiting posters through the years. Apparently, their poster for 1985 showed some SAS lads in swimmies on a beach, under a palm tree, beers in hand. The caption was, "In 1985 we took a little...

Ladies and Gentlemen, The tent was based on a New Zealand Antarctic Survey (has a different name now) design (it‘s not Gortex), and is still (2000) used down there by expeditioners from NZ and Australia. Yours, Jock in Sydney