Hello all, and welcome to my first ever Think Defence article. My name is Sir Humphrey, and I’m the author of a small blog called the Thin Pinstriped Line. Some of you may know me from ARRSE, PPRUNE and Warships1,…
An interesting and pretty hard hitting programme, as soon as we start talking about service personnel bleeding to death in a minefield because of a lack of medium helicopter lift or being killed when their Nimrod MR2 crashes because of…
In the run in to the publication of the SDSR the Channel 4 Dispatches team and respected author/journalist Sam Kiley will be airing a hard hitting documentary this week on the MoD and Defence Industry. Titled ‘How the MoD Wastes Our…
How do you get a job where you can talk about anything you like with absolutely no regard whatsoever for reality. This article in the Telegraph from our old friend Con Coughlin caught my eye, it looked pretty promising until…
Out today, the Times has reported on a revelation from the Liberal Democrats that there is rank inflation in the armed forces. As usual, the mainstream media and main political parties seem to be somewhat behind the curve. We can’t…
Medals for Pen Pushers, outrage! The Daily Mail has a story today about the Afghanistan Operational Service Medal and how it has been awarded to civil servants operating in Camp bastion, the UK Forces Headquarters location in Helmand. Completely misjudging…
