Chip Chapman
@NotesFASMil
News contributor and author of 'Notes From A Small Military'
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Happy St Crispin’s day. And therefore one of the greatest leadership speeches in the English language by the Bard.
‘It was the best of religion, it was the worst of religion’ Putting this out as there are many different interpretations of jihad. No excuse for today’s ‘worst of religion’.
‘The mountain gave birth to a mouse’ (Proverb relating to great anticipation but where the outcome is small). Photo credit:EPA
15 Aug 79 - 'Apocylpse Now' released. It brought Wagner's 'Ride of the Valkyries' to a wider audience: the regimental quick March of @TheParachuteReg 'Charlie Don't Surf'...
Interesting post-Arnhem dinner night menu of the officers of 1st Airborne Division, and naming of dishes from Nov 44!
It always brings to mind the question 'when will the last WW2 vet be gone?' The last 3 remaining WW1 vets paraded at the Cenotaph in 2008 - they were all gone within the next year.
The Right: he’s too far left & destroying the country. The Left: he’s too far right & destroying the country. Free speech is a means, not an end: to produce an informed and knowledgeable public, and healthy and informed debate.
A lot of ‘combat & operations’ water has flowed under the bridge since this classic 1994 @2PARA_HQ cartoon. Be careful what you wish for. ‘Sometimes you can have too much war’ as Churchill is alleged to have said @TheParachuteReg
You thought the 70s were bad for fashion. I give you ‘Nice mums knit the Peter Pan and Wendy numbers’ from 1969.
The talks in Geneva, alongside Trump’s 2-week timeline will aim to “build a golden bridge” which Iran can retreat across. Only this will offer a dignified path for Iran. This scenario may not end the war, but it’s where my money is after a week of a ‘war of missiles/cities’
Four non-material factors sustained British morale in 1940-41 that are missing in Iran: 1 Trust in the leadership after bombings 2 Confidence in ultimate victory 3 Belief in a better post war world 4 People will put up with great hardship so long as convinced all suffer equally
Two outcomes of the Nov 19 Iran protests worth tracking again in 2025; 1. Internet connectivity went down to 5% with a digital kill switch. 2. Supreme Leader led Friday prayers for first time in years. He should again, but will he?
Airborne history: ‘Ferryside’. Boy Browning sailed up the Fowey river in 1932 & met Daphne du Maurier. “Then out of the sea like a ball of fire, the sun came hard and red”- a line from the Frenchman’s Creek which inspired Browning for the red/maroon beret
14 June 1982 - Liberation Day in the Falklands. Any day that you live to see the dawn of a new day after combat is a good day. Tonight, I'll raise a glass to those who did not get to see that dawn @ThePara
Without history there is no legacy. Without a legacy there is no history. Always a pleasure & privilege to be invited back to @2PARA_HQ The standards and values endure. @TheParachuteReg
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