Defence Photography

In the strait of #Hormuz, just not recently 🙄 , a great day with @RoyalNavy , I remember it well #DefencePhotography

Former Tory defence minister (@Dunne4Ludlow) on HMS Iron Duke, 2015. Despite best and sincere efforts, the relative decline in some @RoyalNavy ships goes back a long way. #DefencePhotography

farewell HMS Iron Duke #DefencePhotography

The Strait of #Hormuz. What's the worse that can happen? Don't know, but as our screen shot of a RN simulator from 2013 shows, the Royal Navy has been training 'there' for decades. It has literally decades of Corporate Memory available.

@kchawg987 👍👍

I never felt like a natural pilot. But I worked hard at it. Before every mission, I would “chair fly” -- talking through calls, maneuvers, and what could go wrong. It was a free practice run before the actual takeoff. Practice creates competence. Competence builds confidence.

@simon_jackson18 "when it absolutely, positively, has to be there overnight" 2011....

@DefencePhoto Great photo, Trevor! That's going back a bit...!

T&Cs apply #DefencePhotography

when a woman you've never met before suddenly gives you flowers

CV90 #ItDoesWhatItSaysOnTheTin

The Navy's in a hole

It's Friday night. 👍😃

@shashj Good luck

🇺🇸 Some personal news. I've had the privilege of serving as defence editor at The Economist for eight years, through the Afghan withdrawal, invasion of Ukraine & Mid East wars. This summer I'm moving to DC to take over as our Washington bureau chief. Should be a nice quiet beat.

Bigger than you think #DefencePhotography

Previously, in Scotland, RFA Lyme Bay @RFALymeBay #DefencePhotography

Peas in a pod, ready for plucking. #DefencePhotography

Not good enough

"Send danger from the east unto the west, So honour cross it from the north to south, And let them grapple: O, the blood more stirs To rouse a lion than to start a hare" #ShakespeareSunday

Dead cool #DefencePhotography

@McmeekinIan @FTusa284 The AJAX track. CBT is wider remember. That could/will have unintended consequences.....

@FTusa284 If Ajax isn't broken and meets its specification and puts no restrictions on use or health and safety there is no reason for Ajax 2. The Army specified steel tracks if it doesn't work or isn't safe GD must fix it or refund the cash

But if, as is stated time and time again, there's nothing "wrong" with Ajax, why do you need to "fix" it...? And if CBT is part of the fix, who's paying? It don't in the original contract....

One of my fav @RoyalMarines shots #DefencePhotography