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Agreed. Improved in the second half hour though, when they had finished showing what its like to be afraid in dark rooms and go on the piss with the royal Navy.
They could have devoted the entire hour to the Egypt and Gallipoli ceremonies. The rest we can see on trash TV any time.
Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.
Every Thursday in Plymouth the Navy go to war. Warships, submarines, jet fighters and fully armed Royal Marines engage in full-scale simulated battle on land, on the sea and in the air. Mike Brotherton, the Chaplain of HMS Ocean, the biggest ship in the Royal Navy, gets as involved as anyone else in the hostilities. Known as the Mad Bish and as eccentric as they come, Mike has to be at hand to deal with the 'wounded' and the 'dying'.
Meanwhile Angela Thomas, a friend of the Mad Bish, and equally as eccentric, is busy with her own dress rehearsal. She is putting on a big production of HMS Pinafore with the local operatic group and it is the opening night tonight. Mike Brotherton aims to be there - war permitting. [S]
Every Thursday in Plymouth the Navy go to war. Warships, submarines, jet fighters and fully armed Royal Marines engage in full-scale simulated battle on land, on the sea and in the air. Mike Brotherton, the Chaplain of HMS Ocean, the biggest ship in the Royal Navy, gets as involved as anyone else in the hostilities. Known as the Mad Bish and as eccentric as they come, Mike has to be at hand to deal with the 'wounded' and the 'dying'.
Meanwhile Angela Thomas, a friend of the Mad Bish, and equally as eccentric, is busy with her own dress rehearsal. She is putting on a big production of HMS Pinafore with the local operatic group and it is the opening night tonight. Mike Brotherton aims to be there - war permitting. [S]
Show would of been good except for that HMS Pinafore rubbish -
Hi there
Watched the "Thursday War" episode the other night. Interesting enough, especially the controlled chaos in the Ops Room as they tried to target the incoming "missiles".Thought the GPMG firing was a waste of time. If they were being attacked by a cannon-firing fighter, then standing out on deck with a rifle-calibre machine-gun is a one-way ticket.Does our Navy practise anti-aircraft defence?
regards
GttC
The GPMG's were used in the Falklands War against low flying Argentine aircraft, along with SLR rifles, LMG's and anything else that could put some lead in the air.
As well as anti-aircraft defence they are used for local defence against small boats etc. The now gone NI patrol vessels had a GPMG mounted on each bridge wing for that purpose when operating in confined waters.
'History is a vast early warning system'. Norman Cousins
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