Armed Forces Day.

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British Armed Forces Day

At Royal Artillery Barracks.

By Uncle Monty.

AFD Photo By Alex Albion.

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Since 1815, The Gurkhas have served the British

Crown as a fighting force that few have equalled.

So, their regimental presence was most welcome at

yesterday's British Armed Forces Day (AFD), 2011,

which was held at the Royal Artillery Barracks.

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Dubbed as "The Great Get Together Festival," which

 it was in sheer patriotic glory, the seven-hour military

event saw everything from the Band of the Welsh

Guards, King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery, The

Flying Tigers, Lance Corporal Johnson Beharry, VC.;

 Lt.  General P. R. Newton, CBE.; Her Majesty's

 Deputy Lord Lieutenant Colonel Cyril Young,

 Grand Royal Chelsea Pensioners, and Police Chief 

Superintendent Rod Jarman. They were among the

many other dignitiaries present at the barracks

 along with a goodly crowd of patriots, too.  And,

some well-deserving veterans also received awards.

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Some of the Good Gurkhas at Armed Forces Day, 2011.

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The main idea behind AFD is to show our national support

for the troops of the British military establishment and

 their important presence in conflicts and peace keeping

 assignments around the world. Throughout the British

Isles yesterday, many other cities, towns and communities

 marked the special day to give honour to our troops.

Even those folkz who oppose war, such as me, will

always support our British fighting boyz and girlz

whenever we're in a situation of push comes to shove.

 Or whenever we're confronted with the casualities 

of deadly war. 

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Elsewhere yesterday, at Scotland's capital, it

 should be noted, Armed Forces Day was treated as

a major security operation - on apar with last Septem-

ber's Papal Visit - out of fears of anti-military protests

presumably by menacing Muslims in the UK.

And/or by local anti-war protesters.

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Police at full strength for Armed Forces Day.

By Martyn McLaughlin.

http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/news/Police-at-full-strength-for.6790321.jp

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Lance Corporal Johnson Beharry, VC.

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Almost mobbed was he as the rightful recipient of

 the highest British military medal for bravery was

 the brave soldier Lance Corporal Johnson

Beharry (shown above) with the very rare Victoria

Cross (VC) of his having been conferred upon him as

the first soldier to be awarded the VC in this century.

It was good to see him again after encountering him

personally on two past occasions. He seems to have

gained weight since I last spoke with him, but he still

remains a very friendly man indeed. Other soldiers

present, like the good Gerkhas, demanded to have

 photographs taken of him with them. They eagerly

sought him out and quickly extended their hand to

 shake his vigorously with all the respect they could

shower on him.  The lance corporal is primarily a

soldier's soldier and even the generals and top

brass are quick to be seen with him. Johnson

Beharry and his VC go together like peaches

and cream, I must say. He also knows how to

work the crowd like he did at yesterday's

Armed Forces Day or at "The Great Get Together

Festival" at where he was more or less king!! If

the man decides to ever run for elected office,

 I pretty certain he'd clobber any political

opponent with complete ease.

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Lance Corporal Johnson Gideon Beharry, VC.

of the 1st Battalion, Princess of Wales's Royal

Regiment, is a British Army soldier. Born 26

July, 1979.  First recipient of the VC ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson_Beharry

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Band of the Welsh Guard.

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Top British Military Brass, Lt. General P. R.

 Newton, CBE. He Gave The Keynote

 Speech at Armed Forces Day, 2011.

Lieutenant General Paul R Newton CBE assumed the

 appointment of Commander Force Development & Training

 within the British Army's Headquarters Land Forces in ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Raymond_Newton

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Colonel Cyril Young, Hon. LL.D. Deputy Lord

Lieutenant for Her Majesty The Queen. By

Profession, He's A Noted Gynaecologist.

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The King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery.

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British Royal Navy Sailors.

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The Tigers: Princess of Wales' Royal Regiment's

Parachute Display Team. Considered One

 of  The World's Best. Indeed!!

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Aside from military displays of small tanks, armoured carriers,

and a petit missle battery, there was plenty abuzz for those in-

to boxing, fencing and the martial arts at Armed Forces Day.

Of course, compared to what I saw of the military might at

 Moscow's 65th Anniversary Celebration of the Red Army

Day at Red Square, military things at the Royal Artillery

Barracks were pretty miniature to say the least set

against the militarized Russian establishment under

Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev.

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Sniper Platoon: The Serious Business of Warfare.

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Today's British military, like we see with the US military,

is fast becoming a state of electonic and digital warfare

in which the enemy is attacked by means of locating and

 jamming its communication systems and denying its use

of information intelligence. In fact, the best soldier of to-

day is not the foot soldier per se, but the one who is

skilled in information technology at its most sophisticated

levels. Machines, not men, can now invade countries

at will with multi-million dollar drones and sleek sleath

bombers without a single soldier setting foot inside the

enemy's country or domain. At where men are still forced

 to fight on foot, strategic and operational communications

are absolutely vital to any military success including air

assaults and the use of mobile land forces. In some ways,

Armed Forces Day is already abit of a misnomer since

being armed with a gun and a tank isn't the surest way

of being safely armed compared to the use of advanced

electronic warfare. Today's young military recruits need

not just physical muscle but active brain power, too.

It's relatively easy to recruit muscle against finding

suitable men and women with top level education and

academic prowess to harness our fighting ability at

 its most destructive impact against any of today's or

 future war enemies. Brute force. however, is still a

military component and option that is evidenced

especially by the blatant brutality of the US forces

in Iraq and Afghanistan. Americans by nature are

 inherently violent for violence sake it seems to me!!

It makes them feel so macho!

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British Armoured Carrier.

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At the Royal Artillery Barracks, where soldiers there

have actively served in Iraq and Afghanistan, it was a

far cry from the theatre of war. Everybody was so nice

at AFD although civilian security there was humanely

tight with dozens and dozens of British copz and

hired security personnel. But all went off very well

it seemed. I half expected to see some UK Muslim

fanatics acting out yet I saw no slight sight or even

a whispered tone of such hideous anti-British scum.

As a true Anglican, I utterly deplore jihadists and

radicalized Islamists that England now harbours

in the name of multiracial and religious freedom.

What absolute hogwash!! No wonder the government

now spends millions of quids each year on the national

security and anti-terrorist services to help combat such

rot of Muslim extremists inside the UK. It's not going

 to get better any time soon, I'm afraid. If anything,

 it's going to get worse ... and more dangerous.

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British Military Recruitment Trailer.

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Don't Dare Stand In The Way! If You Do, Say Goodbye!!

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Other Stories By Uncle Monty on The British Military:
Remembrance Day. By Uncle Monty.11 Nov 2009 .
Swansea Photos By Alex Albion.  On this Remembrance
Day, I just want to say I was ...
http://thebiggerissueorg.blogspot.com/2009/11/remembrance-day-by-uncle-monty.html
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Poppy. By Uncle Monty.14 Nov 2010. Photos By Alex Albion.
Some idiots have called wearing The Poppy in remembrance
of our British war dead as racist ...
http://thebiggerissueorg.blogspot.com/2010/11/poppy-by-uncle-monty.html
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Three thingz that I liked best about Armed Forces Day,
2011, at The Royal Artillery Barracks, was seeing
The Flying Tigers parachute over our heads and come
down neatly from the sky to be greeted by the
festival crowd with thunderous applauds. I also loved
seeing and hearing the Band of the Welsh Guards.
They were simply terrific!! And, three I so enjoyed
meeting so many folkz from those marvellous Royal
Chelsea Pensioners aged 90 and 96 years old (seen
with me in the above caption photo at the top of
the page) to meeting again Lance Corporal Beharry,
VC., to the top notch brass like General Newton and
 The Queen's envoy Colonel Cyril Young and other
dignitiaries at AFD. Plus, I liked the pork roast and
 the all-natural orange juice and fine English tea
that I was kindly invited to as I sat down with
those important folkz inside the VIP marquee.
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In all, Armed Forces Day or The Great Get
Together Festival, 2011, was superb and better
still it was all free to enter to patriotically support
our boyz and girlz at wherever and/or however they
 serve us as a relatively free nation. Bravo, I say!!
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As is so typical with me and my writing, I have

now returned to finish this story after other pressing
events and invitations for me to attend. So, I'm

 back now to round out this story like I have
of British Armed Forces Day, 2011.

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Have a nice one, Uncle Monty.

+Sunday After Corpus Christi, 2011.

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BRIAN HAW

Perpetual Anti-War Protester.

By Uncle Monty.
http://allaboutthebigissue.blogspot.com/2011/06/brian-haw.html
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Poor Pig! Poor Anti-Pork Muslims!!

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:: Sad Story Update ::

How Could They? By Uncle Monty.

Highlander Scott McLaren, 20, Was Slaughtered
By The Vile Taliban This Week. They Even
Dragged His Body Thru The Steets As A Trophy
of Their Kill.  Please, Pray for Scott's Soul and
His Beloved & Bereaved Family Along with 
His Many Army Pals.  Bless Him, Good Lord!
+Sixth Anniversary of London's 7/7, 2011.

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