Idea: Royal Navy recruitment ad with actual footage from the Red Sea.

This imagery is the best for 30+ years. We should be making the most of it, unapologetically. All the other good stuff the RN does is secondary to this; fighting and winning at sea.

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Former Royal Navy commander Tom Sharpe says the UK “has been playing permanent goalkeeper” in the Red Sea after a warship shot down a Houthi missile.

“It shows you can win the battle, while still losing the war.”

Jake Berry MP

🇳🇱HNLMS Karel Doorman transiting the Strait of #Gibraltar this morning on her way to the Red Sea.

She will provide providing fuel and and medical support to coalition warships in the region until end of August.

via John Sanchez

.Rear Admiral Simon Asquith hands over as Director Submarines to RAdm Andy Perks.

Did he apply via LinkedIn? 😉

Ferguson Marine (Port Glasgow) have delivered sections of the future HMS Belfast via barge to BAE Systems Maritime in Govan for assembly. (Type 26 frigate, ship 3)

By UK Defence Journal

ukdefencejournal.org.uk/ferguson-marin…

Personal Development (PDev) is a key tenant of our training regime that ensures our sailors are ready to perform their roles effectively and with confidence. Our Cdr WE recently completed the Underwater Escape Training (UET) under the watchful eyes of the skilled instructors.

MTXG’s Yankee Squadron takes another step closer to becoming operational. They have recently conducted Sea Trials on the SeaCat UUV. MASTT are concurrently conducting trials on the new MMCM class of Uncrewed Surface Vessels with the Towed Synthetic Aperture Sonar.

.@HMSDiamond ships' company in action shooting down a Houthi ballistic missile yesterday morning.

The CO, Cdr Evans and SLt James look at the smoke trail in the sky.

navylookout.com/hms-diamond-ma…

Today Greek 🇬🇷Frigate HS Hydra, while providing protection to a merchant vessel in the Gulf of Aden, engaged 2 Houthi attack drones, shooting down one, while the other changed course.

Via EUNAVFOR ASPIDES

BREAKING:

HMS Diamond makes first Sea Viper anti-ballistic missile kill in action in the Red Sea

navylookout.com/hms-diamond-ma…

CENTCOM reports unnamed coalition warship successfully engaged one anti-ship ballistic missile launched by Houthis over the Gulf of Aden last night.

4 airborne UAVs also destroyed by coalition forces over Yemen.

(Library photo only)

80 Squadron stood up in 🇺🇸US. Joint 🇬🇧RN, RAF and 🇦🇺RAAF unit

Known as the Australia, Canada & UK Reprogramming Laboratory (ACURL) the unit will develop electronic warfare capabilities, software and data enabled-weapons systems for the F-35

royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-lates…

.QinetiQ Group achieves UK’s first jet-to-autonomous jet teaming between aircraft and modified Banshee Jet 80 drone.

Airborne Command and Control for Swarm Interoperable Missions (ACCSIOM) technology allows UAVs to communicate with crewed aircraft using same messaging format as NATO…

Spot on. Any 'new' funding for defence must prioritise recruitment, and above all retention, of Armed Forces personnel.

That means:
✅Significant pay rises
✅Further retention bonuses
✅Improve pension offer
✅Investment in accommodation (and reforming its management)
✅Reform…