Tim Cooper
Business and Financial Journalist at Freelance
Freelance business and finance journalist. Copywriter. Dad. Surfer.
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2 days ago |
forces.net | Tim Cooper
An 81-year-old Royal Navy officer has finally passed out of Britannia Royal Naval College, more than six decades after he first began training there. Captain Malcolm Farrow missed his original passing out parade back in the early 1960s after switching trades from engineer to seaman - and never completed the traditional graduation ceremony. "I am absolutely amazed. I mean, I'm almost speechless. And that takes a lot to make me speechless.
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2 days ago |
forces.net | Tim Cooper
HMS Prince of Wales has set sail from Portsmouth Harbour to the sound of cheering crowds as she heads out to sea to lead Carrier Strike Group 2025. She's on an eight-month mission to demonstrate UK and allied collective resolve and determination to maintain security and freedom from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
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1 week ago |
forces.net | Tim Cooper
The Royal Navy is training sailors to lead in more uncertain times, the Armed Forces Minister has said. Luke Pollard made the comments in an interview with BFBS Forces News during a visit to see 150 cadets pass out at Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth. Mr Pollard's visit to the college comes ahead of the Carrier Strike Group 25's deployment to the Indo-Pacific.
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1 month ago |
forces.net | Tim Cooper
The Royal Navy has received its first detect and destroy autonomous mine-hunting vessels, and the Senior Service reckons they're a game-changer. They may look like fairly ordinary work boats – but they're anything but, having been developed by Thales at its Turnchapel Wharf site in Plymouth. They use AI and sensors to find and eliminate mines, all overseen by a control centre, which can be located either on a ship or on land.
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1 month ago |
forces.net | Tim Cooper
Sikh soldiers have been on the range wearing the patka – a headdress that's a bit like a bandana and is traditional to the Sikh faith. But for the first time ever they're in Multi Terrain Pattern camouflage material. "So we are going to tie the patka. It's called MTP patka for Sikhs," said Corporal Manpreet Singh Lally from the Royal Corps of Signals. Major Dal Singh Virdee, of HQ Field Army, explained how the camouflage version of the headdress came about.
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