DCGS Letter Saga Just Got Fun...

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Ah we have fun don’t we? Career ending fun? Haha? Anyway, you’ll remember last week that the DCGS wrote a letter to a bunch of senior officers asking them to ensure the people in their command reviewed all associations with male-only clubs…not surprisingly this was ridiculed across the board.

Below is a totally fictional, absolutely not real, don’t-sue-me mock-up of what a retired General might have sent back in reply.

My lawyers have insisted I tell you this is fictional.
Whether you believe them is up to you.

Enjoy.

Bad news for all you lot hoping to get your gopping pegs sorted on the cheap. The Army is cracking down on soldiers getting their teeth done abroad after it emerged that Army dentists were having to fix around 50% of the cosmetic jobs done overseas.

Mouth admin is generally poor across the military and it’s having a real impact - roughly 150 out of every 1,000 deployed personnel are in need of dental treatment and it often costs them their tour.

Not sure about hair transplants though. Haven’t seen anything suggesting they’re getting the snip…yet.

The UK has suspended the sharing of some intelligence with the US in the Caribbean over concerns that the Americans will simply bomb suspected drug-smuggling boats. The UK bases several intelligence assets across its overseas territories in the region and, until recently, routinely passed information to US counterparts to act on suspected drug tip-offs.

There’s now a feeling in certain circles that the US has become somewhat over-zealous in its approach - with the British generally preferring the non-nuclear option.

Big events from the past, covered in brief and probably inaccurately.

On 11 November 1919, exactly one year after the guns fell silent in the First World War, the United Kingdom held the first official Armistice Day commemorations.

At the personal request of King George V, the nation observed a two-minute silence at 11:00 am. Across towns and villages, schools, offices and factories paused in tribute to the fallen. Though the vast national ceremonies we know today would only come later, the 1919 events laid the foundations for what became Remembrance Sunday.

Long may the tradition continue.

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Lots of grants out there for veterans looking to launch the next big thing.

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