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Callsign Revlon

24th November 2019 Æthelberht 0

On 25th October 1994 29 year old US Navy Lieutenant Kara Hultgreen was killed whilst attempting to land on the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Pacific Ocean. The case remains highly controversial to [more…]

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Æthelberht’s RFA Christmas

27th December 2018 Æthelberht 0

I know there’s plenty of former Pusser types on GP, and even a few who have sailed under the red duster. They’ll all be familiar with the Christmas routines for their respective outfits. I thought [more…]

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The Right Way To Put Out A Fire (Finally)

4th December 2018 Æthelberht 0

In March 2013 I was appointed to RFA Fort Austin. Within NATO she is classified as an AFSH, that’s to say a combat stores ship with the necessary facilities on board to embark a helicopter. [more…]

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Still Not The Right Way To Put Out A Fire

20th November 2018 Æthelberht 0

You may remember some months back I related a story of my first fire exercise sailing under the Red Duster. I was somewhat unimpressed having come from a different seafaring outfit where these things were [more…]

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The Wrong Way to Put Out a Fire

8th June 2018 Æthelberht 0

When I left the Royal Fleet Auxiliary in 2015 I joined a shipping company operating out of Barrow-in-Furness. It was a very small outfit which specialised in carrying nuclear cargo between Europe, the US and [more…]

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