Hello and welcome again to my blog, a lot has happened over the last 6 weeks which saw the ocean once again team up with 40 Commando, as well as the 847 Lynx Squadron for our last major exercise of Taurus 09. We have had another run ashore in Malaysia, some rough seas on the journey west and a nice stop off in the Maldives for some beach relaxation.
Ok I know it’s been a long time since I’ve updated the blog, so first things first apologies go out for being so lazy. We did experience some communications issues on board after my last update, but that’s no excuse as they have been serviceable of a few weeks now. I’m really not sure where to start, since the coast of Africa we have travelled to India then on to Singapore where I am now. Our visit here is almost over and then it’s back to work, L
Welcome to another instalment of my blog. We have been very busy with a joint forces exercise, as well as another stop in Turkey and the ever so tricky transition through the Suez. Its been all go, but we still found time to get out and enjoy the heat we are having with some flight deck sports even though a few (Including me) are paying the price for thinking sun cream isn’t really necessary.
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Hello and welcome to the blog,
Since the last blog there have been quite a few things going on, plenty of flying as well as lots of broken helicopters, which means lots of work for me. We have also managed 4 days along side in Kusadasi, Turkey which was a very good run ashore.
So we departed from RNAS Culdrose to land on HMS Ocean to start our deployment for Taurus 09. As our Aircraft landed on the bustling grey deck I found it hard to believe that this would be home for the next 6 months.
As I got down below decks I found my messdeck, basically a large room with 27 beds stacked three high with a locker each which was about the size of a hobbit. Nice and cosy.
The deployment started with an amphibious exercise called south west sword. This involved putting marines ashore off the coast of Cornwall via both landing craft and helicopter. It was good fun but hard work shifting Bergen’s around in the back of the aircraft all day, I tell you what, the marines sure don’t pack light.
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Hello and welcome to the middle of the Mediterranean. It’s been just over 2 weeks since we set sail on a foggy evening in Plymouth but oh has it been eventful. Working all hours of the day and sleeping hardly any, visits to Italy and getting used to life on a pussers grey, it’s been mostly fun for all.
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