Fm Mne to Col - now trg for NATO job - formerly Naval & Air Advisor to India, DA Caribbean & DA Ghana; experienced Royal Marine, music fan & still a footballer!
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A final return from India to Plymouth, it’s Saturday and @EFL day means a trip to @Argyle - goal-line clearances, crossbar strike, missed chances, bumper crowd, and a brilliant 1-0 victory at the final whistle - great to be back! @jonah_one @kevnance @erinnblackk
Well, it’s a wrap on our time in India. Short time in UK, chance for @Argyle on Sat, before I head off again! Incredible experiences: 1st ever #IAF at Ex COBRA WARRIOR; #LRGSouth maintenance visit, OPVs & #CSG25 with @indiannavy & @RoyalNavy carriers together for 1st time ever!
Poignant & other memorable moments too - Remembrance in Delhi, Mumbai & Chandigarh. A fine farewell dining out at the High Commissioner’s Residence - great picture with the brilliant @DefenceinUk Team & finally, there was always my alter ego with the #VelveteenRabbitDisco
Honoured to represent @UKDefenceIndia at poignant #Remembrance Services at the historic #AfghanChurch in #Mumbai on Sun & with the @UKinChandigarh team today, marking the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month - the Westlake’s final Remembrance Day in #India. @RoyalNavy
Home in the UK on leave, but brilliant to trek the @RoyalMarines #30Miler with my grandson - the third generation to cover that route! Weather was typically Dartmoor, ground as tough as ever, but new memories to add to the old & glad that these ol’ legs can still get me round!
If I were in the UK, I would definitely be attending this event to hear from the first hand experiences of an incredible, inspirational and determined individual - and fellow Plymouthian! Best of luck @MarkOrmrod @erinnblackk @kevnance @Milts25 @johnacres48
I’ve got exactly 4 weeks to sell this out.
Could I please ask all of my military, Veteran and Devon/Cornwall people to tag anyone in this post you think would like to come and also share it where you can 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
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Proud to mark 36 yrs served in @RoyalMarines - passed out fm #CTCRM with the great #571Tp - still in comms with the boys! Time at 40 Cdo, 42 Cdo, Cdo Logs, 29 Cdo, RM POOLE, COMAW, CAF, EU, USMC, NCHQ & DA Ghana, DA Jamaica & NA India, all with Angie alongside - fm Mne to Col!
Building up to the big match in New Delhi! Followed the last meeting in 2017 fm Ghana; now the #DelhiPilgrims are tuned in fm India - wishing @kevnance #mironmuslic & everyone else @Argyle the best of luck today! Love the #FACup! @erinnblackk @Milts25 @ArgyleTv @jonah_one #COYG
So very happy to celebrate our 33rd wedding anniversary today - what a journey, from hopeful youngsters to the people we are now. Reflection also, as we mark the 1st anniversary of the loss of my father, Norman - guitarist, electrician, fireman, Dad…a glass raised tonight…
Well, that’s the last sunset of 2024 here in #India as we look towards 2025. To all #RoyalMarines & those in the UK Global Defence Network wherever you are in the world tonight, I wish you a very happy #New Year & every good fortune for 2025! @MickSmeathUK #India @RoyalMarines
Welcome to the UK #INSTUSHIL - great to see you in the #UK - following the #INSTABAR visit earlier this year & visits by @RoyalNavy OPVs & @RFAArgus & @RFALymeBay to India - with the #RN EEZ Programme in India also in early Dec, the RN/IN collaboration gets stronger every year!
An honour to welcome INS TUSHIL to London, for her first foreign visit. This occasion is a demonstration of the close relationship between the Indian Navy and the @RoyalNavy, our two nations, and our shared interests. @indiannavy @HCI_London @FirstSeaLord @VAdmAndrewBurns
Well, turned 55 today; should have retired yesterday, but still cracking on - tkyou RM! So a🧵 on this ol’ life; most years spent in the great #RoyalMarines & with my wonderful wife Angela! Started in 1969 in Hartland, N Devon with my folks Rose & Norman…& then my brother Matt…
UK jobs, global deployments, Ops, Staff College & MSc with the brilliant @USMC - Belize, NI, FRY, Sierra Leone, Iraq, Afghanistan, Counter Piracy led me to Defence Engagement - and so to @UKinGhana @UKinCaribbean & now @UKDefenceIndia - what a journey…will it continue? Hope so!
