tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254362504495980377.post4916286569740646189..comments2024-03-20T12:03:26.126+00:00Comments on Thin Pinstriped Line: The Hitchhikers Guide to the Straits of Hormuz (or how to sail in international waters with the USN)Sir Humphreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08704774192275240783noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254362504495980377.post-18679243384424247892012-02-09T17:46:53.072+00:002012-02-09T17:46:53.072+00:00there is a clear desire by elements within France ...<em>there is a clear desire by elements within France to try to push French leadership and influence</em><br /><br />"elements" in the same sense as there are "elements" within Manchester United who try to win football matches.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17153530634675543954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254362504495980377.post-88908879369390339272012-02-08T14:47:45.045+00:002012-02-08T14:47:45.045+00:00Not this first time this week that the Torygraph h...Not this first time this week that the Torygraph has published a story that is a load of rubbish. The Head of the Civil Service and the Cabinet Secretary have written to them to point out that the story I've linked to below is a load of rubbish.<br /><br />http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9066439/Mandarins-freeze-out-Alex-Salmond-s-civil-servant-from-independence-talks.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254362504495980377.post-63374561804556405922012-02-08T11:20:19.830+00:002012-02-08T11:20:19.830+00:00The RN and USN have a much longer history of worki...The RN and USN have a much longer history of working together than the MN does with either. In 1917/18 a squadron of US battleships served with the Grand Fleet, adopting British signaling procedures. Something similar happened in 1942/43 when USN ships joined the Home Fleet.<br /> In 1944/45 the British Pacific Fleet became a fully integrated part of the US Pacific Fleet, adopting their procedures.<br /> The USN and RN also worked very closley as part of NATO. We have also striven to make our ships as compatible with American ones electronically for many years.<br /><br />I don't wish to sound like I'm denegrating the MN, but this story is insulting to them too and I'm want to take it with a pinch of salt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6254362504495980377.post-84627642832528808062012-02-08T09:44:21.505+00:002012-02-08T09:44:21.505+00:00To quote a USN friend of mine;
You Limeys speak ...To quote a USN friend of mine; <br /><br />You Limeys speak American with a funny accent.<br />The French speak French with an English accent.<br /><br />An aweful loth of truth in that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com