“Military Annual Training Tests, which covered shooting; fitness; first aid; chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear warfare; navigation; and values and standards. One to five were pretty straightforward, bread-and-butter Army stuff, but values and standards incorporated the law of armed conflict, security, health and safety, substance misuse, and equality and diversity.”
― The Junior Officers' Reading Club
― The Junior Officers' Reading Club
“My life has been a pleasant one and though I should regret to leave it, it would be a regret that perhaps I should never know.”
― Churchill: A Life
― Churchill: A Life
“Perhaps Dahomey inoculated me against the African bug which has bitten so many, to their cost, for it breeds grand dreams which often as not turn into nightmares.”
― Flashman and the Angel of the Lord: A classic western action adventure historical novel
― Flashman and the Angel of the Lord: A classic western action adventure historical novel
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