Falklands War

[Alan Briggs]

There is a discussion in Australia about officers getting medals for the Afghanistan conflict when they were safely holed up in Dubai.

[j.sabourn]

#6 A total war today John as regards the MN at least, which would not be many vessels under the British flag, and if no changes have been made since 1991 when I left the shores of old blighty the Polly’s would have very little say so , and decisions would be made by the ongoing senior officers of these vessels. Up until 1991 every ship carried in the masters safe being of comic stuff title if you want to look at it that way , was a sealed package entitled to be. Opened in the case of war. It comprised all the cyphers if ever there was a need for them , but for those who have done the MN Defence Course and the year that they did it, and can remember ,the first thing that would disappear was all electronic and Radio communications . Depending on what part of the world you were in , depended your instructions . And various other viable actions to take , in other words you were more or less a free agent and do what most merchant seamen do in the first place and take the action they see fit . Your chances of survival the odds were against , so a good idea would be to find a nice little coral atoll and have a barbi on the beach if there was one. Best not to entertain any type of nuclear warfare as there are no winners and will be the end of mankind and the time for the other animals to take over. Cheers JS
PS Climate Change would be the least of our worries . JS