Comments by "Simon Hool" (@simonhool3073) on "BFBS Forces News" channel.

  1. Bernard Fox We aren’t fighting a battle at all in Mali, the video explains this. Just because you are operating in a country where another ally is operating doesn’t mean you are fighting another countries battle.
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  2. Agree, but better fit for us.
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  3. studmalexy Video frame isn’t flipped
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  4. Del Lawrence Harriers are obsolete, move on they are ancient now.
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  5. Thomasreed You may as well ask that to every major/developed army, navy and Air Force.
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  6. Shah Mashuk Wr haven’t invaded Afghanistan. It’s not the locals choice, like it is in every country. Do you have any evidence to suggest that all Afghan people don’t want the British forces there? The British forces are not looking for sympathy either.
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  7. Woke? That body armour fits a female body better increasing morale and battle effectiveness. Not woke at all, you don’t see the average woman wearing mens clothes so why is it different?
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  8. He’s cutting the army by 10,000.
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  9. Raymond Kisner How on earth is it a rowboat?
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  10. Frankie Leung What??
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  11. Christopher Wolff we own 10 f35b's which are flying under British pilots in America. By 2023 we will own 138. Every 2 to 3 weeks a new jet will be given to British hands. What's the point in having jets on a carrier when they can't be used during sea trials.
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  12. Justyn Keeble lifespan is different for each aircraft from when it’s made. The F35B is also the most upgradeable aircraft ever seen, increasing the lifespan.
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  13. Edgar Lindo Evidence? Come back with a credible argument, which is structured too, and then debate.
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  14. “Under attack”, get real.
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  15. Offa Englecynn Doesn’t make a difference where they are from, many doctors and nurses aren’t from England and yet you would prioritise them. They work and contribute to our society too. A sweeping blanket statement there.
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  16. Nick Breen Cats and traps are good if you have a bottomless budget, you have to maintain the cats and traps as well as repair them over time and repair the small bits of damage they do to aircraft as well. The ski jump works and is effective so what's the problem? The F35B also uses vertical landing and take off.
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  17. David Bell There’s always one, and that one is you.
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  18. They are display teams, not combat aircraft. If you’re expecting anything with wings to “get our allies out” then you are delusional.
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  19. I I Labour voters
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  20. Their greatest chance is at the airport, many queuing may have a greater chance through family being in the UK. Pakistan, Iran and Turkey don’t want them hence the massive fence built along the Turkish border. Do you read the news? No country in the surrounding area wants them. You need to look at the refugee convention and look at the definition of an economic migrant before you comment.
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  21. Bullet-Catcher We own 15 F35B's, 9 of which are at Marham in England flying regularly. The others are in America flying under British pilots until those are ready. QE has embarked F35B’s for the first part of air trials being successful and are now on stage 2. No aircraft carrier in the world, even the Americans don’t start with aircraft. The UK have purchased 48 with the look to increase this to 148 roughly.
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  22. Google the officer and you’ll find he has.
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  23. Stephen Britton Many IED’s don’t need someone to set of the bomb. Most have a pressure sensor attached to a phone etc so when the item is moved, stepped on normally, it explodes.
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  24. Better it’s not nuclear, around 50% or world wide ports don’t accept nuclear vessels and the majority if those are commonwealth. It’s fuel tanks are enough to go to Sydney with fuel leftover. Imagine building a vessel that your partners won’t accept. Catapults are expensive and fragile, when one fails all do and they take up much more space. The F35B payload is more than sufficient with the ramp.
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  25.  @frank-ko6de  Standards are the exact same, anyone would argue higher as they have to do more in their own time.
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  26. Please explain how this is an EU mission with EU aims and directives? Majority of NATO is EU anyway.
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  27. admiralpicard2010 We own ten F35B's which are flying under British pilots in America. By 2023 we will own 138 jets. Every 2 to 3 weeks a new jet will be given over to British hands. There is no point in having having the jets now as they won't be used during sea trials.
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  28. MOOSEDOWNUNDER To patrol and monitor other ships. Offshore patrol vessels patrol and monitor the borders too and they have weapons. Having spent 5 days on a p2000 patrol vessel I can tell you that it's not all about weapons on small ships.
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  29. Lil Pold There’s always someone who has to make everything political when they aren’t attached.
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  30. kenya catholic Cats and traps are good if you have a bottomless budget, you have to maintain the cats and traps as well as repair them over time and repair the small bits of damage they do to aircraft as well. The ski jump works and is effective so what's the problem? The F35B also uses vertical landing and take off. If one brakes the others cannot be used, suspending all flights, how efficient is that. QE shouldn’t be nuclear powered. We wouldn’t have been able to afford one carrier let alone two if nuclear powered. Her range is enough to get her from Portsmouth to Sydney with fuel left so not a problem especially when you have the worlds best replenishment service, the RFA. Being nuclear powered would prevent us from visiting over 40% of the worlds ports which happen to be mostly commonwealth too. It’s more expensive to maintain plus the mid life refuelling would take both carriers out of action for years with nothing else. Ask the French how their nuclear aircraft carrier is getting along in the long run.
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  31. Yes
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  32. M TODD He’s a warrant officer, money isn’t going to be tight. He is also wearing a rather expensive shirt in the first place too.
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  33. Crazy Clown Oh dear oh dear
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  34.  @Horizon344  No evidence or debate just a meaningless word, sold it there haven’t you…
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  35.  @Whiskey2shots  Women have been on the frontline for more than 4 years, women were on patrol in Afghanistan, look at medics for example.
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  36. Jack McHammocklashing The Navy have allowed beards for decades.
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  37. Oscar Muffin He isn’t fat at all, move on.
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  38. Hence why the RN sail there frequently…
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  39. Zak Vince No, the deck would not be able to handle the heat and pressure.
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  40. Harriers? Are you stuck pre 2010?
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  41. Max He has a clearer view on points unlike Labour which have two different views per point based on the person.
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  42. Russians seeing F35’s, any evidence?
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  43. airhab airhab What’s your point?
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  44. Enforces discipline and traditions. If you can look after your ceremonial uniform you can look after your kit in the field making you more effective.
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  45. Mark Bamfield How do you know he wasn’t reimbursed later by the army?
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  46. Steve McGill We own 17 F35B's based at Marham, all of which are fully operational with 6 in Cyprus at the moment on exercise. The others are in America flying under British pilots until those are ready. QE has embarked F35B’s for the first part of air trials being successful and are now on stage 2. No aircraft carrier in the world, even the Americans don’t start with aircraft. The UK have just ordered another 17 with the overall total to reach 138 or so.
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  47. Ender Wiggin Idiot. Warships and aircraft carriers have dealt with humanitarian disasters for decades thanks to their ability to land supplies shore, treat people on land and in ship and provide protection. Size isn’t relevant that has been made even 20 years ago, if this was the case the US and every other warship would be compromised. What country has 50,000 operational surface to air missiles? Interesting method to blow up ships by using surface to air missiles too.
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  48. WatchDog Both carriers don't run on Windows XP, it was a rumour that they were but they aren't. Article related to that is on the UK Defence journal's website. The majority of carriers around the world aren't nuclear powered for a reason. Having a nuclear powered ship in a small navy is stupid, they require times ashore for the reactor and they have high maintenance costs and time aside for that, not ideal for a small navy. It wouldn't be problem if the carriers did run on XP, that system is still used all around the world for a reason. The software can be customised, making it more effective and safe as it's been changed for a specific standard that no one else uses.
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  49. Richard Maunder The ship was not viable for any use, no amount of money and refits can fix hull life. Silly comment.
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  50. David Adams No. Her hull life is over with as she was built to commercial standards. This makes her hull life 20 years, she has served for 22. No refit or amount of money can fix hull life, engine, and living conditions.
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  51. Joe Dickson Do you know anything about hull life structures and stress conditions on them? Clearly not. HMS Ocean was built to civilian standards. While cruise ships are built to civilian standards, the amount of strain and pressure on the hull is no where near the same as a warship. Her refit a few years ago wasn’t meant to meant to fix hull life as that’s not possible, it was to extend her lifespan by another few years. You spoken or know/related to people who serve on Ocean then? Members of my family served on Ocean and know all about her. What you have said is wrong. Research it or go back to school or even speak to an engineer or seamans officer and they will correct you.
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  52. Monarchist 18 Never 😂
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  53. Winchester
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  54. This channel deserves more coverage.
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  55. Mr. Ouija Yes it can, google it.
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  56. Ski jump increase payload and fuel compared to no ramp. Cats and traps are expensive to maintain and when one fails all fail. The space required is vast compared to not having one.
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  57. Rose White Cost wouldn’t be the same.
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  58. Raining and windy, quite normal.
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  59.  @Horizon344  I did with an argument for you to respond with but you didn’t.
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  60. wikilog Vast majority of tourists don’t have a clue which service is on parade, Americans.
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  61. Have you been to a tailors before? About the right price.
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  62. Canadian kid Most probably but the MOD don’t comment on submarines
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  63.  @lc7327  Cats and traps are good if you have a bottomless budget, you have to maintain the cats and traps as well as repair them over time and repair the small bits of damage they do to aircraft as well. The ski jump works and is effective so what's the problem? The F35B also uses vertical landing and take off. If one brakes the others cannot be used, suspending all flights, how efficient is that.
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  64. Declan Campbell No they aren’t
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  65. Brit No link between activity and artheritus
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  66. The belt buckle is centred, the buttons are deliberately off centre. You can see as the tie is in the middle like the belt buckle.
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  67. james brown It is also physically impossible for me to serve because of age but when both parents are in you know a fair amount before you question.
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  68. union ist Every ship in the world leaks.
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  69. Yes
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  70. Hanjo Morren This is important, enforces discipline and tradition and pride.
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  71. Thom Perkins They bring in more money than they cost.
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  72. Jog on, you don’t get promoted based on certain words.
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  73. RAMC RAMC#1 Being able to construct a sentence will help.
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  74. clyde lafferty The RAF! 😂 next joke
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  75. peter brunsden Yes we should have before it was worthless
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  76. steven katz You have a very low threshold of ‘cuteness’ then. Compared to a US carrier the vessel isn’t that small.
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  77. Ian Jacques - Keen With the vast majority of people staying inside, people wouldn’t see and its publicised everywhere.
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  78. We own 17 F35B's, all of which are fully operational with y of these taking part in overseas operational duties and the rest shadowing Russian aircraft when operational. The others are in America flying under British pilots until those are ready. QE has embarked F35B’s for the first part of air trials being successful and are now on stage 3. No aircraft carrier in the world, even the Americans don’t start with aircraft. The UK have just ordered another 17 with the overall total to reach 138. Stupid comment. It wasn't two new carriers or the NHS/schools. Warships are not just for going to war, you would know if you knew anything about defence.
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  79. Max “it doesn’t matter”, that means you don’t have a reason to back him up. If it didn’t matter so many people wouldn’t ask him these questions or make decision based on this.
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  80.  @emmy9345  That's right, start calling people thick when loosing the argument. At least make grammatical sense when you run out of points to argue.
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  81. Discipline and attention to detail which translate to the battle field.
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  82. redmasqu Standards dropping.
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  83. Torasan There are any other videos on the vessel on this channel. Not a waste of time.
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  84. Steven Uspensky What’s wrong with this world that you are alive. Woman are no different to men in the armed forces when commanding.
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  85. Stephen Burgess No correlation.
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  86. marychid Neither carrier is an elephant and even if they were they would be grey.
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  87. “Illegal immigrants” There is no such thing. Go educate yourself.
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  88.  @pr9382  UN nations convention of refugees doesn’t say you have to stay in the first safe country you land. No official document/agreement has ever said that that the UK is involved with.
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  89. Jennifer McClain Makes zero difference where you are from.
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  90. Yes, the buttons are off centre on the jacket and the belt in the middle
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  91. Ethan Clarke Yes it does
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  92. LETS GO “Natos last”. You must be joking. China don’t have a full deep sea Navy nor the experience and logistics to support a war. Russia don’t have any aircraft carriers as their only remaining one has a 200 square foot hole in the side of it after its floating dry dock sunk. Russia also have a great history when it comes to submarines don’t they...
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  93. LETS GO Iran haven’t blown up any British drones, odd to assume that I’m American with no evidence or hints. You know you’re loosing the argument when you can’t contribute with any counter facts or evidence.
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  94. Couldn’t get anyone else on the plane as the taliban controls who can come into airport.
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  95. You don't know a lot do you.
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  96.  @TomTheGamer913  Cut the target to make it appear that less are being cut. Doesn’t matter if someone is being made redundant or not, it’s a loss regardless of method.
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  97. dan lugo Please explain the order of 48 F35B’s then.
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  98. The Rif Raf, the junior service.
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  99. aQuestionableQuestion The propulsión problems have been sorted out or are being sorted now. Hasn’t stopped all 6 from being out at once.
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  100. Mike Seeds Why do they not have a place in the Royal Navy? Tens of thousands of woman have served in the RN, some of those continuing to be senior officers.
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  101. A Submariner Recruitment is up and has been consistent for two years or so
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  102. Purple Teddy Please explain how an air soft game can look gay?
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  103. You Gotta Ride Jimin Before You Park Jimin You don’t know if he has passed his fitness test or not. He might just be a rugby player.
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  104. Roland Lawrence This doesn’t waste money at all
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  105. arjunuk1 We haven't scrapped the ship for that reason.
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  106. John Youde Obviously they did
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  107. John Youde I don't think that they did take off all valuable equipment. I know they did because a few months before she went to be scrapped, they took all valuables off the ship, it was on the news. Keep up with current affairs.
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  108. Maikl TRITON You have no idea do you
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  109. Gar Whittaker As Royal Navy don’t comment on the positions of submarines, it’s unusual to make that comment.
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  110. Don Bow He needs to shave.
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  111. SINNER 43 Look at RAF Marham
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  112. Clash_Royale Gameplay How did you cope?? A whole 20 minutes!
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  113. Johhnnyboy No choice.
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  114. Aaron Paul It’s not, completely wrong.
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  115. Brandon Bates It’s training, they aren’t designed to get it right first time just like the army in training.
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  116. Radders 6 Belt Road Initiative
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  117. jenny gore Not a waste of money at all, any evidence? The F35B doesn’t require cats and traps. Cats and traps are good if you have a bottomless budget, you have to maintain the cats and traps as well as repair them over time and repair the small bits of damage they do to aircraft as well. The ski jump works and is effective so what's the problem? The F35B also uses vertical landing and take off. If one brakes the others cannot be used, suspending all flights, how efficient is that.
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  118. Explain.
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  119. A highly creased item would be deliberate but a crease is where you have to turn an item over on an ironing board.
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  120. Micki Creek the Royal Navy hace enough escorts. Google it.
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  121. no name Every ship in the world leaks, even submarines leak and remain dived for weeks at a time. Shows how current you are with defence news considering this leak was fixed well over a month ago.
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  122. no name Has at some point no doubt, even US ships leak (I know shock horror).
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  123. Royal Republican Air Force Me English would suit you better...
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  124. Explain? Do we not need tanks then as an island nation?
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  125. No he didn't, any evidence.
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  126. Like what?
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  127. Sanjip Singh How’s your carrier coming along.
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  128. They did it when full time he’s a reservist.
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  129. Ismail Mansur To join where?
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  130. studinthemaking Often in trials for all vessels the top speed is broken by 5 or more knots.
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  131. Roger Boswarva The Navy will never do trooping the colour, there is no previous link unlike the foot guards.
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  132. Jun Han Toh RN vessels have
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  133. Mac 73 Every ship and boat in the world leaks regardless of how old it is. It has been known for submarines to leak and still stay dived. Cats and traps are good if you have a bottomless budget, you have to maintain the cats and traps as well as repair them over time and repair the small bits of damage they do to aircraft as well. The ski jump works and is effective so what's the problem? The F35B also uses vertical landing and take off. If one brakes the others cannot be used, suspending all flights, how efficient is that. The carrier has enough crew and escorts for both carriers as confirmed by the Royal Navy and several defence journals. This can also be shown with record numbers of destroyers being deployed at once for the past two years. We own 17 F35B's, all of which are fully operational with y of these taking part in overseas operational duties and the rest shadowing Russian aircraft when operational. The others are in America flying under British pilots until those are ready. QE has embarked F35B’s for the first part of air trials being successful and are now on stage 3. No aircraft carrier in the world, even the Americans don’t start with aircraft. The UK have just ordered another 17 with the over all total to reach 138.
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  134. yogiswimmer You have no idea do you, there is a large international history behind pace-sticking.
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  135. Cats and traps are expansive and not reliable, when one breaks all fail. They take up more space too.
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  136. Doesn’t cost any extra.
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  137. Sick Bastd HMS Neptune is a sports facility used by the RN.
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  138. Thomas Hankin no
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  139. Tommy John What “Army hats” are you talking about. There is no such thing as an army hat in the British Armed Forces/
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  140. ends all All ships are a ‘she’.
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  141. Daniel Haines No evidence of that happening.
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  142. Daniel Haines Despite the fact that all 6 have been deployed at once recently and some have had their propulsion systems fully fixed. They aren’t being mothballed at all.
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  143. Daniel Haines Apart from the two occasions of having 6 at sea there has always been a training ship in harbour, not a mothball. “Shows how much you know”, you know you’re loosing the argument when you resort to blank insults.
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  144. Daniel Haines I didn’t bring up HMS Bristol at all, very odd to mention the vessel especially as she is used by cadets predominantly and hasn’t been in service for longer than I’ve been alive.
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  145. GICking January 2018 saw no US carriers at sea.
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  146. Snowman374th You have no idea do you, warships are not just for war.
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  147. ram64man Don’t have to be visible
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  148. Party Animals They aren’t off centre. The belt is inline, the belt doesn’t match the buttons and never has done.
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  149. Anthony Hopkins Just you then. A “Private Army”, ha! Move on.
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  150. coard123 No
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  151. Engineers…
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  152. William Callister This is 4 years ago...
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  153. hries57 No sense at all.
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  154. Bob Bobbalina Your comment has no correlation to the video. If you actually knew anything about military history you’d realise that there isn’t a single war which we won as a direct result of being in a coalition with America. Every war America and Britain has fought in, where you joined us, would have been won in the first place as by the time America joined the tables had turned. World War 2 is a great example of this.
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  155. Jack Fitzpatrick The Wildcat.
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  156. H.M.S duck Wildcat will replace the lynx.
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  157. Rio- Tic2003 Yes completely right and we have done too. The RN have had their wildcats for the paste three years or so now.
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  158. Mooooohamsalad Closer to 89% from the last census.
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  159. Barry Sabahat Strange? How
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  160. Jodie Price Scrap ships don’t get a lot anyway.
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  161. Carrying out army traditions, like this, doesn’t cost extra money. The exercise has a point, to carry out a tradition and maintain high kit standards and discipline.
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  162. Firsteerr Lastmwwew Donations do not go into salaries or bonuses of any member of staff in the NHS. General managers such as a GP practice managers don’t receive bonuses. The NHS don’t use MacBooks day to day as the software they use is only supported on Windows and a much older version of Windows. Go to any GP surgery or hospital and you won’t see a Mac that is for commercial use as oppose to personal use.
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  163. hudbudmudsud no
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  164. notrut Name a Navy which doesn’t encounter problems like this.
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  165. John Love No.
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  166. Code 9 Poor grammar...
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  167. Anthony Velasquez Those are for sailors only. They have the names of ships AND bases.
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  168. 1111 No correlation between height and strength, in fact the tallest people in the world are often the weakest. She has the ability to carry a taller man on a stretcher as she passed the stretcher run to pass out of training. You should also note that as she is in the RN there is a smaller chance of her needing to do that when in comparison to the army.
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  169. Great White No the UK don’t want to colonise and having a new ship doesn’t signify that.
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  170.  @Horizon344  So my point about neighbouring counties and their response isn’t true then? It’s all fake and they are welcoming Afghans with open arms? Under the 1951 Refugee Convention they would be classed as refugees as they are escaping a government takeover and are trying to flee unlike those who are staying.
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  171. N I C K P O W E R UK are much better than others at drill, watch trooping the colour then you’ll see.
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  172. Luis Ruiz Not at all. Instils discipline, attention to detail and leadership through instruction. Are you implying we remove all traditions?
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  173. Please explain.
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  174. Van Solo Submarines not subs.
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  175. You have no idea do you. The Russians are not going to blow up either carrier when on the move or in port. Under the same principle, why haven't the Russians bombed any US carrier at sea or in port then? Also, under the same principle any possible target that doesn't move is "Just sitting there." You have far too much time on your hand to rant about a topic with no evidence or solid subject point.
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  176. tsu 800 Unfortunately in 2018 if we didn’t choose a variety of heights they would be slammed by some lefty group.
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  177. intruder313 There are enough escorts for the carriers when deployed.
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  178. Wayne Mahomet it’s personal choice to have uniform tailored at this point. The main time the forces tailor your kit is in training.
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  179. They aren’t designed to be
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  180. The belt buckle is centred, look again using the tie as a reference. The buttons are deliberately off centre. The soldier isn’t wearing a tunic either.
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  181. Doug Boyd That’s how the army do it too. Why look at the French, they aren’t exactly inspirational.
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  182. Private soldiers are paid more than £50 a day in the reserves. That doesn’t include deployment pay. That figure also doesn’t include the gap between civilian pay and military pay for when you are away,
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  183. ejcmoorhouse Not really what the Navy do...
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  184. You have very poor size perception,
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  185. Cats and traps are good if you have a bottomless budget, you have to maintain the cats and traps as well as repair them over time and repair the small bits of damage they do to aircraft as well. The ski jump works and is effective so what's the problem? The F35B also uses vertical landing and take off. If one brakes the others cannot be used, suspending all flights, how efficient is that.
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  186. Cailen Knopp QE shouldn’t be nuclear powered. We wouldn’t have been able to afford one carrier let alone two if nuclear powered. Her range is enough to get her from Portsmouth to Sydney with fuel left so not a problem especially when you have the worlds best replenishment service, the RFA. Being nuclear powered would prevent us from visiting over 40% of the worlds ports which happen to be mostly commonwealth too. It’s more expensive to maintain plus the mid life refuelling would take both carriers out of action for years with nothing else. Ask the French how their nuclear aircraft carrier is getting along in the long run.
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  187. ellis carroll It really isn’t 🙄
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  188. Peter W No “the” in front of the name.
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  189. Blob B I have to two and they agree with me
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  190. Ramps are newer than cats and traps as they were developed first. Cats and traps are good if you have a bottomless budget, you have to maintain the cats and traps as well as repair them over time and repair the small bits of damage they do to aircraft as well. The ski jump works and is effective so what's the problem? The F35B also uses vertical landing and take off. If one brakes the others cannot be used, suspending all flights, how efficient is that.
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  191. Dogsoldier 1950 The carrier exceeded 30 knots on trials, standard practice when on trials for all ships.
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  192. Nicholas John Leach No it’s not.
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  193. stewart cavanagh Really funny...
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  194. CommandoTactics There a fat service people in all the forces.
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  195. Locutus494 thank you for repeating what I said.
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  196. 天行者 Drill and parade has nothing to do with an empire.
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  197. Skull dweller No
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  198. johnsarangel Have been for decades in the Navy.
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  199. kenya catholic If they were fat they wouldn’t pass their fitness tests. I’ll have you the army has been the only force to have non-passable soldiers in terms of weight.
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  200. The fact that you can’t spell or construct a sentence properly sums up why the Army would never take you anyway.
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  201. MajorTom Better than what you could do.
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  202. james brown This isn’t why, do some research before you comment.
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  203. james brown Everyone knows the army has been cut but that’s not the reason for the RN guarding the queen as you said.
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  204. sdnalyam What a constructive argument you present. The army are not neglecting any of its role by carrying traditions.
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  205. 1935rmb He isn’t a Sir and never will be.
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  206. max sid More men than women, using your theory every US carrier is a love boat.
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  207. DAG058 If we made the F35 it would cost a lot more thanks to unions best to keep them abroad. Don’t forget a large chunk of the F35 is British.
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  208. The RN have enough crew and escorts for the vessel.
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  209. alec cap 138 F35B’s ordered is enough.
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  210. Pavol Mášik awacs planes not needed with new P-8 and NATO have joint awacs aircraft in use.
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  211. Both carriers ads going out next year
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  212. stephen Thomson Rules changed late last year
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  213. Bob Bob Care to explain why? You also imply that this is a fortune when I’m reality the cost makes up a tiny amount of the defence budget.
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  214. Michael Mccluskey Many traditions carried out by the forces do not have a direct use to front line operations however there are so many indirect links.
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  215. luderick wong Prince William has done it before
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  216. BΣЯMЦDΛ GΉӨƧƬ There is no independent school in the video.
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  217. zits56able Because they are marines...
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  218. You have no idea do you.
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  219.  @hakeembintwahachotai7065  Again, no idea with no evidence or consideration for procedures and general defenses.
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  220. BloodofPatriots No
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  221. Captain Castro Canada, known for their forces...
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  222. Not designed to be. The belt buckle is in the middle, the buttons are deliberately off centre.
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  223. Davros Darlek What they are wearing is their uniform.
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  224. Measure distance.
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  225. Zero Sum Won’t happen.
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  226. Alastair West The RIF RAF you must be joking.
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  227. You have no idea do you. The carrier is not a "slow lumbering target" at all, any evidence of that? If you think Russia and Iran will try to hit our carriers then you have left the bounds of credibility with no evidence either.
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  228.  @kennethhammond6683  No ship in the RN is a "slow lumbering" target. Any ship from any force would make great targets for any anti-ship missiles.
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  229.  @kennethhammond6683  Ah the hypersonic missile, which no country has operational models of. Great argument there.
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  230. TWVG Idiot, they are practising. No armed force in the world gets it right first time.
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  231. Ignacio You mean the RAF with the least amount of time away
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  232. Samuel Pearman There are chubby or overweight in all services
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  233. If you keep up with defence news you would know that the RN will have one carrier at sea on operations at a time, this has been set in stone for years. The carriers were not built to create jobs at all, any evidence of this? You have no evidence to say that any carrier will be sold or mothballed. If they were elephants they would be grey elephants not white ones. We own 17 F35B's, all of which are fully operational with y of these taking part in overseas operational duties and the rest shadowing Russian aircraft when operational. The others are in America flying under British pilots until those are ready. QE has embarked F35B’s for the first part of air trials being successful and are now on stage 3. No aircraft carrier in the world, even the Americans don’t start with aircraft. The UK have just ordered another 17 with the overall total to reach 138. How about doing a bit of research instead of commenting a heap of lies with no credible evidence.
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  234. Training
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  235. Tahmed Become an aviator, that’s the best bet.
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  236. Jay Igaboo I presume you have severed with women and men in combat such as Afghanistan to know...
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  237. David Cheung We won’t have a national second wave.
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  238. Thomas Mortimore Chances of them having corona is low statistically looking at how many people have been infected.
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  239. Thomas Mortimore It does only take one yes but it’s not going to cause a second wave on a national scale, regional yes but not national.
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  240. Are you stupid? We own 17 F35B's, all of which are fully operational with y of these taking part in overseas operational duties and the rest shadowing Russian aircraft when operational. The others are in America flying under British pilots until those are ready. QE has embarked F35B’s for the first part of air trials being successful and are now on stage 3. No aircraft carrier in the world, even the Americans don’t start with aircraft. The UK have just ordered another 17 with the overall total to reach 138. This has all been known for years, do you live under a rock?
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  241. Dr Harry The okey doesn’t go to a single MP, not even towards a home. What a stupid comment to make.
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  242. Not a white elephant at all. If it was to be mothballed it would be a grey elephant anyway.
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  243. Drogo Muircastle early 2020’s
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  244. This isn’t the longest the crew will be away, no one has said this is it ‘no more than x months away’. What’s your point in the comparison? Deployments have always varied in length, regardless of vessel type for decades. If you can get more out of a crew through rotations or shorter more frequent deployments then it’s worth it.
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  245.  @spookyt8692  I take my comment back
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  246. Templar Knight No, of course this isn’t designed to distract you. An odd assumption.
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  247. Aaron Paul In the Royal Navy you are taught how to fight as the Royal Navy serve on land and sea, look at Afghanistan. This is not a deployment as you say it is. Navies from all around the world deploy on land, look at the Middle East. How uninformed can you get?
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  248. DrChappy Honouree position, not common to call someone by their title if honourable .
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  249. leedsman54 All parade uniform regardless of rank are made in the UK.
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  250. Evidence of this?
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  251. Tim Fisher Belt buckle is in the middle, buttons are off-centre as they are meant to be.
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  252. Belt buckle is centred, look again and compare to his tie which is the middle. The buttons are deliberately off centre to the left.
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  253.  @equinoxproject2284  I am right
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  254. Tim Keeley Explain then.
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  255. George Royden It’s a rank, not a name.
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  256. BAXON HAIR Looks a bit silly, come one now. They can’t do it in person can they.
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  257. You have no idea what you are talking about do you.
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  258. Stu Hall A waste of time. You are aware of the many roles that the carrier will perform which will be of benefit? If you think warships or carriers are just about aggression then you need to step away.
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  259. One week is good, I, family and friends have had much less over the last two decades.
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  260.  @eurogoalshow5071  Yes for 9 months or longer, especially for submarines for my father
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  261.  @henryvagincourt4502  Why do you declare that you are ex RN? It makes no difference to the comment or the weight of the comment. Times change like every other organisation out there, new people with new ideas who don’t just think it was better in my day. Move on.
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  262. @Drew Peacock Every country in the world has sailed a carrier without aircraft. They are not required for the mission so they aren’t needed. Pointless to put aircraft on when there is no use. Soldiers don’t carry their CBRN kit at all times, only when needed. Odd to call me a dipstick when you haven’t put an argument forward in response to points above.
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  263. The belt buckle is centred and the buttons are off centre deliberately. You can see this the buttons are to the left of the tie which is central like the belt.
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  264. jack cloud Don’t look ready because they are marching perhaps... Come on get a grip, if they were preparing for war, which there are members of the navy right now doing so through training exercises, they wouldn’t be marching. If you grew up around people who have been to the Falklands you would know that the Royal Navy prepare and train for war differently to the army for example.
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  265.  @airhab  Times of war are completely different to everyday life.
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  266. Name a country with a powerful Navy that doesn't have poverty. It wasn't end poverty or have two carriers for the budget. Stupid comment with no thought or evidence.
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  267. Measure distance
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  268. Meirion Owen Just you
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  269. Meirion Owen I can see it most mornings when in port. Odd assumption to make.
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  270. Daniel Wilkins The Army doesn’t force this upon soldiers.
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  271. Ron Bromhead They do know, but when your in the forces, the tailors, it’s hard to keep up when no one tells you. Also, as an independent business they dint need to follow the exact names,
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  272. RafaelBeast That’s not the reason for the event.
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  273. 1chish A question isn’t indicated by a capital letter, only a question mark. Second of all, you didn’t finish the second paragraph with a full stop. Last of all, you try to quote Jonathan but fail as you started the attempted quote well but never closed the attempted quote with a quotation mark.
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  274. No, buttons are deliberately off centre on the uniform to the right. The belt buckle is in the middle like the tie.
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  275. Kurio71 Yes at present for the RN.
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  276. Genghis Kong Not a punishment, men and women sign up for this exact role.
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  277. freeman bill Explain.
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  278. freeman bill Very weak point considering most warships spend more time not physically fighting.
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  279. Not a guard.
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  280. artiew87 In the same way that all it takes to hack anything is one person.
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  281. Joselito Villegas No they aren’t, this isn’t also a mission.
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  282. Please explain.
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  283.  @ffudon  No response when confronted with the truth, shock.
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  284. American armed forces do as much drill as the UK, it’s not publicised as much. The British army teaches the same skills, the uk armed forces are known for its educational deployments.
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  285. tony james At no point were sailors up to their neck in water.
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  286. Ellis Hinton You have a very low threshold of ‘lure’.
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  287. Training online due to a pandemic, cost cutting wasn’t the first priority here.
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  288. There is no evidence to show that anyone has collapsed because of tradition. People collapse because of not moving enough or how the blood flows in your body as a result of eating a large meal.
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  289. You need to look into OCD if you think is it, common stereotype. The point is to carry on the tradition, measuring a distance while maintaining discipline and personal standards of uniform.
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  290. patrick beecroft The belt is centred as it should be, the buttons are off centre as they should be.
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  291. Chris chomley smyth Yes of course
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  292. Matthew Lonsdale The adverts last year were very successful if you look at the results.
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  293. Just-in Case Move on, it’s not a hoax. Germany and South Korea have had very few deaths due to effective action and planning.
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  294. Brendan Harcourt The Navy are part of the armed forces and more than the RAF if you’re going to judge and exclude. Women have taken drill for decades from all forces.
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  295. Dance Fever QE shouldn’t be nuclear powered. We wouldn’t have been able to afford one carrier let alone two if nuclear powered. Her range is enough to get her from Portsmouth to Sydney with fuel left so not a problem especially when you have the worlds best replenishment service, the RFA. Being nuclear powered would prevent us from visiting over 40% of the worlds ports which happen to be mostly commonwealth too. It’s more expensive to maintain plus the mid life refuelling would take both carriers out of action for years with nothing else. Ask the French how their nuclear aircraft carrier is getting along in the long run.
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  296. tigerarmyrule Yes, Able because they have passed training. Makes sense.
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  297. LETS GO Your comment implies that the carrier has no defences and that there are no surrounding defences. Under the same principle it would be game over for every Navy in the world as every developed nation as ICBM’s. Stupid comment.
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  298. bigone1ism How do you she doesn’t have one.
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  299. Rob W Both are in service and have been for a while. There is no space being wasted to accommodate female crew at all, where did you get that nonsense from?
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  300. Rob W You do realise how old this video is?
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  301. If you’re a marine you should know that on this uniform the buttons are deliberately off centre to the left. The belt buckle is in the centre, look again and use the tie as a reference.
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  302.  @weslove6018  Tie isn’t to the right, the tie covers the buttons which are in the middle of the shirt and the body.
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  303. BRIDGE BERNER Kilt not a skirt
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  304. Spent my work experience at RAF Benson, was allowed to fly in the simulator for an hour and a half and it was amazing. Very realistic.
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  305. Jon o What a load of pish.
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  306. Iran won't sink the carrier. You are aware how hard it is to sink a carrier.
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  307.  @williambullock82  Any articles or evidence to back that up? The UK Defence Journal reported the 10,000 are to be cut as people leave.
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  308.  @williambullock82  Waiting for the evidence of the transfer still...
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  309.  @williambullock82  Still nothing
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  310. Terry Ord Did you watch the video?
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  311. Because that would be a appropriate and not cause a reaction...
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  312. Smiff Not useless at all and have proven so.
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  313. Rick de Castro No, he’s meant to be the opposite foot.
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  314. What?
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  315. NO
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  316. t No it doesn’t, if you knew anything about defence then you wouldn’t comment absolute bollocks.
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  317. There is no evidence that the EU will take control of our forces or any European force.
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  318. Gooner-KIRK We know you are...
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  319. Mark Sketch You have no idea.
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  320. Jeff Jeff Must be joking too busy trying to prepare for the 5 miles of death...
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  321. Joe Bryant Propulson problem. The issue was that the ships were operating in warm waters when the ship uses a water cooling system like most ships. The propulsion then failed as a result, this has been mended.
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  322. Crazygamer 88 I think you need to learn that it’s not done that way.
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  323. How?
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  324. Dirt digger If you want 7 foot guardsman, we will have next to none then.
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  325. shut yo mouth Studs are allowed and have been for decades.
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  326. Mal big No they aren’t, the RAF are with their hotels and five miles of death and their shortest deployment times.
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  327. Measure distance.
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  328. Barely afford? Please explain
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  329. errol kim This isn’t an advert for the British Army, nor was this video published recently either.
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  330. errol kim You implied.
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  331. Belt buckle isn’t off, it is in the centre like the soldiers tie. The buttons are deliberately off centre to the right.
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  332. Enforces discipline and pride, looking after kit is essential to maintain kit and equipment in the field. No extra money is used teaching this. There is no correlation between army traditions and homelessness, no evidence.
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  333.  @cityboy9301  what brings armies together to be stronger.
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  334. Bremner's Ghost Lockheed Martin are the F35B people not BAE as they aren’t the main seller. This is nothing to do with Brexit.
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  335. Dayna Young We don’t own harriers and haven’t for years.
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  336. Nemesis Subjective, just you.
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  337. Sash
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  338. Jake Hughes Enough people sign up every year to make it possible.
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