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Ric CoIe 🇬🇧

@ric_cole

3 months

Behold - Peak Badass!! 🤙🏻 A female Naval Aviator from the "Fighting Swordsmen" (VFA-32) @TheCVN69 (USS #Eisenhower ) during her deployment in the #RedSea , became the first US female to score a combat air-to-air kill. (And the haters just can't help themselves in the comments!)

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This is sabotage. This is not protesting... This is "insider threat" and should be treated as such. This is Iranian sanctioned, targeted military action against key facilities, and puts the UK's national defence at risk. These are not protesters, these are agents of Iran.

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BREAKING: Activists from Palestine Action dismantle the internet cables of Leonardo’s factory in Edinburg, disrupting the production of targeting systems for Israel's F-35 fighter jets used to murder children in Gaza.

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10 months

Maj Mike Sadler, the last of the originals from L Detachment 1 SAS, has passed away aged 103. Renowned desert navigator, he later served with MI6. Rest Easy, Sir...

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1 year

Ukrainian MOD has issued the following request to all Armchair Generals, #OSINT Geeks and Twitter "experts"... ...until further notice!! #NAFO #SlavaUkraini 🇺🇦

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Ric CoIe 🇬🇧

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1 year

43 years ago...

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Ric CoIe 🇬🇧

@ric_cole

6 years

I hope people remember me for being *the* critical factor in the destruction of the second Death Star and the fall of the Empire!

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6 years

Sarah Sanders hopes people remember her as being "transparent and honest"

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Ric CoIe 🇬🇧

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3 years

Leadership 🇺🇦

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Ric CoIe 🇬🇧

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3 years

Evergreen tweet from @ASBMilitary 👇🏻

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6 years

"Cultivated a friendship"? Or recruited an asset? 😎

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6 years

Prince Mohammed bin Salman cultivated a friendship with Jared Kushner for 2 years. It has paid off well for the Saudis.

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Ric CoIe 🇬🇧

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3 months

Never forget the 298 passengers and crew of #MH17 murdered by Russia, 10 years ago today.

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Ric CoIe 🇬🇧

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3 months

Why do so many "dudes" hate these amazing ladies? Yep, that's me and Rebel - the F16 Viper demo pilot! 🤙🏻 #Aviatrix

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Ric CoIe 🇬🇧

@ric_cole

2 months

Behold, "Horseshoe Theory"...

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2 years

There is a certain irony that military personnel are expected to cancel their (already disrupted) Christmas plans to cover Trade Union strikes... while being paid LESS than those they are standing in for.

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Ric CoIe 🇬🇧

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3 years

Message from the Ukrainian Tax Office...

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2 years

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3 years

The Ukrainian Farmers' Union now has more armour than the British Army...

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4 months

Not only is the Bronco a super-cool aircraft... It comes with a badass backseat!! #AvGeek 🤓

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Ric CoIe 🇬🇧

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11 months

Still one of the greatest Tweets - Ever!

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Ric CoIe 🇬🇧

@ric_cole

4 years

A Russian Connection? At #Trump 's rally and the subsequent storming of the Capitol? Really??? Colour me shocked! 😮

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@mhmck

4 years

A tie-in between Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the insurrection in the United States. Serhiy Dybynyn is an infowarrior for Inter TV, nominally owned by fugitive oligarch Firtash but beneficially owned by Putin pal Medvedchuk. Donetsk airport (left) was destroyed by RU forces.

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Ric CoIe 🇬🇧

@ric_cole

3 months

Bootneck @AlistairCarns is the new Veterans' Minister.

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@ric_cole

2 years

LBdr Stephen Restorick (3 RHA) was the last soldier murdered during Op BANNER on 12 Feb 97. Shot while manning a vehicle check point. His killer was sentenced to 490 years, but released under the Good Friday Agreement. We will remember them.

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9 months

I joined the @RoyalMarines in 1995 at 19 years old. I'm now 48. How old were you when you joined the Armed Forces?

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3 years

Michael Bond based Paddington on the Jewish children he had seen arriving in Britain, escaping the horrors of Europe under the Nazi jackboot... "Please look after this Bear. Thank you"

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3 years

34 years ago today (19 Mar 88). Derek Wood and David Howes. Tortured and murdered by the IRA... Never forget.

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Ric CoIe 🇬🇧

@ric_cole

4 months

15 years ago today, I deployed to Afghanistan. Leaving my gorgeous girlfriend and our 3 month old baby behind for what was to be that crappy summer of 2009, when UK suffered its highest casualty rate of the campaign... We left Helmand years ago, but part of us is always there!

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Ric CoIe 🇬🇧

@ric_cole

2 years

13 years ago today, I deployed to Afghanistan, leaving behind a gorgeous girlfriend and our 3 month old baby. Over the subsequent months, the UK suffered its highest casualty rate of the entire campaign - that crappy summer of 2009. For many, part of us will always be in Helmand.

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Ric CoIe 🇬🇧

@ric_cole

1 month

Nothing says "Commando" like riding a captured narco-sub with your oppo! BZ to the crew of @HMSTrent and the legends from @Commando_Ops , 42 Cdo, 47 Cdo Raiding Gp and Commando Sappers from 24 Cdo RE @Proud_Sappers .

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Ric CoIe 🇬🇧

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1 year

Torpedo Away! #MarineDagen

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Ric CoIe 🇬🇧

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7 months

Same vibe... just with a £1,000 Mulberry Cara backpack.

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Ric CoIe 🇬🇧

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9 months

That's why it remains a task for the most highly-trained, specialist troops...

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@Gabriel64869839

9 months

Boarding ships is never a trivial matter.

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Ric CoIe 🇬🇧

@ric_cole

26 days

Ready to go... (Need a bigger chest!)

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Ric CoIe 🇬🇧

@ric_cole

11 months

Devastated to hear of the passing of one of our brightest stars. Rest Easy Laura... It was a joy to know you and a privilege to work with you.

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Ric CoIe 🇬🇧

@ric_cole

2 years

When memes write themselves...

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Ric CoIe 🇬🇧

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2 years

20 years ago, I sat in the Ops Room in Ballykelly watching the "Shock and Awe" strikes in Baghdad live on TV. I wouldn't serve on Op TELIC until 2008, for the 5th anniversary. Today, I'll pause and remember those no longer with us... Rest Easy!

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Ric CoIe 🇬🇧

@ric_cole

3 years

We Will Remember Our Sisters and Brothers in Arms... Semper Fi

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Ric CoIe 🇬🇧

@ric_cole

7 months

If you have to tell people you're an "Alpha Male", you're not... 🤣

Richard Strocher 𝕏

@RichardStrocher

7 months

18. Single. Alpha Male. Wildly Successful. Passionately pro-Trump. Do you find this attractive?

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Ric CoIe 🇬🇧

@ric_cole

6 years

Russia Today is sending out chocolate Salisbury cathedrals! The Russian state mounted a botched chemical weapon attack in the UK, which killed Dawn Sturgess and made four others extremely ill. Tell us again that Russia Today is a legit news media outlet...

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Ric CoIe 🇬🇧

@ric_cole

9 months

What a week... RN - Shoots down drones attacking international shipping. RAF - Drops bombs on people firing drones at shipping. Army - Should we have beards?

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@ric_cole

1 year

A difficult but important read... If you are in a position of responsibility or command READ IT! Be better than this "Boss"... Rest easy Jaysley!

Dead soldier suffered relentless sexual harassment - Army report

Jaysley Beck, 19, is thought to have taken her own life after harassment in the Army, a report seen by BBC News says.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Ric CoIe 🇬🇧

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7 years

Well said Sir! 👍🏻

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7 months

Checks notes... They were killed while attempting to plant a car bomb that would have killed and wounded scores of people, including women and children.

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1 year

Never forgotten... 💚

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8 months

So proud of my mate @NatashaMDay ! 💚

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Ric CoIe 🇬🇧

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1 year

Little did I know in that moment, this would be our last photo together... 💔

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Ric CoIe 🇬🇧

@ric_cole

7 months

Today, we remember LCpl Brodie Gillon, aged 26 from Ayr, a reservist Combat Medical Technician, murdered by Iranian-backed terrorists during a rocket attack on Camp Taji, Iraq, on 11 March 2020.

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Ric CoIe 🇬🇧

@ric_cole

2 years

STOP - Stop whatever you are doing and admire the NEW 4th Pattern Fairbairn-Sykes fighting knife, AKA Commando Dagger 🗡

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Ric CoIe 🇬🇧

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1 year

14 years ago... the toughest day for those of us on HERRICK in 2009. Never forgotten

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2 years

How it started - How it's going!

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11 months

Today, we took time to pause and remember...

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Got papped...

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3 years

Happy Saturday Troops!! 😁

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@ric_cole

3 years

Electric vehicle charging points across Russia have been disabled after the Ukrainian manufacturers used a built-in "backdoor". When access is attempted, the charging points display a strongly-worded message to Putin! 🤣

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@ric_cole

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This week, we lost Colonel Clint Read @royalmarines . Clint was a Batchmate and my Klepper buddy. We were the Batch non-grads, both 19 at the start of training, but could not be more different. Mature beyond his years, with a dry humour and fierce loyalty. Rest Easy, Royal.

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@ric_cole

3 years

A lovely evening "out out" with the gorgeous Mrs C 😍 at the Officers' Mess Christmas Ball... There may have been some drinking and dancing involved! 🥂🍾🍻🥃

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2 months

Thought of the day...

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2 years

Rest Easy Lisa... Never forgotten.

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@ric_cole

9 months

If only we have a Force trained and equipped to RAID enemy coastlines... 🤔

Rt Hon Grant Shapps

@grantshapps

9 months

HMS DIAMOND, along with US warships, has repelled the largest attack by the Iranian-backed Houthis in the Red Sea to date. Destroying multiple attack drones with her guns and sea viper missiles.

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Ric CoIe 🇬🇧

@ric_cole

1 year

Worst thing about being away, is not being there when they need you most. Today, Team Cole lost their most loved team mate. After 12 years of love and adventures, we have said goodbye to K-Dog. 💔

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@ric_cole

10 months

If this triggers you, YOU aren't the man that you pretend to be... Fact! Huge CONGRATULATIONS on an outstanding achievement SGT Hay @USArmy 🤜🏻💥🤛🏻

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3 years

Never forgotten...

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9 months

Rest Easy Private Pike... Thanks for the laughs

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3 years

OTD: 5 May 1980

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7 months

A young Royal Marines officer was tasked to deliver a "Battlefield Tour" while his ship was alongside in Gib... This is where he took his fellow officers!! 🤣 👇🏻

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@ric_cole

3 years

Ten years ago... Raise a glass and toast this courageous officer, simply one in a million. #RestEasy - We will remember...

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4 years

It's #Christmas time... Let's remind ourselves of possibly the greatest Xmas Twitter exchange - Ever!

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3 years

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1 year

Team Cole on parade!

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1 year

OTD 51 years ago... We will remember them.

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1 year

Ping!

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2 years

Commando Life: A chilly one this morning, so dug out the Jersey Heavy Wool!

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9 months

Coming Soon... 💥

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11 months

Remembering Lt Col Si Hall, who I had the privilege of working with in Somalia. Rest Easy Royal...

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1 year

From @saintjavelin

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2 years

Once seen, can not be unseen... 👀 Hat tip: @thinkdefence

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@ric_cole

1 year

I love the humanity in this image... 💚

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@ric_cole

8 months

How quickly we forget that the Harriet GR3 was an awesome looking jet (in its day - 80s Cold War kid!) and even more so in its winter plumage! #CamoGeek 🤓 @gmwaterfall

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@ric_cole

1 year

I remember Toge's sunset ceremony well, his CO said; When asked by his OC why he worked out TWICE a day, Toge smiled and said, "In case I have to carry you, Sir!" Rest Easy Warrior...

fill your boots

@MilitaryBanter

1 year

I'll be remembering my cousin Rifleman Aminiasi Toge, 2 Rifles who was killed in Afghanistan 2 days before his 27th birthday on the 17th July 2009. Always a gentleman and always up for a laugh who always encouraged his family and cousins growing up in Fiji. He mentored and

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3 months

I am always impressed by the quality of our young Marines. I was teaching today and was not one bit surprised that in a class of 9: • 1 was a fluent Russian speaker. • 2 were off to @RMASandhurst to commission as Army officers. The torch of the @RoyalMarines is in good hands.

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@ric_cole

6 months

The last surviving member of Ian Fleming's 30 Assault Unit, Tom Boneham (101), enjoying the new book about Fleming's life... 🗡

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Ric CoIe 🇬🇧

@ric_cole

2 years

🤣🤣🤣🤣 *Like* when you see it!!!

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@ric_cole

10 months

Some personal news: I have been selected for an extension of commission, and will now serve in the @RoyalMarines until I am 55! 😁

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@ric_cole

3 months

Peak Gen X...

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@ric_cole

1 year

A lot of loooong country walks... slept in hedgerows... 💩 'd in plastic bags... and took photos! 👀 📷 You?

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@RedbrickedSlums

1 year

‘What did you do in The Troubles, Daddy?’

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7 months

Today, a childhood dream came true... My very own @CommandoComic . Huge THANK YOU to Kate and the Team at @DC_Thomson . These will be disseminated after Easter leave... 🗡

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Remembering Capt Gavin Law (ALS), tragically lost in a climbing accident in Australia... Died living! 🤙🏻 Cheers Gav🥃

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@ric_cole

2 years

I remember the days when it was NOT OK TO TAKE CREEP SHOT PHOTOS OF PEOPLE WITHOUT THEIR PERMISSION AND POST IT OF SOCIAL MEDIA TO DEMONSTRATE HOW MUCH OF AN OUT-DATED DINOSAUR YOU ARE! #MindYourOwnBusiness Don't be a dick!

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3 years

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. A lifetime of service.

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@ric_cole

11 months

The new SO2 Info Activities, does even less work than the current one!!

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@ric_cole

7 months

So... there I am, waiting at Paddington station, just browsing - When what should I see? Oh, that looks interesting. But who's this I spy??? @RAF_Luton 👀