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Issue 271 June 2013 FALKLANds’ harboURS | CASH IN ON APPS | RESETTLEMENT DefenceFocus Royal Navy | Army | Royal Air Force | Ministry of Defence | ISSUE #271 JUNE/13 VIEWFINDER GENERAL MOD photographer captures the secret life of the Chief of the Defence Staff COMBATBARBIE NANAVIGATORVIGATOR HARBOUR MASTER: WHY THE FALKLANDS IS THE BEST PLACE TO WORK P24 Picture: Tristan Kelly Tristan Picture: P28 HEALTH P18 STEP UP Regulars If your guts are giving you gyp, you The Army has launched a major TV might just be suffering from indigestion campaign to sign up 10,000 soldiers P5 IN MEMORIAM Tributes to the fallen P30 PUZZLES P20 APP APP HOORAY Your monthly crossword conundrum, A brand new app will help personnel P8 VERBATIM chess and Sudoku working in Defence make big savings Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton looks back on his career P31 READERS OFFERS Win a break in Birmingham or a copy of P26 MY MEDALS the remastered film The Great Escape P10 Master Aircrew Paul Holmes recalls the dramatic day he saved a colleague’s life Features P6 BIG PICTURE HMS Illustrious sails down the Thames past famous London landmarks P10 FACING THE FUTURE The help at hand for Service leavers in the next tranche of redundancies P14 ACCESS ALL AREAS A MOD photographer’s mission to photograph General Sir David Richards JUNE 2013 | ISSUE 271 | 3 EDITOR’SNOTE FIONA SIMPSON in the RAF, CAS says he will miss the DefenceFocus camaraderie and “slightly warped sense of This month we are humour” of the forces. For everyone in defence doing a bit of looking This month also sees more farewells Published by the Ministry of Defence back as we mark the as the next tranche of the Armed Forces Level 1 Zone C ends of some eras. Redundancy Programme rolls out across MOD, Main Building But looking back the Army. This is a difficult time for all Whitehall London SW1A 2HB doesn’t always have involved but something that can also General enquiries: 020 721 8 1320 to mean sadness signal new and exciting beginnings. Leigh or regret. Indeed, Hamilton has spoken to three Service EDITOR: Fiona Simpson Tel: 020 7218 3949 as Edith Piaf wisely leavers who have already gone though email: [email protected] sang in her raspy it, and started down new and interesting ASSISTANT EDITOR: Ian Carr tones, our outlook should be more “je ne career paths all with the help of the Tel: 020 7218 2825 regrette rien” in style. Career Transition Partnership. email: [email protected] Later this year Armed Forces But of course, there is cause for ASSISTANT EDITOR: Tristan Kelly chief General Sir David Richards will sadness and regret with the death of Tel: 020 7218 4252 be leaving his post. We find out what Drummer Lee Rigby in May. An event that email: [email protected] Harland Quarrington, one of Defence’s was shocking for us here in Defence and ASSISTANT EDITOR: Leigh Hamilton own photographers, saw through his lens across the whole country. I have been Tel: 020 7218 5988 when he shadowed CDS for his final year, humbled by the reaction of his family and email: [email protected] getting unprecedented backstage access in particular their plea for people not to ASSISTANT EDITOR: Lorraine McBride to the military’s top man. use what happened to Lee as an excuse to Tel: 020 721 82341 And you can read our final interview carry out attacks against others. Dignity email: [email protected] with Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief and common sense even in the face of ART EDITOR: Mark Eagle Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton. Taking terrible adversity, now that really is an Tel: 020 721 8 3658 off next month after a 40-year career outlook we should all aspire to. email: [email protected] DISTRIBUTION AND SUPPORT: Shell Daruwala Tel: 020 7218 1320 email: [email protected] Ministry of Defence online MOD does not endorse any product or service advertised in Defence Focus, nor does it verify any preferential www.gov.uk/mod treatment offered by any advertiser to MOD employees. Queries on advertisements should be addressed to our advertising agency. Opinions expressed in Defence Focus do not necessarily represent those of the MOD. Articles on all aspects of The Defence News Blog YouTube MOD and Defence will be considered for publication Get a daily update of all the major At Defence Headquarters YouTube the but we reserve the right to edit contributions. MOD defence stories running in the media latest videos from across Defence can staff contributing to Defence Focus should ensure their with the MOD’s official position on the be found, including clips of soldiers on writing is suitable for open publication. key issues, as well as a Defence Diary patrol in Helmand and briefings from Advertising with upcoming events of interest. senior personnel. Advertising sales are handled by Richard Stillman at Ten Alps Media. Tel: 020 7657 1837 Visit www.blogs.mod.uk and subscribe email: [email protected] to the daily alerts. Afghanistan Blog Updated daily with official news on the Distribution The magazine is distributed through major military Facebook/Twitter UK mission in Afghanistan as well as bases, depots and MOD offices. Join over 200,000 followers at the HM with stories from across the media and Armed Forces Facebook page and personal blogs from Armed Forces receive Defence HQ tweets @DefenceHQ personnel currently deployed. on Twitter. www.ukforcesafghanistan.wordpress.com Produced by Williams Lea Ltd on 100% recycled paper. MOD Helpline 01603 696329. 4 | WWW.GOV.UK/MOD | JUNE 2013 INMEMORIAM Drummer Lee Rigby Described as a “real character” and “a dedicated and professional soldier” Drummer Lee Rigby of 2nd Battalion The by his Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (attached Colonel Jim Taylor, Drummer Rigby was to the Regimental Recruiting Team extremely popular, well known, liked and in London) was killed in a suspected respected across the Second Fusiliers. terrorist incident in Woolwich, South East He was a passionate and lifelong London, on Wednesday 22 May 2013. Manchester United fan. Drummer Rigby was born in July Drummer Rigby’s family paid tribute 1987 in Manchester. He joined the Army saying: “All he wanted to do from when in 2006 and on successful completion of he was a little boy was be in the Army. He his infantry training course was selected wanted to live life and enjoy himself. His to be a member of the Corps of Drums family meant everything to him. He was a and posted to 2nd Battalion The Royal loving son, husband, father, brother and Regiment of Fusiliers (also known as the uncle, and a friend to many.” ‘Second Fusiliers’). Warrant Officer Class 1 Ned Miller, In April 2009, Drummer Rigby Regimental Sergeant Major, Second deployed on operations for the first Fusiliers, said: “Riggers is what every time to Helmand province, Afghanistan, battalion needs. He was one of the where he served as a member of the Fire battalion’s great characters, always Support Group at Patrol Base Woqab. smiling and always ready to brighten the In 2011, Drummer Rigby took up a mood with his fellow Fusiliers. He was recruiting post in London where he also easily identified whilst on parade by the assisted with duties at the regimental huge smile on his face and how proud he headquarters in the Tower of London. was to be a member of the Drums.” Tributes: An extraordinary public response has followed the death of Drummer Lee Rigby Picture: Sergeant Adrian Harlen Sergeant Picture: APRILJUNE 20122013 | ISSUE 227160 | 5 BIG PICTURE ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS DESCEND ON CAPITAL HMS ILLUSTRIOUS’ SHIP’S COMPANY LINES THE FLIGHT DECK AS SHE SAILS DOWN THE THAMES PAST FAMOUS LONDON LANDMARKS TO TAKE PART IN THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC 70TH Picture: LA(PHOT) Dean Nixon Dean Nixon LA(PHOT) Picture: ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS 6 | WWW.GOV.UK/MOD | JUNE 2013 JUNE 2013 | ISSUE 271 | 7 VERBATIM A FINAL FAREWELL OUTGOING CHIEF OF THE AIR STAFF AIR CHIEF MARSHAL SIR STEPHEN DALTON SPEAKS TO LEIGH HAMILTON ABOUT HIS IMPRESSIVE 40-YEAR CAREER IN THE RAF DF: You joined the RAF 40 years ago – why did you sign up? Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal CAS: My father was in the Royal Air Force in the Stephen Dalton Second World War as a flight sergeant engineer on Halifax bombers. Even though he left the Service at the end of the war, his experience motivated me and, together with my love of flying, inspired me to want to be part of the Royal Air Force, and from a relatively early age I always wanted to be a Royal Air Force fast jet pilot. DF: What have been the highlights of your career? CAS: There have been many extraordinary highlights but the last four years in particular, as Chief of the Air Staff, have been a huge privilege and, whilst very challenging at times, they have also been hugely enjoyable. Undoubtedly, becoming combat ready on your first front line squadron, as a pilot, is a moment in one’s career that you never forget. I think having the privilege of commanding a squadron will be another highlight and I was very fortunate to take the squadron on operations half-way around the world. Another really motivating highlight has been the opportunity to take something from an initial idea right through to the delivery of capability. I’ve seen Typhoon come through all that in the last 10 years and to see it performing so outstandingly in Libya in 2011 was really rewarding.
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