#Army Chief

[emergingpakistan]

آرمی چیف کی توجہ کے لیے

آرمی چیف جنرل عاصم منیر کا اپنی تقریروں میں اسلامی حوالے دینا بہت اچھا لگتا ہے۔ اسلام کے نام پر قائم ہونے والے پاکستان کا صدر ہو، وزیراعظم ہو، جرنیل ہوں، وزیر، مشیر، گورنر، وزرائے اعلی، ممبران پارلیمنٹ یا اعلی عہدوں پر فائز سرکاری افسران، ان سب کیلئے لازم ہونا چاہئے کہ اُن کا اسلام سے متعلق علم عام پاکستانیوں سے زیادہ ہو۔ یہ اس لیے ضروری ہے کہ ہمارے فیصلے، ہمارے قوانین ، ہماری پالیسیاں سب اسلام کی تعلیمات کے مطابق ہوں۔ ہماری موجودہ صورتحال بہت خراب ہے۔ پاکستان اسلام کے نام پر قائم تو ہو گیا، اسلامی آئین بھی دے دیا گیا، بار بار اسلام کا نام بھی لیا گیا لیکن ہمارے قوانین، ہماری پالیسیاں دیکھیں، ہمارا ماحول، ہمارا میڈیا، ہماری معیشت، ہماری پارلیمنٹ، ہماری یونیورسٹیوں اور کالجوں پر نظر ڈالیں ��و پتا چلے گا کہ اسلامی نظام کے نفاذ کیلئے کوئی سنجیدہ کوشش آج تک نہیں ہوئی، جس کے نتیجے میں ہم ایک Confused قوم بن چکے ہیں۔ نام اسلام کا لیتے ہیں جبکہ نقالی مغربی کلچر کی کر رہے ہیں۔ ہمارے آئین کی تو منشاء ہے کہ پارلیمنٹ کے مسلمان ممبران باعمل مسلمان ہوں، اسلامی تعلیمات کے بارے میں کافی علم رکھتے ہوں اور کسی بڑے گناہ کی وجہ سے نہ جانے جاتے ہوں۔

یہ بھی تمام ممبران کیلئے لازم ہے کہ وہ پاکستان کے اسلامی نظریے کا دفاع کرتے ہوں۔ حقیقت میں کیسے کیسے لوگ پارلیمنٹ میں آتے ہیں یہ کسی سے ڈھکا چھپا نہیں۔ آئین کی اسلامی شقوں کی کھلے عام خلاف ورزی ہوتی ہے لیکن کوئی بولتا نہیں۔ ہمارے کئی اراکینِ پارلیمنٹ پاکستان کے اسلامی نظریےکی مخالفت کرتے ہیں، کئی سیکولر پاکستان کی بات کرتے ہیں لیکن آئین کی منشاء کے خلاف جانے کے باوجود اُن کے خلاف کوئی کارروائی نہیں ہوتی۔ اس ماحول میں ایک حافظ قرآن جنرل کا آرمی چیف بننا اور اُن کی طرف سے اپنی ہر تقریر میں اسلامی تعلیمات کا بڑے فخر سے حوالہ دینا بہت خوش آئند ہے، جس کی ہم سب کو حوصلہ افزائی کرنی چاہئے۔ میری آرمی چیف جنرل عاصم منیر سے گزارش ہے کہ وہ پاک فوج میں اسلامی تعلیمات کے فروغ کیلئے اقدامات کریں۔ اس سلسلے میں، میں سابق نیول چیف ایڈمرل ظفر محمود عباسی کی مثال دوں گا جنہوں نے اپنے تین سالہ دور میں پاکستان نیوی میں ایسا انقلاب برپا کیا جو نہ صرف قابلِ تحسین بلکہ قابلِ تقلید بھی ہے۔ 

ایڈمرل عباسی کی ہدایت پر پاک بحریہ اور بحریہ فائونڈیشن کے تحت چلنے والے تمام اسکولوں میں قرآن حکیم کو فہم کے ساتھ لازمی طور پر پڑھایا جا نے لگا، جس کیلئے پرانے اساتذہ کی تربیت کی گئی اور نئے استاد بھی بھرتی کئے گئے۔ اس کے ساتھ ساتھ بحریہ کے رہائشی علاقوں میں قرآن سینٹرز کھولے گئے جہاں بچوں، بڑوں اور بوڑھوں، سب کو قرآن حکیم کی فہم کے ساتھ تعلیم ، اسلامی اقدار کے فروغ اور مغرب کی ذہنی غلامی سے چھٹکارے پر زور اور تربیت دینے کے اقدامات کیے گئے۔ اسلامی لباس اور اسلامی شعائر کو اپنانے پر زور دیا گیا اور طل��ہ کو بالخصوص علامہ اقبال کے فکری انقلاب سے روشناس کروانے کیلئے بھی کام کیا گیا۔ پاک بحریہ کی تاریخ میں پہلی مرتبہ Religious Motivation Officers بھرتی کئے گئے۔ اِن افسران نے بہترین دینی اور دنیاوی تعلیم حاصل کی ہوئی ہے اور نیول اکیڈمی کے تربیت یافتہ ہیں۔ اِن Religious Motivation Officers کو ذمہ داری دی گئی کہ وہ نیول افسران اور ماتحت اہلکاروں کی اسلامی تعلیمات کے مطابق زندگی گزارنے کے حوالے سے حوصلہ افزائی کریں۔ 

اِن افسران کو نیوی کے جہازوں میں بھی افسران اور ماتحت اہلکاروں کی اسلامی اصولوں کے مطابق تعلیم و تربیت کیلئے بھیجا گیا۔ اِن افسران کی یہ بھی ذمہ داری لگائی گئی کہ خطبہ جمعہ دیں اور دورِ حاضر کے ایشوز پر دسترس رکھتے ہوئے عوام کی اسلامی تعلیمات کی روشنی میں رہنمائی کریں۔ سابق نیول چیف کے دور میں بحریہ کے تحت چلنے والی تمام مساجد کی بہترین انداز میں تزین و آرائش بھی کی گئی جبکہ خطیبوں اور ائمہ مساجد کی تعداد ماضی کے مقابلے میں دگنا کر دی گئی۔ اس کے ساتھ ساتھ پاکستان نیول اکیڈمی کے کیڈٹس کیلئے عربی زبان کی تعلیم کو لازم کر دیا گیا ہے۔ خواتین کو پردہ کرنے کی ترغیب دینے، اُن کیلئے خصوصاً پڑھاتے وقت اعضائے ستر کو چھپا کر رکھنے، جبکہ مردوں کو نگاہوں کی حفاظت کرنے اور شائستگی اپنانے کی بھی ہدایات جاری کی گئیں۔ پروموشن کیلئے پاک بحریہ کے افسران کے کردار کو اہمیت دی جانے لگی یعنی اگر کوئی افسر چاہے کتنا ہی قابل اور لائق کیوں نہ ہو اگر باکردار نہ ہو تو اُسے ترقی نہیں دی جاتی۔ امید ہے کہ موجودہ نیول چیف کے دور میں بھی یہ پالیسیاں پاکستان نیوی میں جاری و ساری رہیں گی۔ میں ماضی میں اپنے کالمز کے ذریعے یہ گزارش پاک فوج اور ائیرفورس کی اعلیٰ قیادت سے بھی کر چکا ہوں کہ پاکستان نیوی کی طرح اُنہیں بھی یہ اقدامات اپنی اپنی فورس میں کرنے چاہئیں۔ اس سلسلے میں آرمی چیف سے امید اس لیے زیادہ ہے کیوں کہ وہ خود اسلامی تعلیمات کی اہمیت کو کسی عام فرد سے بہت زیادہ سمجھتے ہیں۔

انصار عباسی

بشکریہ روزنامہ جنگ

[rightnewshindi]

बांग्लादेश में हुआ तख्ता पलट, शेख हसीना देश छोड़कर भागी; आर्मी चीफ ने की प्रेस कॉन्फ्रेंस

Bangladesh News: पड़ोसी मुल्क बांग्लादेश हिंसा की आग में सुलग रहा है. इस बीच खबर है कि प्रधानमंत्री शेख हसीना ने इस्तीफा दे दिया है लेकिन अभी इसकी पुष्टि नहीं हुई है. इस बीच बड़ी संख्या में प्रदर्शनकारी प्रधानमंत्री आवास में दाखिल हो गए हैं. बांग्लादेश मे क्या चल रहा है, जानिए अपडेट.. दोपहर बाद 3ः29 बजेः आर्मी चीफ बोले- आपकी मांगें हम पूरी करेंगे. तोड़ फोड़ से दूर रहिये. आप लोग हमारे साथ चलेंगे…

[kimskashmir]

Army Chief Dwivedi visits forward areas along LoC in Kashmir

SRINAGAR — Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi on Thursday visited forward areas along the Line of Control in Kashmir valley to review the preparedness of the forces involved in counter-infiltration and counter-militancy operations, officials said. The Chief of Army Staff later left for Kargil to take part in the silver jubilee celebrations of Kargil Vijay Diwas. After arriving here on Wednesday,…

[s21myp]

KNF engaged in terrorist activities under cover of peace talks: Army chief

[truetellsnigeria1]

New Army Chief Appoints COPP, GOCs, Provost Marshall, Others [Full List]

The newly appointed Chief Of Army Staff (COAS), Major General Taoreed Lagbaja, has approved the appointment of Major General A.B Ibrahim, as the Chief Of Policy and Plans (COPP). Truetells Nigeria reports that the new COAS also approved the appointment of New General Officers Commanding (GOCs) for some of the divisions of the Nigerian army and commandant for the Nigerian Defence…

[theprodigypenguin]

Ace Eating The Mera Mera: sweet now I can cook a fried egg on my tits

Sabo Eating The Mera Mera: sweet now I can burn my enemies alive :)

[votaeto]

dearest, darling, my universe, could you take me to the place I can’t dream with my poor imagination?

[usairforcehistoricsociety]

[thewales-family]

The Prince of Wales attends the official handover in which King Charles III passes the role of Colonel-in-Chief of the Army air corps to The Prince of Wales at the Army Aviation Centre in Stockbridge, Hampshire, England -May 13th 2024.

[cryingpariah]

Dragon having a crazy high spice tolerance after eating his devil fruit. Nothing on the planet will ever compare to the hellfire that thing had in it.

Cut to RA members putting the one piece equivalent to a Carolina Reaper in front of him like “are the legends true?”

And he just. Eats the thing. No hesitation. Chews it up so the capsaicin can have a fighting chance. Doesn’t even flinch.

People are horrified and intrigued.

It’s an ongoing thing amongst the members of Revolutionary Army, they even have a bet to see whoever can make their beloved leader wave that cherished white flag of surrender.

The chef makes speciality dishes, spiced to the point kitchen staff are bursting into tears at the stench of Dragon's meal and then actually do begin to weep as they watch him take a bite, hum and reach for the bottle of hot sauce.

The scouts, while having downtime on their missions, scour libraries for answers to their boss's iron tongue and indestructible gut.

One day Sabo returns triumphant from a mission, Koala greets him as she always does (half crying and half beating his ass) when she notices him holding a wooden box close to the chest. Before she can begin to question he’s pulling her along to Dragon's office where both he and Ivankov await, a clipboard in the latter's hand. He sets down the box and clicks it open. Koala immediately reared back in horror, the mere wafting of its sent caused her eyes to burn. Inside laid a large black pepper twisting at the end like a wet lock of hair.

Dragon looks at the blonde, then at the box and gently picked the pepper by the stem. He regarded with his usual look of indifference but a sparkle of interest shined in his eyes.

“Thanatos.” Dragon grinned. “A good choice.”

Sabo nodded eagerly, tears and snot easily streaming down his face as he watched his father in rapt attention.

Dragon unhinged his jaw and swallowed the pepper whole, leaving on the gnarled stem in his hand. He chewed thoughtfully and leisurely, like he was eating something named after a guide of souls in the underworld.

The three watched with bated breath as he finally swallowed. He opened his eyes to meet their curious stares.

“It’s….okay.”

Immediately Sabo erupts in cheers while Ivankov takes note of Dragon's review, muttering something to the effect of this clearly being at least a seven. Koala…petrified doesn’t begin to explain her feelings.

[carnelianwings]

Something I find really funny is how for all the rumors that Seed’s staff/writers don’t like Cagalli, Orb under her leadership just keeps ending up in a better (political) position with each addition - Seed Destiny ends with Logos wiped out, Blue Cosmos severely hampered, and the entire Seiran family wiped out, including Yuna. This leaves Cagalli with almost no political opposition in Orb (since the second Battle of Orb would’ve flushed out a majority of the Blue Cosmos/Logos sympathizers within the government/military), along with giving her a boost in popular and military support thanks to her actions and field leadership during the battle.

(Cutting for me just rambling on a bit about the in-universe politics after Seed Freedom)

You can tell with how much she’s managed to get done in the years between Seed Destiny and Seed Freedom - in that short year and a half to two years, she was able to propose and found COMPASS, secret away and upgrade the Impulse, Destiny, Strike Freedom, and Infinite Justice, arrange for ties between Orb and Terminal to investigate/exchange intel (Athrun and Meyrin), and put into place all the evacuation/defensive protocols in case of another attack on Orb (as seen vs Foundation and Requiem, even if she needed Kira to pull an “I lived, bitch” to Aura 😅).

And it doesn’t end there - thanks to Foundation, Cagalli arguably has an easier time internationally now, because the Eurasian Federation leadership also got hit and the Eurasian Federation, while not necessarily Blue Cosmos sympathizers like the Atlantic Federation, was very staunchly anti-PLANT, which I think would’ve caused some problems for Cagalli, especially post Seed Destiny with Lacus joining her for that broadcast.

I actually think Orb probably has fairly decent diplomatic relations with PLANT (I think Chairman Lament mostly cut off that call after everything went south in Eldore because of the whole nuke situation), especially since Lacus is COMPASS’s inaugural president, plus the time both Dearka and Waltfeld (I’m not sure if he’s in Orb or PLANT as of Seed Freedom since his silent cameo has him helping to stop the coup in PLANT in Seed Freedom) spent there. And we have a very prominent all-Coordinator team with the Yamato Team - truth be told I actually wonder how much the Earth Alliance invested into COMPASS because everything we see on screen is either contributed by Orb (Archangel, Murrue and crew, Kira, Mu, and the Murasame Kais), PLANT/ZAFT (Millenium, Konoe and crew, Heinlein, Shinn, Lunamaria, Agnes, Gelgoog, and Gyan), or arguably both (namely, Rising Freedom and Immortal Justice). Unless I missed a minor crew member along the way. Which is possible.

Also pure speculation on my part on this - but the fact Seed Freedom has Athrun going into intelligence with Terminal (which we first see as having a presence in the PLANTS) from the Orb side and Yzak and Dearka going into intelligence from the PLANT side can’t be a coincidence. I want to think the three of them decided on it together because being in intelligence/covert ops gives them the chance to work together without having to force anyone to change their current loyalties - I don’t think Athrun can be truly loyal to anyone except Cagalli after Seed Destiny, and Yzak was always loyal to PLANT, and if Dearka hadn’t been captured and made to realize how extreme PLANT had become under Patrick Zala he wouldn’t have switched sides to Orb/Three Ships Alliance during Seed either. Which also indirectly feeds into Orb and PLANT having better political relations than Orb and Earth Alliance.

Which brings me to my final point - I would be very surprised if Orb isn’t the primary target for the antagonists in a Seed Freedom sequel. At this point Orb’s capable of doing too much with the limited resources it has as a small nation with too much military strength at its command. And there is room for a sequel (setting-wise) because while Earth Alliance took another major hit with during the Foundation Conflict, the ideologies that led to the First and Second Earth Alliance-PLANT wars still exist - even if Blue Cosmos lost another leader, even if the believers of Coordinator Supremacy lost another leader (in Jagannath) those ideologies still fundamentally exist. All the Foundation Conflict did was serve to take down the military leadership of those ideologies - even if the public on both sides see those views negatively it doesn’t make them go away.

[countrymusiclover]

10 - A Special First Date

Part 11

Dr. Redheaded Neighbor

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Getting out of the Uber car I walked inside the firehouse 51 small door since the larger vehicle doors were shut most likely until they received a call for an emergency they needed to attend to. Seeing the back doors of the ambulance were hung opened and I saw some familiar blonde hair moving around. “Sylvie Brett!”

“Yeah that’s me. Can I help you – Mallory, what are you doing here?” She glanced over her shoulder sending me a huge friendly grin on her face.

I stopped walking when I was standing outside the doors with a hand on my hip. I was wearing my old Army jacket that I hadn’t felt like wearing after the day I returned home. “I have a few hours before Will comes and picks me up, so I figured I’d come and hang with you. “

“Awe that’s cool. Although I gotta say that today has been pretty slow. But I do have some good news for you. My boss told me when you come into his office he has an application available for you at the ready.”

“How about right now. I’m free for a little bit.” I suggested hopefully.

She nodded gesturing her head toward an office door. We walked inside the building turning a few corners until we stood outside an office that read Chief on the door. “Chief Boden, I’d like to introduce Mallory Easton. She’s the former Army k-9 officer I have been telling you about.” She lead me inside where I saw a tall black man wearing a white shirt sitting in a desk chair.

“It’s nice to meet you, chief Boden.” I extended my hand to the man causing him to rise from his chair.

He shakes my hand firmly. “Nice to meet you, Ms. Easton. Brett has told me quite about what you did in your friends building. You saved her life.”

“I wasn’t sure if the clot would hold. I just remember seeing some pretty bad wounds when I was deployed. Just followed my basic instincts.” I shrugged my shoulders in response.

“Well, it was very impressive. And that is one of the reasons I am considering hiring you to be on my team.”

I shake my head still making point that he needed to understand regardless if they both wanted me to work here in this fire department. “I appreciate the opportunity. Truly I do. But I don’t have the experience of a paramedic or a firefighter. I know I can take the course to learn but would you mind that I’d be having to learn everything and be on the team at the same time.”

“If you’re considering taking the job you can start taking the courses now. Once you’ve gotten through them you’ll have a job waiting here in a few months.” He explained leaning his back against his desk. “The fact that you are a former Army vet will boost your credibility to get through the programs.”

I parted my mouth open processing if I took the opportunity or not. In all honesty I was spending most of the time when Will was at work by myself. Maxon’s company could only do so much considering he couldn’t talk back. Being in this department would be a good distraction and I could help people that I couldn’t necessarily do when I was deployed overseas. “Fill out the application information for paramedic training and I’ll be seeing you soon.”

“Thank you so much, Chief Boden.” I smiled shaking his hand again before Brett and I exited his office and back outside to the trucks.

Brett paused in her steps hugging me before saying a word back. “I can’t believe you’re going to be working here.”

“Woah slow down, Brett. I’m not anywhere near completely getting the job yet.”

She breaks the hug and I sent her a smile. “I’m just excited for you is all. I’m not worried about you getting to work here. You’ll do fine given the injuries and situations you’ve been through.”

“Thanks for having high confidence in me.” I responded before a car horn started going off and I saw a familiar black car driving up to the open double doors. I knew I recognized the vehicle but wasn’t entirely sure till the driver door opened and auburn hair came into my view with that cheeky grin. “Will!”

He shut the door coming over to us. “Mal. Sylvie.”

“What are you doing here. I thought you didn’t get off work until 5. It’s 3:50.”

He shoved his hands in the jacket he wore over his red hospital scrubs. “Natalie agreed she’d take on the rest of my shift for me. Plus I knew I wanted to surprise you.”

“Awe.”

Brett chimed in. “Hey if you need somebody to watch your dog for the evening I’d totally be open for it.”

“That would be great. Thanks, Sylvie.” I hugged her back too as a thank you.

Will held out his hand for me knowing we both needed to change clothes before going on our first date tonight. “Are you ready to go then, Mallory?”

“Yep.” Placing my hand in his we started walking back to the car. “We’ll drop Maxon off here!”

Sylvie grinned calling back to us. “Treat my girl right, Dr. Halstead!” She watched us drive away from the firehouse feeling excited just like the both of us were about the upcoming evening.

5:30 rolled around by the time we had gotten back to our apartment building and changed clothes. I had slipped on some black leggings underneath a short orange shirt that fell almost down to my knees. Will was in some jeans, a green short sleeve shirt with a black jacket thrown over it.

“So where are actually going now. You haven’t told me a single thing about the plans.” I asked as we made the drive further into downtown once we had left Maxon with Sylvie.

Will had one hand on the steering wheel when he glanced over at me in the passenger seat. “If I told you what we were doing it would ruin the surprise.”

“You are terrible at keeping secrets around me.”

He scoffed with a chuckle. “I don’t know what you’re talking about, Mallory.”

“The first night Maxon and I spent in your apartment you attempted to blame Maxon for eating the last of the Oreo’s even though dogs can’t have chocolate.” I sent him a glare knowing I was right. “When in reality you felt guilty that you did it and fessed up telling me the truth two seconds later.”

He rolled his eyes recalling the moment. “That is completely different. This time I want this to be a surprise so you’ll just have to wait.”

The drive didn’t last too much longer before he parked the car outside of a restaurant I hadn’t been to before. He came around helping me out of the car so we walked inside arms linked with one another. The hostess led us to the nearest booth where we sat across from each other. “The waitress should be with you shortly.”

“I can’t believe you brought me here. I wasn’t expecting you taking me someplace like this. I thought you’d be taking me to Molly’s for drinks and dinner.” I chuckled picking up the menu seeing that they had pretty much everything on there you could think of getting.

Will picked up his own menu looking it over. “We can go to Molly’s another time if you want. But I’d thought since this is our first official date it should be something a little more special.”

“What can I get you two to drink tonight?” The waitress with her brown hair tied up in a bun while carrying a notepad in her hands.

Will and I responded at the same time. “Angry Orchard.” I snorted a laugh out seeing a huge grin get plastered across his face.

“Okay, I’ll be back to take your orders.” The waitress slowly walked away with her eyes lingering on my best friend and I watched her sway her hips back and forth trying to seduce him making me gag at the thought.

Focusing back on the menu I saw that they had a Mac and cheeseburger that sounds pretty good. I knew we were at a somewhat fancy restaurant but they still had it listed on the menu so I should give it a try. “What are you gonna get, Will?”

“I’m not really that picky. We can split something if you wanted to.”

The waitress came back taking out a pen. “What can I get you tonight?”

“I’ll have a Mac and cheeseburger with fries. Oh uh – were gonna share that.” I handed her back the menu and she scribbled something down walking away. She came back a few minutes with two plates in her hands sitting it down in front of me.

Will cut the burger in half and we both silently ate. I take a few more bites before I saw some of the cheese coming out from under the bun and the next thing I felt was Will’s hand brushing against the tip of my nose. “You got something right there, Mal. There you go I’ve got it.”

“I guess you can’t take me anywhere, Halstead.” I chuckled watching him lick the cheese off his thumb.

We finished eating the burger and fries with him paying the bill where I thought we were about to go home for the evening yet that wasn’t accurate. We drove for a few minutes until I recognized the parking lot and building we were pulling up to. “Will, why are we at the hospital?” I asked shifting around in the passenger seat.

“I wanna show you something and don’t worry I’m allowed to take visitors in.” He unbuckled his seatbelt getting out first and I followed him towards the front sliding doors of the hospital emergency room.

We walked into the building going directly to the elevators. He hit the button that said up and then the one that was labeled roof. I kept trying to figure out what he was wanting to show me that was up there. The elevator doors slid open where I started to step out yet he covered my eyes with his hands causing me to laugh. “Will Halstead, what are you doing. If you want me to see whatever is up here, you gotta remove your hands.”

“You’ll see what I want to show you in a second.” He responded slowly walking the both of us forward out of the elevator.

I chuckled holding my hands out feeling my fingers touch the edge of a metal railing. “Don’t you dare let me fall over the edge of this thing.”

“I’d never let that happen. Now open your eyes in three, two, one.” He lowered his hands where I blinked my eyes a couple of times seeing all the building lights at the ground. From how high we were off the ground everything looked so small from here.

I dropped my mouth open twirling around on my feet seeing my best friend flashing me a huge grin on his face. “This is amazing. I’ve never seen the city from this high above before from the time I have been living here.”

“I’m glad you like it, Mallory. My boss pointed out to me that you could see the whole city from up here and maybe share some drinks. Like I told you earlier I really wanted this to be super special cause you’re special to me, Mallory Easton.” Will closed the gap pressing our chests together wrapping his arms around my waist, nuzzling his nose down onto mine.

I giggled nuzzling my nose back with his own, wrapping my arms around his neck. “You sure know how to show a girl a good time. And you’re special to me too.” Leaning up on my toes I captured his lips with mine, threading my right hand into his ginger curls. He leans closer deepening the kiss enjoying the moment.

Unknown to us my phone was vibrating in my purse that he had set down on the table near where we were standing. The caller was someone I wasn’t expecting to hear from since I had returned home.

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The King Passes Role of Colonel-In-Chief of The Army Air Corps To The Prince of Wales

King Charles III and Prince William during the official handover in which King Charles III passes the role of Colonel-in-Chief of the Army Air Corps to Prince William at the Army Aviation Centre on 13 May 2024 in Stockbridge, Hampshire.

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