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It may be a chilly 7 degrees in New York City, but we have turned up the heating onboard to give the warmest welcome to our new Commanding Officer.
Capt Nick Cooke-Priest OBE RN will take 55,000 tonnes of #GlobalBritain into DT-2 and onto Initial Operating Capability Maritime.
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And @GillAJones has done it! For the more nervous reader this is entirely a computer generated picture, it’s not real!
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Ask a sailor, they will say that a day alongside is a day wasted. This day will be an exception though.
Whilst @HMSPWLS gets ready to welcome us back to our birthplace, we can't wait to welcome our little sister home to #Portsmouth
We may even let her use OUR jetty sometime 😉
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Banish the January blues; we are one month closer to #Westlant19🇺🇸
2019 will see us further, safely, tailor @thef35 to 4.5-acres of Sovereign Power along with expanding the capability of our Ship and crew.
Cannot wait to get these immense flying machines back on deck though 🇬🇧
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Happy 246th Birthday @USMC 🥳
An early start to the celebrations 🌅 a 2.11mile⚡️squad run on the Flight Deck @HMSQNLZ
🇺🇸 @USNavy VMFA-211 & @3rdmaw joined on their traditional ‘birthday’ run by @RoyalNavy sailors & @RoyalMarines 🇬🇧
#CSG21
#HappyBirthdayMarines
@SenNatRepQNLZ
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365 days ago we left Rosyth, since then:
We came home✔️
Raised the White Ensign✔️
Went Overseas✔️
Sailed 16,000 nautical miles✔️
Operated Chinook & Merlin✔️
Conducted a RAS✔️
Cooked 394,200🥚’s 😳
Next?
🇬🇧 #Westlant18 🇺🇸
🇬🇧 #f35ondeck 🇺🇸
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📷 Air defence throughout #WESTLANT19 has been provided by the mighty @HMSDragon 🐲. The #Type45destroyer has been #breathingfire exercising with a number of @USNavy ships, as well as acting as our escort.
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Lots of flying recently! The F-35B jets of 617 Squadron and the @USMC have been busy 🇬🇧🇺🇸
Here is Sqn Ldr Stew Campbell @Was_a_Red talking about the iconic "Dambusters" and about flying the @thef35 Lightning II jet on #CSG21👨✈️🛩
@RoyalAirForce @RAF_Marham @OC617Sqn @RoyalNavy
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It is most definitely British weather out there so we must nearly be home. 💨☂️🌊
Today we disembark our resident flight, 820 NAS and the one that has furthered our capability during #Westlant18 with #CommandoMerlin
845 NAS
Safe home to @RNASCuldrose @RNASYeovilton
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Possibly the best commissioning cake ever seen! #QNLZcommissioning bbc.com/news/uk-scotla…
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That awkward moment when you realise our ship dwarfs the town that is hosting us. #Invergordon pop.4075 QNLZ 700 RN & 200 contractors.
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Plenty of #WednesdayMotivation in this; our favourite image so far of #F35ondeck
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Well of course, one of our countdown days had to be dedicated to the #F35.
Even after 3 years, the presence, noise and operation of them are still spine tingling.
Sit back, turn up the volume and enjoy the 2020 maritime lightning show ⚡⚓.
#Not #F35Friday #ButBetter
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Intracloud Lightning.
Cloud to cloud Lightning.
Cloud to ground Lightning.
And our version:
F35 ⚡ that #StrikesFromTheSea
#F35Friday #LightningIsForecast
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#BlueMonday, is it a thing?
Indeed January is slow, grey and wet.... replace January with #F35 though, and you get the below 🎥 which is so much better!
NB: Video slowed from original ⚡speed 😉
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We couldn’t do what we do without our families and friends back home. Thank you!
A message to our supporters from Captain Feasey
#CSG21
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Brilliant to see Britain's special relationship with the USA taking to the waves as USS Harry Truman visits our Homeport as we operate in US territorial waters.
@USNavy can be sure of a warm #Portsmouth welcome; but we can only apologies about the weather! ☔️ twitter.com/itvmeridian/st…
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Did you enjoy #BritainsBiggestWarship Series 1? If so, we are excited to announce that @ChrisTerrill will be back onboard filming #Westlant18 and #F35ondeck for Series 2 to be aired on the @BBC Reminds us of watching Sailor back in the day though we can’t promise a marriage!
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In a Sea State 6 with winds gusting to 50 knots we continue to develop @thef35 to life at Sea.
Our Rotary Wing are also showing their metal on Search & Rescue duties. With a pitching, rolling deck; they certainly are earning their flying pay today!
#roughers #FlyNavy #F35ondeck
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.@England expects that every man will do his duty. #Eng #WorldCup #ThreeLions #ENGSWE #theTWEETOisScottish 😳
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Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.
Publilius Syrus 85BC - 43BC
Our latest Replenishment at Sea with USNS SUPPLY shows how perilous operations become when the Sea is awoken.
#RAS #Allies #GlobalReach @USNavy
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Ahead of tonight's @PoppyLegion #FestivalofRemembrance, we look back on our homage to the fallen when we were exercising off the Eastern Seaboard last year.
Find out how you can support this year 👇britishlegion.org.uk/get-involved/p…
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Can you see us in the background?😶🌫️👀🔭
Good to sail with the Japanese destroyer Setogiri in the Gulf of Aden.
We will see more of the Japan Maritime Self Defence Force as we continue to head East into the Indo-Pacific
@jmsdf_pao_eng @RoyalNavy 🇬🇧🇯🇵 twitter.com/smrmoorhouse/s…
The @RoyalNavy's flagship and first Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier. ⚓️🇬🇧