Prince Harry impresses with shooting skills
- Thread starter Wendell
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He is the Royal family's only combat vet under the age of 80 - he has to know something about shooting. (and he didn't have to go - he could have side stepped that duty, full marks for stepping up - he was apparently p*ssed when an Australian newspaper reported he was in A'stan because he knew they'd have to pull him)
punkrockboy
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Charlie Hapsburg is a loon. I cringe every time I see him. I sure hope one of the kids get it instead.
Don't forget Prince Andrew, born around 1960. The guy flew RN Sea Kings around The Falklands when the bullets, bombs and missiles were flying.
I had forgotten about Andy - possibly my old "Army bias" showing through, pretty sure Andy wouldn't know what to do with Ma Deuce though.
Gunnerlove
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I am not saying that he can't shoot as I really don't know.
However the belief that he can shoot because he has been deployed goes against much of what I have seen in the last few years.
maple_leaf_eh
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Harry is/was a cavalry officer, who trained with his troop to go to Afghanistan. When there were noises that a Royal would make too attractive a target for the TB, and therefore endanger his troops more than necessary. Give the man credit for insisting on doing his part. In the end the Army trained him as a Forward Air Controller and sent him to FOB Dehli, Helmand province. It looked out of the way on the tippy south end of a long string of FOBs and camps along the Helmand River, but it was anything but quiet.
FOB Dehli was the first point of contact for TB coming north from their camps in Pakistan. Getting past Dehli was their recruit school confirmation exercise. The garrison was on the guns daily, with container after container of ammunition being fired at the insurgents. If a bad guy showed himself, the Brits and Afghan would engage. Harry would call in the mortars, arty and air support as required. When the Australian newspaper broke the story, Harry was f&cking p!ssed! He was having a significant effect on the war, and the British papers had agreed to a truce while he was overseas. The Australians didn't have the same restrictions, and they wanted to sell papers.
How do I know? I was working with a lot of Brits, who were used to working amongst Royals, reading the Fleet Street rags, and gauging the truthfulness of the rumour mill.
Harry is/was a cavalry officer, who trained with his troop to go to Afghanistan. When there were noises that a Royal would make too attractive a target for the TB, and therefore endanger his troops more than necessary. Give the man credit for insisting on doing his part. In the end the Army trained him as a Forward Air Controller and sent him to FOB Dehli, Helmand province. It looked out of the way on the tippy south end of a long string of FOBs and camps along the Helmand River, but it was anything but quiet.
FOB Dehli was the first point of contact for TB coming north from their camps in Pakistan. Getting past Dehli was their recruit school confirmation exercise. The garrison was on the guns daily, with container after container of ammunition being fired at the insurgents. If a bad guy showed himself, the Brits and Afghan would engage. Harry would call in the mortars, arty and air support as required. When the Australian newspaper broke the story, Harry was f&cking p!ssed! He was having a significant effect on the war, and the British papers had agreed to a truce while he was overseas. The Australians didn't have the same restrictions, and they wanted to sell papers.
How do I know? I was working with a lot of Brits, who were used to working amongst Royals, reading the Fleet Street rags, and gauging the truthfulness of the rumour mill.
