Army

A French infantry helmet from WWI offered better protection than the modern US Army helmet

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A French infantry helmet from World War I offered better protection from blasts than the modern US Army helmet, new experiment shows A group of engineering researchers at Duke tested four military helmets They compared the current US standard helmet to three World War I helmets They found the French WWI helmet, called Adrian, outperformed … Read more

I moved my army pension worth £75k into a Sipp and it’s losing money

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I served just under 15 years in the British Army. I left the military at the end of 2005 and moved in to private security working in Afghanistan, Somalia and now South Sudan. Having served over 12 years I am entitled to a half military pension once I reach retirement age. While working in Afghanistan … Read more

‘Is my brain out?’: Trainee Army medic, 20, jokes with doctors as he has brain surgery WIDE AWAKE

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A team of neurosurgeons is on the hunt for a ping-pong-ball-sized tumour, lodged in the left side of Cameron Ray’s brain. Not that you’d know it. Chuckling, the 20-year-old patient gives a thumbs-up to the surgical assistant and cheekily asks the assembled doctors and nurses: ‘Is my brain out?’ It sounds astonishing but Cameron is … Read more

MC Beaton speaks to Event about her army of loyal fans and being called ‘cosy’

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Best-selling author MC Beaton is often described as the ‘queen of cosy crime’. Her army of devoted fans can’t get enough of the quirky, gently amusing mystery stories about her two beloved characters, Hamish Macbeth and Agatha Raisin, whose battles with poisoned quiches and despicable dustmen have made her one of the top ten most … Read more