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SOF | WITH THE SERVICES
With the Services
INTRODUCTION BY EDITOR ROBERT BELLFIELD
I write with two hats on; firstly, as the new
variety. Firstly, as Kate Aide would say,
editor of the ‘With the Services’ postbag,
we have our own correspondent from
having recently taken over the role from
Kiev – Commodore Tim Woods. Tim and
Simon Dougherty, but also with a personal
I served together on HMS NORFOLK
update as I am still serving. I don’t seem to
many years ago and I am delighted that
be able to escape!
Tim has written about his fascinating
job as the DA in Kiev. Tim, thank you so
I would like to express my sincere thanks
much for your submission to the postbag
to Simon for all the hard work he has
and I look forward to catching up with
put in over the years to maintain the
you over a beer when you are home in
‘With the Services’ contributions in the
Suffolk. Secondly, I am delighted to have
OF Magazine. His emails have always
a letter into the postbag from my old
perfectly ‘pricked the conscience’ to put
Politics A-Level sparring partner, Group
pen to paper and submit our beautifully
Captain Antony McCord. Antony has had
written prose!
a fascinating career with the RAF, much
of it abroad, and it is only fitting that he is
These are early days in the Chair and it
now our correspondent from Paris, as the
will take time to build my network across
Air Attaché. Finally, it was good to hear
the OFs who are serving in the Armed
from Marcus Massey who writes from the
Forces but I hope that we can use this
Defence Academy, having been selected
postbag not only to update fellow OFs
for promotion to Lieutenant Colonel.
on personal circumstances, but also use it
as an opportunity to inform non-Service
In these days of GDPR, it is really difficult
personnel on the great work the Armed
to start a network from scratch but I really
Forces are doing across the globe. I’m
look forward to hearing from the OFs
also keen to raise awareness of women
who are serving. Framlingham College
in the Armed Forces and would be
has such strong connections with all the
very interested to hear from any of our
Services and I am sure there are many
international OFs who might be serving or
OF sailors, soldiers and airmen of whom
have served in their own country’s Armed
we don’t have details. So, please do not
Forces.
hesitate to drop me a line at
robert.bellfield2@gmail.com and I look
forward to hearing your news.
While I may not have the quantity for this
round, I certainly have the quality and
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