Update
|
| 27th January 2012: The solution
appears to be through Vimeo rather than YouTube and in
due course the various videos will be embedded in the
website. The Test page is in
"Photographs". It will only happen slowly as each
clip has to be edited, rendered and uploaded. |
| 19th January 2012 : The SOAF videos
of
Marbat and
Habrut load and then play. This is rather cumberson
but works with Expression Web 4. Windows only at the
moment as there is more to life than trying
to integrate with iPad. |
| 14th January 2012 :
Tawi Atair |
| 9th Janauary 2012 : Map of
Western Dhofar - best viewed as a *.pdf |
| 2nd January 2012 :
Maps & Diagrams section started in the "Documents"
area. The maps take a while to create so this section
will be slow to implement. |
| 28th December 2011 :
The airfield ACR7D radar, the sewage truck and the
piston Provost from Alan James |
| 19th December 2011 : Former FSTs
Nikolay Ivanovich Pirogov |
| 11th December 2011; Front page
to
"Documents" repaired |
| 7th November : Any additions to the
website have been delayed. Firstly by a trip around the
Black Sea in the first half of October and then perhaps by water in the broadband box
at the top of the village which brought my connection
to a halt on the 28th October. Long intercontinental conversations
to southern India, holes
excavated in the Croxton pavements and attention to the
"multiplexer" in the Thetford exchange failed to resolve
the problem. A new router to replace my faithful 7 year
old Netgear device appaers to have sorted out the
problem.. |
7th November:The Government and the
MOD were anxious to keep
British involvement covert.
The
sultan had at one time worried over quite what PDYR
intentions were and brought up the question of air
defence with the British.
The Defence attaché in Muscat
had
raised the issue with members of SOAF at a boozy
reception.
A number of
"Sitreps" have been added to the website |
| 11th October : The
deniability issue of the involvement of British
Forces when dealing with the Press or even the
St Albans
Young Liberals Association. |
| 10th October :
Intended deployment of British personnel from the UK
and BAOR |
| 8th October: The question was raised
over the provision of
Interceptors for SOAF to counter a potential air
threat from PDRY. Much was made of
who might pay what for other aspects of the war |
| 4th October : A few additions have
been made to the Timeline but no major sections have
been started. |
| 14th September : "The Adu is a rebel
and he lives up in the jebel"
Who were the adoo ? |
| 29th August : Further photographs
from Alan Marshall and some comments on the
operating practices in the Commcen |
| 22nd August : Anecdotes and
photographs from
Alan Marshall who deployed to the Commcen in 1971
from Episkopi |
| 14th August : The Recommendations for
the awards and citations for
Capt Kealy,
Cpl Bennett and
Tpr Takavesi have been added. |
| 14th August 2011 : Following three
weeks of Deet defying "mosquito hell" in Tuscany today's
article from the
Sunday Times has been added to the website. The book
mentioned is due to be released on the 18th of August. |
| 10th June 2011 : Update and
additional material to the "Posties Tale" |
| 9th June 2011 "Storm Front" by
Rowland White published. |
| 4th June 2011: All records in the
"Clinical" Tab changed to HTML and so can be read by
Apple's Safari browser. Video in "QuickTime"
format will be added later but with reduced quality. |
| 30th May : There are problems reading
and pages such as the "Clinical" pages if an iPad is
used. I cannot think of a solution to that other than
one which is going to involve me in a lot of late
nights. Cross platform Adobe to Apple is cumbersome even
with such "Apps" as "Goodreader".
The problem has arisen as I used the *.PDF converter in
Paperport other than a standalone one and it is not
compatible. |
| 16th May 2011 ; Some updates on the
"Sources" page |
| 22nd April 2011 : (I have been busy
in the garden)
"The Postie's Tale" |
| 31st March 2011 :
Present day resupply |
| 11th March 2011 : Very many files
have been moved around in the website which may result
in some unpredictable links. If you have a problem go
into your web browser and delete your "browsing history"
which often sorts it out. |
| 9th March 2011 : Restructuring of
some of the hyperlinks that were in a muddle. More to
do..... |
| 13th February 2011 : Commencement of
pages relating to
Sarfait and Operation "Simba" |
| 11 February 2011 ;General changes to
the presentation of the webpages and the structure of
the site. |
| 2nd February 2011 : Additions to the
SOAF section of the website |
| 5th January 2011;
SOAF & Marbat |
| 29th December 2010 :
Veterans Tour of 2010 commenced
- then deleted on account of software change. |
| 16th December 2010 :
Battle of Mirbat section is being updated following
a visit there early this month. It will take some time
and appear in "chunks" |
| 21st October 2010 :
"Operations Record Book F540" extracts commenced in
"Documents" |
| 30th August 2010 : "Techniques" tab
replaced with "Timeline" |
| 24th August 2010 : A reflection on
the injustices of "Local
Overseas Allowance" |
| 24th August 2010 : New section -
"Timeline" commenced as "work in progress" which
links the FST patients with the military circumstances
surrounding their wounding. |
| 18th June 2010 Photographs from
Trish Sole and from
Wilf Pugh |
| 19th May 2010 :
Battle of Mirbat and
"Radio 219" |
| 17th May 2010 ; Dave Raitt's precis
of
"The Last FST" |
| 25th April 2010: Initial list of the
FST team members |
| 26th February 2010 :
Site "blocked" by Omantel and then unblocked on the
28th. |
| 18th January 2010 :
Special Men Special War |
