Simon Flett2d ago

Fascinating insight into the qualities needed to rise to be Vice-chief of the Defence Staff.

"Extremely effective..charming..easy to work with and a great team player". Elsewhere.."She's also very smart & works incredibly hard."

So not gym-bunny muscled, gung-ho, obseqious, notoriously alcohol-reliant, with a greasy quiff then, Pete #Hegseth ?

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https://observer.co.uk/news/profile/article/profile-sharon-nesmith-trailblazing-soldier

Sharon Nesmith, the British army’s highest flying dame

The British army can now boast of a woman in every rank

The Observer
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Constrast General Nesmith's career with the qualities needed to be promoted in the Soviet sorry Russian officer corps - a willingness to "zero" & otherwise brutalise your own troops, use ill-trained/equipped draftees to draw fire as cannpn fodder, falsification of combat reports to persuade superiors of success, lying to draw the pay of phantom soldiers, while at all times staying safely in the rear - and one understands why they are losing.

https://observer.co.uk/news/profile/article/profile-sharon-nesmith-trailblazing-soldier

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#SlavaUkrainii

Sharon Nesmith, the British army’s highest flying dame

The British army can now boast of a woman in every rank

The Observer
Mar 25 at 8:44amWeb