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Commando Night Dinner Major Lloyd Pritchard RM
APART FROM MORE HOOFING Commandos, what more does
the Defence Academy need? The answer: Commandos telling you how
hoofing they are! The term Commando derives from the Dutch guerrilla Kommandos of the Boer War and is often used to describe elite troops who, historically, conduct high-risk raids at distance. It is also the word any parent in the South
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Many of
the guests were unable
to attend due to the worst snow of the year... ◆◆◆
West of England dreads: “Daddy, meet my new boyfriend... he’s a Commando.” Thus, a group of determined, steely eyed ‘dealers-of- death’ fought danger and icy conditions to host a wonderfully colour co-ordinated Commando Dinner. It was an event that
inclusively celebrated those individuals who have reached the pinnacle of human existence: Commandos. Whilst one might expect the date of the dinner
(1 March) to hold special significance to Commandos, it actually doesn’t. It had snowed heavily in the week of
