Tuesday, 07 October 2025

In his re-released, critically acclaimed memoir, A Field of Innocence: Nam, 1968: A Hell of a Way to Come of Age, Vietnam veteran and co-founder of Fallen Warriors Foundation Jack Estes introduces readers to the true and horrifying reality of his time in Vietnam.  As an 18-year old boy who was broke and flunking out of college with a pregnant girlfriend, Estes joined the Marine Corps in 1968 during the height of the Vietnam War.  Although it seemed like the best option at the time, Estes did not imagine what was to follow.

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FARNBOROUGH: Datum Datacentres has announced the official launch of the Datum Cloud Hub, the co-location data centre ecosystem that helps Service Provider and Enterprise clients accelerate business opportunities and enable hybrid infrastructures with direct access to cloud-based service platforms.

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The Ministry of Defence has invested £1.1m in a new state-of-the-art robotic mannequin that will test protective suits and equipment for the UK’s Armed Forces.

The “Porton Man”, named after the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), based in Porton Down in Wiltshire, is able to walk, march, run, sit, kneel and can even lift its arms to sight a weapon like an infantry soldier. More than a hundred sensors all over the body record data during tests enabling scientists to carry out real-time analysis on equipment such as chemical and biological suits in a realistic but secure environment.

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