00:00 This is the command and control vehicle.
00:02 Captain, good morning. Very nice to see you. Thank you for having us.
00:05 So this is the command and control vehicle. Right, I'm in your hands.
00:09 Yes, I'm an SP officer of the European Union.
00:12 I'm a pilot.
00:14 This is my command and control vehicle.
00:16 It's actually not a vehicle, it's operating on a vehicle.
00:19 This is a Muncher, a German car.
00:21 It's a very agile, fast, sensitive car.
00:24 And the German...
00:26 Wherever you guys are working, especially with other countries,
00:30 have nothing but pride and gratitude in what you do.
00:33 We genuinely bring the most professional armed forces to bear
00:36 in all these partnerships with other countries,
00:38 like our German colleagues here.
00:40 You should just know that.
00:42 When I'm talking to other leaders, they're all very excited about the opportunity to partner with us
00:46 because of what you bring. So you should feel very good about that.
00:48 Thank you for what you do.
00:50 One of the few times I'm grateful to be as short as I am.
00:54 It's not something that I have to be told that often.
00:58 How do you feel about our wider relationship with the Germans?
01:02 It's an absolute pleasure.
01:05 It's an absolute pleasure.
01:07 It's a great honour as well.
01:09 You can do this across quite a distance, right?
01:12 It depends on how it's configured.
01:14 If you put it in a bridge, we're limited to a number of platforms.
01:17 That was a bit too much, but that Trenadium was a lot of fun.
01:20 I'll see you guys in recovery in a bit, I think.
01:22 Thank you. That was actually incredibly informative.
01:25 Thank you very much.
01:27 We're going out that way, right?
01:29 That is brilliant. Thank you very much.
01:39 I spent the night on one of our destroyers.
01:41 As a captain, apparently, by tradition, at least, gave up his cabin.
01:44 Yes, that's true.
01:46 I brought my flip-flops to bunk in with everyone, but I didn't need to do that, apparently.
01:50 But then it was the HMS Diamond that's just gone out to the Middle East.
01:53 The sense of humour is something that really struck me as armies versus militaries.
01:57 I mean, Simon's done this his whole life, but I think we really fit well together.
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