Andy Young
@noduffdispatches.bsky.social
Pseudo-academic, amphibious warfare geek and house husband.
Not necessarily in that order!
Not necessarily in that order!
Some thoughts on the journeys we take as we meander through life.
Life is seldpm a straight-line navigation. Sometimes it is sunny uplands; other times like negotiating your way through the Dead Marshes. Wherever your journey takes you, you never walk alone.
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Life is seldpm a straight-line navigation. Sometimes it is sunny uplands; other times like negotiating your way through the Dead Marshes. Wherever your journey takes you, you never walk alone.
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Rivers, Skeletons, and Other Detours
Or: Footsteps, Anxiety, and the Occasional DEATH Cameo
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December 7, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Some thoughts on the journeys we take as we meander through life.
Life is seldpm a straight-line navigation. Sometimes it is sunny uplands; other times like negotiating your way through the Dead Marshes. Wherever your journey takes you, you never walk alone.
open.substack.com/pub/noduffdi...
Life is seldpm a straight-line navigation. Sometimes it is sunny uplands; other times like negotiating your way through the Dead Marshes. Wherever your journey takes you, you never walk alone.
open.substack.com/pub/noduffdi...
Chuffed to be asked to submit a (rather eclectic) selection of texts for @societyarmy.bsky.social annual booklist.
This reflects 20yrs of reading for work, pleasure, and study.
So pick up a book and pull up a bollard!
This reflects 20yrs of reading for work, pleasure, and study.
So pick up a book and pull up a bollard!
Our next booklist suggestions come from Andrew Young, picking up on his interests in amphibious warfare & looking at how today's defence establishment can learn from history: www.sahr.org.uk/view-book-li...
You can also catch his recent online talk for the Society at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=55UL...
You can also catch his recent online talk for the Society at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=55UL...
December 5, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Chuffed to be asked to submit a (rather eclectic) selection of texts for @societyarmy.bsky.social annual booklist.
This reflects 20yrs of reading for work, pleasure, and study.
So pick up a book and pull up a bollard!
This reflects 20yrs of reading for work, pleasure, and study.
So pick up a book and pull up a bollard!
A new NoDuffDispatches is out: a reflection on resilience, low mood, and why stoicism isn’t a personality. From Lucknow Platoon mushrooms to the surprising power of connection - it’s all in there.
Read here:👇
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Read here:👇
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Resilience, Coursework, and the Awkward Art of Connection
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Low-Mood Course
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November 30, 2025 at 5:44 PM
A new NoDuffDispatches is out: a reflection on resilience, low mood, and why stoicism isn’t a personality. From Lucknow Platoon mushrooms to the surprising power of connection - it’s all in there.
Read here:👇
open.substack.com/pub/noduffdi...
Read here:👇
open.substack.com/pub/noduffdi...
Remembrance isn’t just one day a year. It’s childhood, service, loss — and two small boys interrupting every solemn thought with snack requests. A short reflection on memory, hope, and family. 👇
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Remembrance, and the Long Road Home
Remembrance, resilience, and the joy of trying to parent in a gale-force crosswind
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November 23, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Remembrance isn’t just one day a year. It’s childhood, service, loss — and two small boys interrupting every solemn thought with snack requests. A short reflection on memory, hope, and family. 👇
open.substack.com/pub/noduffdi...
open.substack.com/pub/noduffdi...
Latest from noduffdispatches.substack.com.
Switching off from the hyper-productivity and dopamine-hits of modern life with...
"Page Turners and Turned Off Phones"
Reading as resistance, resilience, and rejuvenation...
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Switching off from the hyper-productivity and dopamine-hits of modern life with...
"Page Turners and Turned Off Phones"
Reading as resistance, resilience, and rejuvenation...
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Page Turners and Turned-Off Phones
Or: How I Ditched the Feed and Found a Plot
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June 18, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Latest from noduffdispatches.substack.com.
Switching off from the hyper-productivity and dopamine-hits of modern life with...
"Page Turners and Turned Off Phones"
Reading as resistance, resilience, and rejuvenation...
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Switching off from the hyper-productivity and dopamine-hits of modern life with...
"Page Turners and Turned Off Phones"
Reading as resistance, resilience, and rejuvenation...
substack.com/home/post/p-...
No Duff Dispatches
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No Duff Dispatches | Andrew Young | Substack
Reflections on (self)leadership, living with depression, and the vagaries of post-Service existence. Click to read No Duff Dispatches, by Andrew Young, a Substack publication. Launched 5 days ago.
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June 11, 2025 at 12:10 PM
No Duff Dispatches
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@rnssc.bsky.social Fellows doing their thing on Thursday with @lborouniversity.bsky.social
January 25, 2025 at 11:46 AM
@rnssc.bsky.social Fellows doing their thing on Thursday with @lborouniversity.bsky.social
The day job strikes again!
One of my favourite activities at work is collaborating with others to run these events for our Fellows.
Socially engaging; conceptually challenging; and friendly competition always make these hugely enjoyable.
One of my favourite activities at work is collaborating with others to run these events for our Fellows.
Socially engaging; conceptually challenging; and friendly competition always make these hugely enjoyable.
Crisis games are valuable. They make us think. This week, we held a crisis game with Loughborough University on the issue of Svalbard. This follows a seminar on the polar regions we did with Royal Holloway in the autumn.
Read about both on our LinkedIn page.
www.linkedin.com/posts/rrnssc...
Read about both on our LinkedIn page.
www.linkedin.com/posts/rrnssc...
January 25, 2025 at 9:16 AM
The day job strikes again!
One of my favourite activities at work is collaborating with others to run these events for our Fellows.
Socially engaging; conceptually challenging; and friendly competition always make these hugely enjoyable.
One of my favourite activities at work is collaborating with others to run these events for our Fellows.
Socially engaging; conceptually challenging; and friendly competition always make these hugely enjoyable.