How welcome and necessary would this investment be if you want to carry on providing what you're providing and more?

Yeah, I think...

We can carry on doing a lot with relatively little.

I mean, defence is expensive, infrastructure is expensive, but in relative terms, Gibraltar is good value for money.

And, you know, my job, I often joke, you know, one of my jobs here has been to be sort of chief salesman.

That's not quite accurate.

My job has been to make sure that the decision makers in defence understand here in Gibraltar what we can, from a defence perspective, can, cannot and could do.

What's happening there? Because there was a time where there was a recruitment campaign?

But it's like tenfold for you because this has been, when I say your community, this whole train set has been yours.

Oh, I'm glad we're not filming this, Ginny.

Yeah, it is hugely difficult.

And of course, exacerbated by the fact that I'm sort of leaving the naval service after nearly four decades.

But I'll have spent 10% of that time here in Gibraltar.

And of course, we've discussed before, I first came to Gibraltar as a midshipman and then again as a sub-lieutenant and as a lieutenant and so on.

So I've been back regularly, you know, and I love the place from when I first came here.

Have you got a couple of things that you've done in your time here that you will always look back on and think, yeah, that was really good?

What is the significance of Armed Forces Month, particularly in Gibraltar, where the military has such a long-standing, uh, connection with the community?

Well, I think you've nailed it in that, uh, opening, um, opening remarks about the long-standing relationship.

It's all about us connecting with the community that, uh, that we defend.

Uh, and we do that in a, in a large number of ways, but the sort of getting out there and there's a, there's a, there's a wonderful ceremonial side to military history.

Uh, so this week sees the very significant King's Birthday Parade, uh, and, uh, and the Crossed Swords Pipes and Drums will be out there with the Royal Gibraltar Regiment Band and some, uh, band members from the, uh, Corps of Army Mu- Music back in the UK in Casemates Square tomorrow evening.

Uh, and it's about getting out there and a bit of, uh, a bit of, bit of pomp and ceremony, and celebrating sort of fine military traditions.

So, um, how did Gibraltar secure a visit from such a, a high caliber group?

So, um, through a sort of slightly circuitous route.