2016-03-19 18:53
Not everyone who deploys on operations will deploy with the Unit they've trained with, lived with and gone on the piss for the last few years with. Most Units get extra people to go on Ops… Read More
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12 years down - 10 to go. Life in the British Army
2016-03-19 18:53
It was the autumn of 2002 and things were getting interesting. It looked like we'd be going to war. It looked like this was going to be 'the war' of my army generation. Whilst some British… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Honestly - you take a year off and when you come back everyone has disappeared. My sidebar now links to several sex sites and other dubious cybersquatting sites.I obviously have some catchi… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Since I left I've moved house (again) and spent some time sunning myself in Iraq. On the positive side the army, and it's relationship with the general public has come back into the media… Read More
2006-08-16 04:20
As you know I'm just a tad busy at the minute.I'm also finding it hard to find anything new to say on this blog. Hence the reason it's all got a bit crap lately.So for the time being Univer… Read More
2006-08-15 05:57
Looking forward to trying out the new version of blogger - that makes me sad doesn't it? Read More
2006-08-12 18:08
Gonorr asked:"PBI* or support?"Well I used to be the former until my body decided it wasn't such a smart move and now I'm definitely a REMF.* - Poor Bloody Infantry. Support = support troo… Read More
2006-08-10 17:07
Although it is nearly 8 years ago I can still feel the ice in belly as I woke up on the morning I was due to get married.The party had started the night before with a little 'light ' karaoke… Read More
2006-08-09 18:13
Dr Jest asked:"How much does the regimental tradition still survive with all the political buggering about, and is this(the tradition)for good or ill?"Yes the regimental tradition survives e… Read More
2006-08-01 18:23
2006-07-31 19:58
I've got a short pause in the madness that is currently my life of work, getting ready to move and trying to have a family life, so back to the memoir for a short moment.I loved my first 6… Read More
2006-07-31 19:04
FourDinners also asked:"Are there many Officers like the (ex) one we've got at work from Deepcut? (intimidating bully who's going to lose some bits of his anatomy when he transfers to our sh… Read More
2006-07-29 16:38
Fed up with Blair, Bush and Kim Jong-Il? Think you can do better? Pop over to Postcard Manifesto and prove it then.(Clair - I promise I'll get my arse in gear and buy a postcard really soo… Read More
2006-07-29 05:43
Four Dinners asked:"Have you ever shot anybody?Have you ever been (personally as opposed to generally in the midst of many) been shot or shot at?"I sort of answered number 1 a while back her… Read More
2006-07-26 16:20
JJ asked:"Weren't you terrified signing up initally for 22 years? Such a long time had it turned out to be the wrong choice for you (which clearly it is not)."Actually we aren't committed fo… Read More
2006-07-24 09:51
Ellie also asked:"Do you ever rethink your career? Wish you were a corporate whore and not a gun toter? (Grass is always greener, no?)"Erm - don't we all think 'What if?' sometimes. Financ… Read More
2006-07-22 16:15
Ellie asked:"Do they eat powdered eggs in the HM's army? What are powdered eggs really? What's the best army food? What's the worst?"1. I don't think so.2. I hate to think.3. It depend… Read More
2006-07-20 06:43
The Blonde asked:How do you feel about the professionalism of the British army in comparison with other countries armies?Virtually every where we operate these days we do so as a part of mul… Read More
2006-07-16 19:51
Cookie Monster asked:"how do you feel when you hear the british action in afghanistan and iraq criticised? im guessing it must make you feel pretty unloved/unappreciated back home here in bl… Read More
2006-07-13 16:42
The Boy asked:"From the outside, what looks like the hardest thing about army life is the time away from family. Is that true, and if not, what do you find most difficult about the army life… Read More
2006-07-11 17:08
I'm going to be rather busy fairly soon, first with work and then with moving the family a few hundred miles.Which is going to lead to a bit of a pause on the blogging front.Before I shoot o… Read More
2006-07-10 19:43
It was shortly after my Op Cygnet that I was due the three letters that bring an instant smile to your average squaddie:R n RTwo weeks at home. Well ten days at home by the time you've had… Read More
2006-07-06 17:15
Being bumped around in the back of the LandRover and I was beginning to regret taking my boss up on the offer of a weekend in Split. It was in the mid-30s, very little of the draught from t… Read More
2006-07-04 18:49
It was about half way through the tour that the list came around. A tour t-shirt, only about £6.Great I thought.Now eightish years later the washing line at my house can resemble a pi… Read More
2006-07-03 19:36
If, like me, you've spent the last few days sweltering* and on occasion moaning about how hot and sticky it is then just pause and think about this:In Basra today it is 45C (that's about 110… Read More
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