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We rise early at 0400, again! Sort out our kit, weapons checks, grab body armour and we tab back down to the murder wall. Then we push out into the fields beyond, where we had our first contacts of the tour. It is still early, the kind of murky pre-dawn almost ethereal light and
11-12 July 2010 Day one. OP OMIDDU is the first operation of its kind in the history of modern Afghanistan. An entire operation planned and executed by the Afghan National Army (ANA) and I was lucky enough to be on it working with the first ANA C-IED team. This consists of Sgt Khan the operator,
I’ve been a “civvy” now for nearly six years and even today I still find myself reminiscing about the good old times. Well, I say “civvy” but I guess if you’ve served in the armed forces, you’re never quite a fully fledged civilian ever again.
We arrive at FOB Jackson in Sangin in the middle of the night to be greeted by our new REST who very kindly take our bags to our new accommodation. After a short meet and greet we all get our fat heads down. In the morning we are awakened by people moving around in PT
After devouring my Christmas dinner, I shall go for a walk just as I may do on Christmas day at home. This time, however, we had a job to do and we still needed to dominate the ground in order to disrupt any Taliban operations. So on this particular Christmas Day of 2011, going for
