Disconnected
Have I experienced life before I have lived?
OP OMIDDU
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,
Gut Feeling
28.11.2011, Age twenty-one Taking cover in a four-foot deep ditch and up to our knees in s**t, checking ourselves for gunshot wounds after surviving a wall of lead that had moments before suppressed us into the ground. Not knowing exactly where the heavy enemy gunfire had come from, we had to make an agreed decision
The Unknown East
19.10.2011 Age twenty-one Moments away from breaking out of cover and into the five hundred meter stretch of open ground that divided us from hell on earth. We had dominated the ground in the West but we had no idea what ‘The Unknown East’ had in store for us.
Grenade Grenade
2011, Age twenty-one Stepping out of the gate every day would inevitably increase our chances of encountering the Taliban. After all, we were a foreign force strolling around in their back garden, so it would only be a matter of time before we would bump into them.