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Troublesome Afghanistan

18th July 2025 Always Worth Saying 0

My great-grandfather on my father’s mother’s side served in Afghanistan. Being hill, mountain and lake types, our local regiment, The Border Regiment, deployed to the disputed territory between that country and British India in the [more…]

21st Century

Big Boys’ Rules

24th May 2025 Always Worth Saying 0

In yet another BBC documentary on the subject, a Panorama edition entitled Special Forces: I Saw War Crimes dropped on 12th May and investigated serious allegations against UK Special Forces, in particular the SAS and [more…]

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The Cuds, Part III

1st October 2023 Blown Periphery 0

The Flying Hospital “Allan do you want to go for an early lunch?” Margin asked. “Do you mind?” “Nope.  Wheels were up 1045.  By the time it’s wheels down, got them on board, wheels up, [more…]

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The Cuds, Part II

24th September 2023 Blown Periphery 0

The Pink Mist There wasn’t much left of the pick-up.  The missile had impacted just behind the cab, which had broken the vehicle in half.  Blackened steel reinforcing hoops from the tyres hung from the [more…]

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The Cuds, Part I

17th September 2023 Blown Periphery 0

A World of one-thousand-four-hundred years ago, Separated from us by four-and-a-half hours Three hours and fifteen minutes into their shift, the pilot and weapons systems operator of the Reaper drone  were on top of their [more…]

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The Diary of a REMF – Part Five

9th July 2023 SharpieType301 0

The slug of super-heated copper hit the Land Cruiser at Mach 6, punching through the light metal and Kevlar liner as if it wasn’t there. It entered just behind the driver compartment, some fifty centimetres [more…]

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The Diary of a REMF – Part Four

2nd July 2023 Blown Periphery 0

Wednesday 19th February It seemed as though Colonel Nguyen was getting frustrated with National Caveats as well. His Environmental Health Officer, Major Stavros Balaskas was due to go up to the Czech military hospital on [more…]

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The Diary of a REMF – Part Three

25th June 2023 Blown Periphery 0

Monday 16th February Margin was constantly amazed at just how little work was completed in the ISAF Headquarters. Most of the day-to-day running of operations in Afghanistan were carried out by the ISAF Regional Commands [more…]

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The Diary of a REMF – Part Two

18th June 2023 Blown Periphery 0

Wednesday 11th February While Margin had a great deal of respect for the Joint Casualty and Compassionate Centre, he realised that there was one major flaw in the well-oiled machinery of repatriation. It was designed [more…]

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