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The Cuds, Part I

17th September 2023 Blown Periphery 2041 Comments

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 Violent End of Mussolini – Operation Oak, Part Two

6th September 2023 Blown Periphery 2492 Comments

The gliders wallowed behind their Heinkel 111 tug aircraft in the thin, turbulent air above the  mountains.  The lead aircraft sighted the long mountain ridge and the Gran Sasso Mountain behind it,  gave the order [more…]

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The Fall of Mussolini – Operation Oak, Part One

30th August 2023 Blown Periphery 2498 Comments

In the summer of 1943, the terrible reality of total war was the closest wolf to the Italian  population’s sledge.  Mussolini’s grandiose plans for a new Roman Empire that would stretch across  Southern Europe and [more…]

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Painting with Acrylic on Canvas

23rd July 2023 Blown Periphery 2210 Comments

In the final part of this series before I move onto etchings, I’m doing a piece on painting with acrylic paint onto a stretched frame canvas. The principles apply just as well for oil painting, [more…]

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Painting with Watercolours

16th July 2023 Blown Periphery 5315 Comments

To give everyone a rest from the military stuff, I thought I’d share one of my ways of retreating from the stresses of life, politics, the media and people. Watercolour painting is a good starting [more…]

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The Diary of a REMF – Part Five

9th July 2023 SharpieType301 2901 Comments

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 2538 Comments

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 2645 Comments

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 2351 Comments

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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