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Blown Periphery, Going Postal
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Merry Christmas, Sergeant Edge – A Festive Tail

28th March 2021 Blown Periphery 2985 Comments

In the winter of 2000, Jarvis passed his Special Forces selection. Following his Pathfinder training he expected the selection process to be a mere formality, but he found it a lot more difficult than he [more…]

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The Man Who Played Ross – Chapter 12

21st March 2021 Blown Periphery 2788 Comments

Operation Barras – September 2000 Despite the British military presence in the country, Sierra Leone’s civil war rumbled on. The country would remain important to Britain because of its huge resources of diamonds. The West [more…]

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The Man Who Played Ross – Chapter 11

14th March 2021 Blown Periphery 2576 Comments

Operation Palliser – May 2000 Jarvis was at his parents’ house, being spoiled rotten by his mother and indulged by his father. But the happy families’ illusion was deceptive, because he knew that his parents [more…]

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The Man Who Played Ross – Chapter 10

7th March 2021 Blown Periphery 3798 Comments

Operation Agricola – Kosovo 1999 The problem with a weak, compliant, unquestioning and corrupt mainstream media, is that it enabled corrupt, Champagne Marxist politicians, such as Anthony Charles Lynton Blair to become the British Prime [more…]

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The Man Who Played Ross – Chapter 9

28th February 2021 Blown Periphery 3029 Comments

January 1997 – Salisbury Plain It could have been anywhere, Northern Ireland, Bosnia, but this time it was Wiltshire. The C130 rattled the window frames as it passed 200 feet above the houses below, leaving [more…]

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The Man Who Played Ross – Chapter 8

21st February 2021 Blown Periphery 2463 Comments

Jarvis got hold of a couple of jerry cans of diesel fuel that morning and topped up the Land Rover. While Danny DI’d the vehicle he made a call on the radio briefly outlining yesterday’s [more…]

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The Man Who Played Ross – Chapter 7

14th February 2021 Blown Periphery 2749 Comments

Jarvis had a well-established routine and fitted in well with the headquarters staff, all of whom were senior in rank to him but accepted him as a good operator. He quickly had a handle on [more…]

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The Man Who Played Ross – Chapter 6

7th February 2021 Blown Periphery 2793 Comments

It was rather a strange experience for Lance Corporal Jarvis, who had worried that he might be out of his depth in the brigade headquarters. While it was true that he saw very little of [more…]

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The Man Who Played Ross – Chapter 5

31st January 2021 Blown Periphery 2856 Comments

Ah, good father, Thou seest, the heavens, as troubled with man’s act, Threaten his bloody stage: by the clock, ’tis day, And yet dark night strangles the travelling lamp: Is’t night’s predominance, or the day’s [more…]

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