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Captain Stephen James Healey killed in Afghanistan
It is with sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that Captain Stephen James Healey, from 1st Battalion The Royal Welsh, was killed in Afghanistan on Saturday 26 May 2012. Captain Stephen H… more →
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wrote 16 hours ago: Where I unabashedly steal Chris Blattman’s “Links I Liked” concept: 1. SpaceX Dra … more →
For your tomorrow we gave our today
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wrote 19 hours ago: “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few. Sir Winston Churc … more →
Captain Stephen James Healey killed in Afghanistan
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wrote 4 days ago: It is with sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that Captain Stephen James Healey, from … more →
More Afghanistan drawings
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What a way to be 40
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wrote 5 days ago: Well, I thought I would share my special day with you all, today is my 40th birthday and I know that … more →
Follow up Afghanistan drawings
wrote 1 week ago: Here are a few of the drawings/paintings I’ve been working on recently following the stint as … more →
Happy Birthday Hayley
wrote 1 week ago: Another request for one of the guys out here serving in Afghanistan, to Hayley, have a happy birthda … more →
Each person has a story to tell
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wrote 1 week ago: Over the some of the previous blog posts of 6 days in the sand, I told the story of how we lived whi … more →
Photo: Is this the first Taliban-made drone, ever?
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wrote 1 week ago: Update May 19, 2012 21.18 GMT The following pictures, courtesy of the Helmand Governor’s Media … more →
Happy Birthday Sis
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wrote 2 weeks ago: Just a quick message to one of my sisters back home in the UK. Happy Birthday xx … more →
Bernard Jenkin on Afghanistan
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wrote 2 weeks ago: This afternoon I attended the second half of a Global Diplomatic Forum conference on “Two Year … more →
Royal Navy medic receives Military Cross at Buckingham Palace
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wrote 2 weeks ago: A wounded Royal Navy medic who saved the lives of four colleagues after they were seriously injured … more →
Afghan officials discover nine tonnes of explosives
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wrote 2 weeks ago: Afghan personnel from Helmand’s National Department of Security and the Bost 170 counter-terro … more →
6 days in the sand (The end is near)
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wrote 2 weeks ago: Again I lie here in the sand writing this with the Afghan sun beating down upon me, 40+ degrees sapp … more →
A Question of Faith
wrote 2 weeks ago: Inflammatory rhetoric like this is starting a stealth Crusade in contemporary America. Recently I … more →
Final Helmand district in UK operational area enters transition process
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wrote 2 weeks ago: Afghan National Army soldiers on patrol during Operation ROZI ROSHAN (stock image)[Picture: Sergeant … more →
From Britain to Bastion, to protect and deter
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wrote 2 weeks ago: Trooper James Campbell Trooper James Campbell is a member of the Headquarters Squadron of The King’s … more →
British servicemen killed by Afghan police in suspected 'green on blue' attack
wrote 2 weeks ago: The Independent May 13, 2012 Two British servicemen have been shot dead by Afghan police in Helmand … more →
Our home in the middle of nowhere
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wrote 2 weeks ago: As I stepped of the helicopter I’m greeted by the intense heat that my new home will provide m … more →
