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• 1.2-17
• 17. I went on patrol. I drove with a convoy of Scimitar tanks from FOB Edinburgh through MusaQala, and beyond. The road took us down through a wadi, i...
• 2.2-18
• 18. We made a square of our vehicles, which we called a harbor. The next day, and the day after, andso on, we ventured out to do patrols around the to...
• 3.2-19
• 19. The next day, or perhaps the day after, our convoy was joined by three journalists. I was orderedto take them into the battlefield, give them a to...
• 4.2-20
• 20. We could see the lights of Musa Qala in the distance. February 2008. Our tanks were in a harbor and we were eating dinner out of bags, talking in ...
• 5.2-21
• 21. I landed on March 1, 2008. The obligatory press conference stood between me and a proper meal. I held my breath, went before the chosen reporter, ...
• 6.2-22
• 22. I was given a month off. I spent the first part of it with mates. They heard I was home, rang me up,asked me out for a drink. OK, but just one. A ...
• 7.2-23
• 23. The press reported breathlessly on our return to Britain, how we dashed to Chelsys off-campusflat in Leeds, where she lived with two girls, whom I...
• 8.2-24
• 24. Flack, they called her. She was funny. And sweet. And cool. I met her at a restaurant with some mates, months afterChels and I had gone our separa...
• 9.2-25
• 25. I went with JLP to Kensington Palace for a cocktail with General Dannatt. As we knocked at the door to the generals apartment I felt jumpier than ...
• 10.2-26
• 26. But I spent that summer of 2008 not thinking about it. I didnt think much about anything, besides the three wounded soldiers whod been with meon t...