In situations like this one never knows whether to embrace the inevitable elation or the inescapable guilt. The past 48 hours have been some...

Some things are worth remembering simply for the sake of how awful they were. I learned yesterday, in a very tangible way, that being a chap...

They are officially called, "Non-Essential Personnel". That is, anytime the Army must deploy these people don't necessarily NE...

Compared to recent days, today was fairly uneventful. A steady, cold drizzle ensured that this was quite possibly the muddiest and least com...

By the time I got back to our compound, it was all over the news. It seemed like the thing had just happened when, in reality, I had been ne...

To My Dearest Wife, Once again we find that by force of occasion and occupation I am separated from you. War is, indeed, an ugly business...

It is becoming clearer every day that events here can turn on a dime. One moment everything is quiet and still, the next there is a huge bur...