Saturday 3 March 2012
Bits and Pieces....
Sunday 13 November 2011
Afghanistan 2011
Well, That’s me back from Camp Bastion. I started Pre Deployment Training with Number 2 (Tactical) Police Squadron, Force Protection Wing for Op Herrick 14, in Oct 10 and finished in April 11. We deployed later that month and returned at the end of Oct 11. In all, it was 6.5 months after 6 months solid training so a hard year was had by us all.
Sunday 27 March 2011
Saturday 4 July 2009
Life at CI Ops (Counter Intelligence Operations), or Special Branch - to use our civilian counterparts title, is an interesting one that has me moving around a lot in the UK. My out of area will be in Afghnistan, probably early next year, for 6 months. Sounds daunting but I am actually looking forward to it because it is such an interesting job.
Saturday 7 March 2009
Back In The UK - for now!
I haven't got too many pictures from Bahrain because:
a. I didn't have my personal camera with me very much
b. They'd look too much like holiday pictures because I was never in uniform
c. I had long hair & I look like a tramp with long hair!
My new job is with the Specialist Police Wing (SPW) in our Special Branch. That, unfortunately, means a lot of time away for my last 3 years in the mob. Still loving it tho.
As to photo's from Bahrain, I'll publish what I have soon.
Thursday 25 September 2008
2007 Basrah, Iraq
Here's a typical morning. 1500 LEC's would turn up at the airport for work. Even at this time of the morning (0700hrs) the temperature was well over 35 degrees
We worked closely with the Czech army and the Iraqi Military PoliceThese lads were all 10 Division (Iraqi Army) Military Police. Despite what has been reported in the media,these guys were brave and fiercely loyal to Iraq.
The challenger II is a beautiful piece of hardware. Scared the crap out of me so God alone knows what it did to the insurgents!!
Here's our accommodation. Corimecs with air conditioning - bliss in the 55 degree heat
..........................& in the morning, we reviewed our lucky escape.
And here's a very relieved me after....!!!
And a very good team of RAF Police persons.
I loved getting to know the Iraqi's, and I loved the closeness that we shared as a section..working, eating, sleeping as one unit, but I don't want to go back there again. I just don't wat to go back to the same place. Can't see any point. I don't really want to revist any placeI've been before. I'll enjoy Afghanistan when I go, & I'll enjoy Bahrain (Oct 08 to Feb 09)
Tuesday 23 September 2008
2004 - Falkland Islands
Stanley Harbour at dusk
At MPA......
.........The Joint Counter Intelligence Section (JCIS)
The road to the Police Headquarters (PHQ)
Of course, its not all work, work, work.....(you get Sunday afternoons off)
................I indulged myself in one of my passions; scrambling. This was at Pleasant Peak.....
Then there's the 4 day R&R....I went to Pebble Island.....
Penguins really stink. It's like a bad rotten fish smell.