Category Archives for Afghanistan

My blog from when i went to Afghanistan with 4 mercian as part of Op Herrick 10, we deployed in Helmand and and the first 3 months in the Bastion AO then deployed into the green zone living in patrol bases for the final 3 months.

The Afghanistan journey begins…

By Mike | Published October 22, 2012

  ‘Children: The sounds of progress’ “I was sat at Lashkar Gah waiting for a helicopter, it was about 10am and the sun was out, it felt like a nice summer morning you get in the UK (sometimes!), the camp at Lash  is surrounded by high walls and on the other side of those walls […]

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Video: What does a Combat Camera Team do?

By Mike | Published May 21, 2012

Here’s a video made by an Army CCT that recently deployed to Afghanistan, this will give you a feel for the job we will be doing. I’m deploying as the ENG (video guy) member of the team.

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The big move south…

By Mike | Published June 30, 2009

So what will the next chapter hold….. Well that’s a good question and it could have a very interesting and somewhat intense final story…. We can’t judge how this will pan out yet but the signs are all there starting from here… On my return from R&R things changed rapidly, I’d heard bits and pieces […]

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