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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.

R&R & The tour so far in a short video….

The tour so far – Herrick 10 from Mike Hubbard on Vimeo. The above video is a short video i put together whilst home on R&R for 2 weeks, its been great to get home and see my family and friends and get out on the beer! something I’ve missed! Its been a great 2 […]

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Some photos…

(An AK variant being carried by an Afghan National Army soldier on a joint VCP) (2 Afghan soldiers on the VCP) (ANA soldier with RPG providing cover on VCP search) (Bellow are 2 shots of a mortar being fired from a small ANA checkpoint we used as a patrol base for a couple of days)

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As the pace picks up…

We’ve been here about 2 months and it’s been a busy 2 months! We’ve taken over the tasks from the previous force protection company here at Bastion, we’ve linked up with the RAF regiment and RAF police, with a flight/platoon of each working with us, established a new rotation round the tasks to utilise all […]

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