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I have just started reading this and thoroughly enjoying it. Kurt's experiences and thoughts almost mirror mine when I joined a regular battalion for service in Bosnia (although my book is not in diary format). Does anyone know if Kurt is still serving in the Brockeville Rifles?

I mean't that Irish soldiers, as in British Army and not Canadian Army, do not wear tartan. Even the Irish Army (IDF) do not wear tartan kilts

yep - another East Atlantican  :-\ another thing is the tendency to reheat the remains of last nights takeaway for breakfast!

now I will have to watch the DVD again - it will give the film a much needed boost in my eyes

Military judge Colonel Stephen Henley found Sergeant Paul Cortez, 24, guilty of conspiracy to commit rape, four counts of felony murder, rape, housebreaking and violating a general order. Under a plea bargain reached with prosecutors prior to a three-day court-martial, Cortez, of Barstow...

there is an acronym in the UK for men like this - SAD Single and Desperate!  ;)

its called Covenant with Death and is unfortunately out of print

not really - 3/4 of my regiment went south (commando artillery) - we stayed in the UK  :(

that fella is wearing a mix of Scottish kit with a Caubeen on his head This is how an Irish soldier should look like in full dress uniform - note that Irish regiments do NOT wear tartan kilts and never have done so.

The Yanks don't seem to be improving - Police Killed In Blunder Updated: 14:00, Friday February 09, 2007 American helicopters have mistakenly launched a deadly attack on Kurdish positions in Northern Iraq, reports have said. At least five police officers were killed. American officials...

click on this link to see the extent of the damage to the AFV's http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2007060452,00.html

A review of Winter Warriors “The frank and gritty story of life in a good infantry battalion in a freezing Bosnian winter. This is the best account I have ever read of day-to-day life on operations in the Balkans, written with an ordinary soldier’s unerring eye for detail and scorn for...

She knew it was a Blue on Blue alright - just not the details

and lastly (for the moment) Marines to Rifles: The Military Experiences of Robert Fernyhough During the Napoleonic Wars with a Short Description of the Military Careers of His Brothers

and..... Bugler and Officer of the Rifles: With 95th (Rifles) During the Peninsular and Waterloo Campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars

another..... British Rifle Man: The Journals and Correspondence of Major George Simmons, Rifle Brigade During the Peninsular War and Campaign of Waterloo

or maybe this? Surtees of the 95th Rifles

and another! Captain of the 95th (Rifles): An Officer of Wellington's Sharpshooters During Peninsular, South of France and Waterloo Campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars

and this Tales of the Rifle Brigade: Adventures in the Rifle Brigade: AND Random Shots From a Rifleman

and this Rifleman Costello - The Adventures of a Soldier of the 95th (Rifles) in the Peninsular & Waterloo Campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars