Dog Soldiers: Part 1 of 3: Love, loyalty and sacrifice on the front line
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Isabel George. Dog Soldiers: Part 1 of 3: Love, loyalty and sacrifice on the front line
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Contents
Timeline
Introduction
Chapter 1. Please God, look after him …
Chapter 2. Man down!
Chapter 3. For Queen and country – The Troubles
Chapter 4. The dogs of war – deployment to Afghanistan
Chapter 5. Sasha enters the theatre
Chapter 6. Home – RAF Lyneham
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Ken was already there, which meant the evening meal would be on the go and a pot of tea at the ready. That realisation would usually be enough to ease my stress level and calm me down but that odd feeling was still in the pit of my stomach and I didn’t like it at all.
As I kicked off my shoes in the hall I noticed something that made me feel worse: the white orchid that Kenneth had given me for Mother’s Day had dropped a bloom. Not only that but the leaves were turning brown and some had already fallen. I accept that house plants die and orchids are particularly fragile – I should know as I love them and had kept them for years – but the thing about this particular orchid was that it had flowered so well and for so long. Kenneth had had to give it to me well in advance of Mother’s Day as he knew he would be in Afghanistan in March. Everyone who’d seen it had remarked on its beauty and staying power.
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