9th December

Oh my god, what a shit operation that was, tabbed for 9 1/2 hours and not even a contact, what the fuck M1T was always good for a scrap! Figured that Taliban don’t really want to fight 60+ Para’s. 3 Lad’s went on RnR today, so stag’s will be 3 on 4 1/2 off, then next week we lose another two and move to 4 on 4 off, that’s shit but they are not even going to replace the blokes we are losing. Over Christmas is going to be a lick, I hate the fact that this diary is just full of me moaning about stag’s, this is not what I intended it for, but you have no idea just how much of your energy is sapped by it, I never felt that tour was going to turn into a 6 month stag!