The nearer to HQ we served, the more likely to get an award. A no-brainer ..... I did two stints at HQ, one of 19 weeks, one of 12 weeks. No gong, but four overseas tours totalling 16 years, and a host of good times and good memories. Beats an OBE in a box in the drawer with the socks and the cuff links. And the collar studs. Remember them?