Lyneham - 1980s
Shift was deployed to act as reinforcements for the MAMS teams deployed forward. We ended up in the woods behind the tower at Kemble. Basically it was a test to see if we could be prepped and ready to go at short notice. We had been told that we wouldn't be bothered there. That wasn't good enough for our Sgt (Tony S**) who made us dig in and stand guard just in case.....no weapons no nothing. It took a long time but he was finally persuaded not to dig small trenches and line then with punji sticks as defences.
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Another Minival in Sep 88 and I was sent from Shift at Lyenham to reforce Gib Movs (they weren't playing though) along with Tony and another SAC. Got there to be told "no idea why you're here, see you in 4 days for your flight home". Sat on the beach at Catalan Bay drinking cold beer thinking of the chaos back and base (OK the last part about thinking isn't true)