On Afghanistan’s Plains is my debut book, telling the story of my experiences of combat in Afghanistan as a nursing officer leading teams of medics on the front lines. On Afghanistan’s Plains is available on amazon.com and amazon.co.uk as a paperback and in kindle edition.
At the moment you cannot follow me on twitter as I deleted my account after feeling that I needed to spend some time with real people in the real world.
Sitting Tenants is the first story in a growing collection of short spooky stories, some of which are true. You decide! Perfect for the long winter evenings. Read ‘Sitting Tenants’
Danger Close is a short, chronological anthology of war poetry covering the Balkans, Sierra Leone and Afghanistan. Read ‘Danger Close’
Mesopotamian Interlude is a short memoir piece based on my deployment to Iraq with 2nd Battalion The Light Infantry Read Mesopotamian Interlude
Heroes: 100 Poems from the New Generation of War Poets features some of my Afghanistan poetry. Please note that as well as benefiting the Army Benevolent Fund, as an Amazon Associate, I will earn money from qualifying purchases Available on Amazon
barry alexander 
So.e of your facts about the Bft are incorrect as an ex Army Sergeant and also a DWTI. It is annoying that people write about their time in the military and some how get facts wrong and still they are allowed to publish
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Hi Vince, apologies for a delayed response, please can you let me know which facts are incorrect. I served in the TA infantry from 1988 to 1994 and then joined the regulars, was a PTI and made it to Sergeant before commissioning and retired in 2014, so I thought that I had this nailed, based on my experience.
Best wishes,
Barry
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You had your squad (1stpart) 13minutes then individual mile and half (11.30mins) I did this from 1976 to 1991in Dms boots my last posting was as DWTI Platoon Sergeant)at St Omer bks and I still had to do my Runs and bft in boots.89/91.The Apprentices did theirs in trainers.sorry if my wording not clear I suffer from PTSD, Long Term Anxiety and physical health conditions brought on by my Military service.
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Hi Vince, no offence taken, hope you are getting help with your mental health. There is lots of support out there through NHS Op COURAGE and the charity sector. I am convinced that we did 1.5 mile warm-up in 15 mins as a squad and then 1.5 mile individual effort in 11:30 in boots, reduced to 10:30 in the early 90s when the test started being run in trainers. In 1999 when press-ups and sit-ups were introduced, the warm up run became 800m in 5 minutes. Might be bad memory on my part, and also might be that you were in units where PTIs or the chain of command arbitrarily applied standards that were more demanding than what the Army asked for.
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