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Served in Iraq and Afghanistan?
It's clear that if you are a Goater, during the last 15 years, you have been involved in the two conflicts.
What are your own personal stories of the places. Are they good or bad memories?
One of my own poignant memories was watching the build up to GW2 with aircraft carriers and ships of all sizes descending on Limassol bay and upon the Akrotiri Mole itself. I remember the Royal Engineers building a fuel pipeline from the main base to the mole in anticipation of things to come as well as helicopters flying in and out to resupply the ships as well as building up the coalition Air Forces on the station.
Then there was the tent city which was built to accomodate the thousands of coalition forces who were going to make the station there home for the next 8 months.
A lot of the permie singlies were moved into empty MQ's and the vacant singly rooms were fitted with bunk beds to take in the influx of RAF and Army reinforcements. A time of chaos and a time of knowing anticipation.
And then one night, the aircraft took off. Tankers went first, fast jets joined them thereafter and Blackhawks patrolled the skies. The attacks had begun.
It's clear that if you are a Goater, during the last 15 years, you have been involved in the two conflicts.
What are your own personal stories of the places. Are they good or bad memories?
One of my own poignant memories was watching the build up to GW2 with aircraft carriers and ships of all sizes descending on Limassol bay and upon the Akrotiri Mole itself. I remember the Royal Engineers building a fuel pipeline from the main base to the mole in anticipation of things to come as well as helicopters flying in and out to resupply the ships as well as building up the coalition Air Forces on the station.
Then there was the tent city which was built to accomodate the thousands of coalition forces who were going to make the station there home for the next 8 months.
A lot of the permie singlies were moved into empty MQ's and the vacant singly rooms were fitted with bunk beds to take in the influx of RAF and Army reinforcements. A time of chaos and a time of knowing anticipation.
And then one night, the aircraft took off. Tankers went first, fast jets joined them thereafter and Blackhawks patrolled the skies. The attacks had begun.