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Thursday 10 February 2011

A trip to a Royal Marine Commando Base.

Saturday the 5th February was a day that i learnt a lot about the work that my eldest son does he is a Royal Marine Commando.

We got to spend a day at the base he is stationed at. We got to learn about the proposed next trip over to Afghanistan and going to a place called Nad Ali. Nad Ali is said to be the most dangerous area in Afghanistan.

During the day we got to see some of the weapons that will be used and i am glad that my son is going fully propared for the job they have to do.

For a long time whenever we had a problem at work during the night if the alarm had a problem then the alarm company would call. just as you wake your first reaction is has something happened to my my lad in the Marines. Always it was the alarm company but who knows one night it could have been to report something that as a parent you don't want to here.

The commanding Office gave use all a talk about the mission they where to be on. During the talk he started to talk about what would happen if anybody was to be injured. It seems that at no time would they ever call anybody, they have a team on all the Commando bases who make face to face contact with you no matter what happens. It is reassuring to know that should anything ever happen then it's a knock on the door and not a phone call.  

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