So I went from.
I went to the Queen's Colour Squadron for
You know, royal palaces and trips away.
I was the second in command
On September 11, 2001,
Not the most auspicious date, I think,
everything changed for everybody.
It was like watching
When I was at Cranwell,
Twin Towers in New York was.
I think we all just knew.
Our world has just changed utterly,
So I did another tour at Training Wing
at Bentley Priory, which is great.
And then from there I went via East Timor.
Actually, I did another tour
in 2000, which was fascinating as well.
And then I ended up in 2006,
RAF Regiment in St Morgan in Cornwall.
It was an absolute privilege.
I was astonished to get the appointment
because, you know, look back to my start
in the regiment, which was quite shaky,
and I was, you know,
people who went off to be paratroopers
And I probably never thought I'd,
Some of my senior officers said, well,
which was a little insulting, but,
those who can't, teach and all that.
And then I managed.
I was appointed OC 1 Squadron,
our oldest unit, 85 years old at the time.
And it was a really, really special moment
and a daunting one, I think, because
I think, like most of us,
It is a privilege and you get certain.
Certain trappings with it.
You know, it comes with a lot of,
you know,
certain privileges,
And at the time, the squadron was.
Was in a cycle of repeated
I took over in.
In March 2006, and in March 2007,
The squad had just come back from Iraq
So in that year, you have to pack in,
You have to put in some, you know,
like adventure training and stuff
of worthwhile, but you also have
So that was a really
I mean, I just.
I wanted to do the men justice.
Well, men and women.
At the time, it was
So, yeah, it was a privilege,
