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Contents
VOLUME 79
Number 05
June 2019
It's your magazine
On Parade
In Focus
Veterans News
Tac Aide
History
Sport
Gear Up
Notice-Board
Reviews
What we do . . .
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Battle Stripes
By Comdt Gavin Egerton
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Exercise Atlantic Gale
By Sgt Eric O'Brien
'Big shoes to fill' - Sea King Mk48
By Geert Meuris & Michiel Peeters
"Room Clear"
By 'Capt X', Engineer Officer, ARW
The Wild Geese – Mercenaries Part 1
By Paul O'Brien MA
The Ballistics of Tracer
By Capt Ordnance School