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Boundaries are set to be broken... @noughtpointone

14 years ... • How wrong we can be when judging

14 years ...
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How wrong we can be when judging a book by its cover!
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Back in May 2005, Tom and I started training together - along with members of 899 & 900 Troop. On initial appearance, he arguably resembled anything but my perception of who I thought would complete training & become a Royal Marines Commando. After all, he was overweight, baby faced and looked like a deer caught in the head lights; shocked, startled and socially nervous around authority ... we all were!
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On the command of our Training Team, I gave Tom my KFS (Knife, Folk & Spoon) to indicate to the others that I indeed (at that stage (week 1)) tipped him NOT to complete training. It was my greatest misjudgment of one’s character and ability to date!
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Tom slowly grew into a formidable force - a solid and mentally immovable structure that, in the end, embodied everything you think of when imagining the physical and mental make-up of Royal Marine.
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He was subsequently awarded the Commando Medal upon completing training: A coveted award voted by his peers (us), which was a landslide! Ironically, 10 months on and he received my vote without a moment of deliberation or hesitation!
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Tom went from being mine, and many others last pick, to being the first pick option anyone who knew him would take if or when you where engaged in war & conflict.
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Brother, you are missed, and have never been too far away from my thoughts in everything I have done since, and everything I will continue to do ...
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“We were soldiers once, ... and young” ...
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RIP, Tom ... G x
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“You are either getting better, or you’re gett

“You are either getting better, or you’re getting worse - you never stay the same!” ~ @49ers
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Privileged to receive an advanced copy of @ben_williams_cm book 📚 Commando Mindset (Pre-order now 🧠) & @greenberetcoffeeco for providing the Commando focus 👀
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Close Protection, Kabul, Afghanistan ... 🇦🇫

Close Protection, Kabul, Afghanistan ... 🇦🇫
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The day finally came to travel to Manchester Airport, ready to fly out to Dubai, to collect our Afghan visas. I met some of the lads on my contract who were welcoming and that settled me down, slightly. The mind can either be your most powerful alley or your worst enemy – the battle between the two always lies within. For the last six weeks, it (my mind) had tormented me, with negative thoughts and apprehension - a projection of fear, that was, in a lot of ways, an illusion.

Visas in hand, we headed back to the airport the following morning ready to depart for Kabul, the Afghan capital. Now, I’ve flown to and from various locations around the world, but Dubai’s internal Middle Eastern departure terminal, where flights leave to the likes of Baghdad, Iran, Pakistan, and Afghanistan was something else; a far cry from the plush and excessive trappings of the main international terminals.

The internal Middle Eastern terminal departures had no recognisable food or drink restaurant brands, nor did it have any quality duty-free shops worth taking a look in. It was, with respect, a total shit-hole – mucky, run down, and in desperate need of ventilation.

Eventually, we boarded the plane and the reality of what I was doing hit me. I was sat on a commercial flight to one of the most dangerous places on Earth … the flight would take about two hours and I spent most of it thinking about how surreal it was, that I was surrounded by people on the flight who may have wanted to kill me. I had that feeling you get when you’re about to board a massive rollercoaster - that slight regret at the choice you’ve made upon getting strapped in when you feel the slighted sensation of movement.

At this point, a part of you wants to get off prior to take-off but, by then, there’s nothing you can do about it – a point of no return!
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Route Selection 🗺🧭 • Follow: @noughtpointo

😎 • Re-post from early last year 👀 • Sho

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Re-post from early last year 👀
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Showing the Americans how to carry on ...
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