Part 1: Mark talks about joining the British Army and going through the Army Apprentices College before completing combat engineer training and becoming a Royal Engineer. He describes what it was like deploying to Bosnia, Norway and Northern Ireland. Later in his career, Mark went on the Clerk of Works course, and he explains what that experience was like being dyslexic.

Mark joined the British Army in 1990 and served for 23 years with the Royal Engineers, reaching the rank of Corporal.

Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
02:10 - Growing Up
08:05 - Joining the British Army
12:22 - Army Apprentices College - Chepstow, UK
16:25 - Combat Engineering - Gibraltar Barracks, UK
22:03 - 22 Engineer Regiment - Tidworth, UK
27:10 - Bosnia
39:00 - Norway
45:49 - 35 Engineer Regiment - Hameln/Paderborn, Germany
49:27 - Northern Ireland
53:52 - Unit Duties
55:35 - Clerk of Works Course
1:03:22 - Invasion of Iraq

Music created by Gavin Watson

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