GUARDS MAGAZINE
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THE GUARDS MAGAZINE JOURNAL OF THE HOUSEHOLD DIVISION
No: 202 Autumn 2021
CONTENTS
EDITOR’S NOTES ........................................................................................................................................................... 6 The Household Division Afghanistan 2001-2021 ............................................................................................................... 7 Mick at Large: OPERATION Pitting, Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul .......................................................... 26 Further Consolidation in Dhofar: Soldiering on in 1977 .................................................................................................. 28 From Colt to Retired Warhorse: My Experience with CVRT ........................................................................................... 33 The British Peace Support Team Africa: A Success Story ................................................................................................ 35 The Sword and the Crown: A Military Musical Spectacular ............................................................................................. 37 The Guards Depot, Pirbright: Memories of a Young Officer in a Bygone Era ................................................................. 39 A Glimpse at Queen Victoria’s Army ................................................................................................................................ 41 The Story of the Guards .................................................................................................................................................... 46 50 Years Ago, Winter 1971: To Afghanistan and Back Overland ..................................................................................... 48
NEWS Honours and Awards .......................................................................................................................................................... 13 Royal Military Academy Sandhurst Commissions ............................................................................................................. 14 People, Places and Events .................................................................................................................................................. 15 Competitions 93 and 94, and Cartoon ................................................................................................................................ 25 Sport ................................................................................................................................................................................... 53 Regimental Intelligence ..................................................................................................................................................... 63 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ....................................................................................................................................... 102 BOOK REVIEWS .......................................................................................................................................................... 103 OBITUARIES ................................................................................................................................................................ 112
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Information on the digital and online versions of this magazine are on page iii.
Cover: The Iraq and Afghanistan Memorial, Victoria Embankment Gardens, London.
7th October 2021. PO Photo Dave Jenkins. MOD
