Andy_W
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I'm glad we were only there a couple of days on the way back, but that was by accident, wasn't a forced break from diving back into civvy life at home etc. Think the dutch marines were there like a week, for each set. Must have been a nightmare for the permanent staff (and their kids), they were genuinely worried.I think I was there about the same time on det with our Radar. The Dutch were itching for a fight with anyone who got in their way or looked at them at all. There was plans to shift them to Troodos but it never happened, I think that's when Bloodhound Camp came into being.
Saying that, when I got back, loads of army and UK marines were back about the same time that summer/ autumn too, and they had extremely short fuses when they came back. Was like a group of heavily tanned social hand grenades.