Every career that the military offers, has a civilian alternative that is desperate for those skills.

We got it wrong last time, we won't get it wrong this time.

Sir, there will be no trouble, because my son is gay.

It was starting to tear me apart

His life had been saved but his life was over.

I told them we would find time to grieve, but that wasn't now.

One of my Sergeants came to me and said "Thanks for getting us out of there" and I said "No, not that was you." And I meant it.

That's when the adventurous part of my life started

In the forces we were always happy to be doing our job

After 36 years it has been so much more than I envisaged

If you don't do it right, you won't get the results

It's the connection with other people that I love best