Rob compares IEDs in Afghanistan to shelling in WWI, calling them 'the most horrific pervasive threat you can face' because you feel powerless.
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A soldier's-eye conversation about combat, confidence, and the people around you.
Rob Gallimore comes at the subject from an unlikely place, and that gives the conversation its edge. After 17 years in the Welsh Guards, with service in the Balkans, Sierra Leone, Iraq, and Afghanistan, he speaks in plain terms about what combat can feel like.
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Combat, told by a decorated former major who taught history.
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