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

In this episode 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 also shares his time during the Invasion of Iraq and completing another 2 operational tours in that country over the subsequent years, including being part of a boat troop, which undertook boat patrols along the Shatt al-Arab. He also talks about deployments to Belize and Afghanistan. Lastly, he describes the benefits of being part of the Royal Engineers Association (REA).

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