yeah i was over there before the cease fire days in west belfast for 6 months with 40 commando in 93,and yeah great country and 90% of the people , i have to admit i only registered so i could read the forum, and while i`m very proud of serving etc i too could see both sides of the story which would throw "them" off their guard , too much hate and sadness i found, which can also be contagious, so i have all my pics and lessons learnt etc, just wondered on other opinions about the site ,and a can of worms for sure so advanced apologies to people offended etc or if mods lock this off then fare enough, dont think i`ll persue it though ,like you say about the past naughty, cheers al