Adnan Sarwar
Adnan Sarwar is a former soldier who served for ten years in the British Army. He now writes, acts and lives in London. His interests are girls, guns and rum.
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Shorn of IndividualityJuly 16, 2012 In Basic Training, we were given a set of civilian clothes which had to be worn |
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Moonlight Over BasraJuly 09, 2012 One of my sergeant majors was an airborne soldier and what he said was gospel |
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When the Towers FellJuly 03, 2012 September 11 happened as soon as I’d gotten to my first regiment. It was |
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The Futility of CleanlinessJune 25, 2012 The Army was obsessed with cleanliness. We’d crane our necks around the |
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In the Shadow of the YanksJune 18, 2012 Everything was bigger with the Yanks: their soldiers, their food, and their |
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Building Bridges and Making SoldiersJune 11, 2012 The Royal Engineers did anything the Army needed—from building bridges to |
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Ours Was Not to Reason WhyJune 04, 2012 Tony Blair was interrupted at the Leveson Inquiry last week by a protestor |
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A Millionaire in the Danger ZoneMay 28, 2012 Sunil* was a well-fed Indian shipping millionaire. I’d heard about him |
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The Bore WarMay 21, 2012 War is supposed to be full of action. Men are supposed to dive over barbed wire |
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Last LettersMay 14, 2012 “I want you to shoot me,” he said. He must have been joking. It was a |
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Too Far From the Front Line to CareMay 07, 2012 The Afghanistan war started over ten years ago. We’ve seen maps and graphics |
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Ground Rules for a Perfect SocietyApril 30, 2012 If you were drawing up plans on how to run a private members’ club, a larger |
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Spies Unlike MeApril 23, 2012 Some soldiers are meant to join the elite forces, become spies, and swing |
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I Lost My Virginity in the British ArmyApril 16, 2012 Sex and soldiers are the forces of life and death crashing into one another. It |
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The Uniforms Came in One ColorApril 09, 2012 “They’re racist and they’ll kick your head in,” a white man named Paul |
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After the TraumaApril 03, 2012 We used to joke about PTSD in the army. We used to call it the “new |
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The Elephant on the TubeMarch 27, 2012 He saw people stare, but he looked right through them. His mind was on |
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Many Are Called, But Few Are HeroesMarch 21, 2012 The word “hero” should not apply to every man and woman serving in the |
Bravery Hurts
The Value of the Guiding HandMarch 12, 2012 Leaning over the bar in London’s Union Jack Club drinking rum, I stood on |
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How a Soldier ThinksMarch 06, 2012 There are over seven thousand dead in Syria now. What are the Syrian soldiers |