About — MN8

I'm Aitch — a photographer and web developer based in the UK, shooting under the name MN8: Capture. Create. Emanate. Before the camera, there was over two decades in the British Army. This page is the long version of that story.

Military Service

Enlistment

2 August 1990 · Scunthorpe, South Humberside

Unit Postings

Depot & Training Regiment, Royal Corps of Transport — Buller Barracks, Aldershot
Army School of Mechanical Transport — Normandy Barracks, Leconfield
Transport Troop, 2 Armoured Field Ambulance, RAMC — Roberts & Imphal Barracks, Osnabrück, Germany
C Troop, 14 Transport Squadron, HQ Allied Central Europe RRC — JHQ, Mönchengladbach, Germany
PC&A, 22 Air Defence Regiment, Royal Artillery — Rapier Barracks, Kirton-in-Lindsey, Lincolnshire
PC&A, 105 Squadron, BATUS — Suffield, Alberta, Canada
S&R, 105 Squadron, BATUS — Suffield, Alberta, Canada
Local Resources Section, 6 Supply Regiment, RLC — Tower Barracks, Dülmen, Germany
Whole Fleet Management, Theatre Fleet Support Unit (Germany) — Ayrshire Barracks South, Mönchengladbach, Germany
Quartermaster's Dept, 9 Supply Regiment, RLC — Buckley Barracks, Hullavington, Wiltshire
PC&A, 2 Logistic Support Regiment, RLC — Princess Royal Barracks, Gütersloh, Germany
Brydon House, Personnel Recovery Unit — Normandy Barracks, Sennelager, Germany
Phoenix House, Personnel Recovery Unit — Cambrai Lines (Munster Barracks), Catterick Garrison, North Yorkshire

Operational Deployments

Operation Resolute (IFOR) — Split (North Port), Croatia · Dec 1995 – Jun 1996
Operation Lodestar (SFOR) — Ilidža, Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina · Nov 1997 – May 1998
Operation Palatine (SFOR continuation) — Ilidža, Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina · May 1998 – Oct 1998
Operation Telic 1 — Shuwaikh Port / Camp Arifjan, Kuwait · Jan 2003 – May 2003
Operation Telic 3 — Camp Doha (Kuwait), Umm Qasr Port & Basra (Iraq) · Sep 2003 – Mar 2004
Operation Telic 5 — Shaibah Logistics Base, Basra, Iraq · Sep 2004 – Apr 2005
Operation Herrick 11 — Kandahar Air Base, Afghanistan · Oct 2009 – Apr 2010

Key Exercises

Exercise Rhino Replen — Germany
Exercise Uhlan Eagle — Poland
Exercise Arrcade Fusion — Germany

Promotions

Lance Corporal — 30 November 1998
Corporal — 29 July 2002
Sergeant — 10 January 2006

Completion of Service

15 October 2013 · Bielefeld, Germany — completed service by medical discharge

Courses & Qualifications

Driver Upgrading Course B3–B2 (DVR B2) · 1992
Driver Upgrading Course B2–B1 (DVR B1) · 1995
Supply Controller Class 3 Course (SUPCON B3) · 1996
NVQ Distribution & Warehousing Operations Level 2 · 1998
Global Stock Control Operator Course (GLOBAL OP) · 1999
Military Engineer (Resources Specialist) · 1999
Supply Controller Class 1 Course (SUPCON B1) · 2000
Secondary Depot Provision Course (Provision) · 2000
Military Proficiency Course (MPC) · 2000
OSCAR Operator Course (SEESUPS) · 2001
Low Value Procurement Course (LVP) · 2003
Local Resources Section Course (LRS) · 2003
Defence Instructional Techniques Course (DIT) · 2005
City & Guilds Level 1 Certificate in Adult Literacy · 2006
City & Guilds Level 2 Certificate in Adult Literacy · 2006
Global Systems Administrator Course (SA) · 2006
Unit Computing Out of Barracks Training (UNICOM OOB) · 2009
OCR Level 1 Certificate in Adult Numeracy · 2010
European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL) · 2010
ECDL Essentials · 2010
ECDL Extra · 2010
City & Guilds Mathematics Level 2 · 2013

Sport & Recognition

Invictus Games (inaugural) — gold, individual archery
Invictus Games (inaugural) — gold, team archery
Warrior Games, Quantico, Virginia — silver, team archery

Supports

Proud supporter of BLESMA, Deptherapy, Help for Heroes, and SSAFA.

Beyond the Army

Photography. Archery. SCUBA diving. Web design and development — including this site.