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Send us a text In this gripping and darkly funny episode of The Parallel Four, the team rolls into Operation Telic 3 — Iraq, 2004 — where chaos meets comedy in equal measure. From endless briefings at Multinational Division South East HQ to dodging bureaucracy, boredom, and the occasional sandstorm, the four find themselves once again turning chaos into strategy. Vinka and Marlin drive the Intelligence Cell, wrangling maps, missions, and caffeine, while Stephen and Johan hit the ground across...

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Send us a text In this gripping and darkly funny episode of The Parallel Four, the team rolls into Operation Telic 3 — Iraq, 2004 — where chaos meets comedy in equal measure. From endless briefings at Multinational Division South East HQ to dodging bureaucracy, boredom, and the occasional sandstorm, the four find themselves once again turning chaos into strategy. Vinka and Marlin drive the Intelligence Cell, wrangling maps, missions, and caffeine, while Stephen and Johan hit the ground across...

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Operation Telic 3: Chaos, Camaraderie & Coffee-Fuelled Warfare | The Parallel Four

Send us a text In this gripping and darkly funny episode of The Parallel Four, the team rolls into Operation Telic 3 — Iraq, 2004 — where chaos meets comedy in equal measure. From endless briefings at Multinational Division South East HQ to dodging bureaucracy, boredom, and the occasional sandstorm, the four find themselves once again turning chaos into strategy. Vinka and Marlin drive the Intelligence Cell, wrangling maps, missions, and caffeine, while Stephen and Johan hit the ground across...

1 day ago

23 minutes

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From Intel Rooms to Iraq | The Parallel Four: Pre-Deployment Chaos & Twickenham Pride

Send us a text In this episode of The Parallel Four, the calm before the storm turns into full-blown chaos as the team prepares for the 2003 Iraq War. Inside the humming corridors of Chicksands, Vinka and Marlin drive the Intelligence Cell like a war room on overdrive — maps, photos, and caffeine everywhere — while Stephen and Johan push the troops through live-fire ranges, NBC drills, and battlefield medicine training. From PowerPoint warfare to CS gas chambers, the Group ramps up for real o...

3 days ago

23 minutes

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Solent Sail & Soldiering: Joint Services V34s, MOB Drills & Mess-Night Banter | The Parallel Four

Send us a text In this true-to-life episode of The Parallel Four, the team trade briefing rooms for the Solent—skippering Joint Services Victoria 34s out of Gosport with half the Group aboard. Expect RYA Yachtmaster precision, man-overboard drills, tight tacks into Beaulieu River, and hops through Cowes, Ocean Village, Yarmouth, and Gunwharf Quays—all while staying on standby if the balloon went up. It’s classic British military life: leadership at sea, morale in the green, and mess-night hum...

5 days ago

25 minutes

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Army Telemark Chaos, Cancelled Flights & Twickenham Glory | The Parallel Four

Send us a text In this hilarious and heartfelt episode of The Parallel Four, the team swap rifles for ski poles — and chaos for comedy. What should’ve been a smooth trip to the Army Telemark Championships in France turns into a logistical nightmare: cancelled flights, French strikes, and enough delays to test even the calmest Sergeant Major. But when they finally hit the slopes, the Army proves it’s got the best skiers (and banter) in uniform — even if the Navy “borrows” the trophy on a techn...

1 week ago

23 minutes

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From Mess Nights to NATO Missions: The PsyOps Tour, Farewells & Ski Slopes | The Parallel Four

Send us a text This episode of The Parallel Four takes you deep inside real military life — from emotional farewells and mess-night hangovers to NATO lecture halls and the snowy slopes of the Alps. When Sergeant Major Tim Heale hangs up his pace stick for good, the team gathers for one last salute — a send-off filled with pride, laughter, and a few sore heads the morning after. But there’s no slowing down for Stephen, Johan, Vinka, and Marlin. Back at Chicksands, they breathe new life into ol...

1 week ago

20 minutes

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From Kabul to Chepstow: The Ride Home, Mess Nights & One Last Toast | The Parallel Four

Send us a text From Kabul’s dust to the Hook of Holland ferry, this episode of The Parallel Four takes you on the ultimate ride home — a journey through friendship, service, and the humour that keeps veterans ticking. After months in Afghanistan, Stephen, Johan, Vinka, and Marlin trade sand for sea air, riding their bikes through Europe before rolling into the Battle of Britain Dinner Night — medals shining, laughter flowing, and stories only service life can tell. Expect real-life military c...

1 week ago

25 minutes

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From Kabul to Cyprus: The Soldiers’ Decompression | Real British Army Life, Friendship & Homecoming

Send us a text Step off the plane with us as the dust of Afghanistan gives way to the blue seas of Cyprus — a moment every British soldier dreams of. In this episode of The Parallel Four, we relive the emotional decompression that followed six intense months in Kabul: the laughter, the sea breeze, and the long-awaited exhale that comes when the mission’s finally over. Join Stephen, Johan, Vinka, Marlin, and Colour Sergeant Major Tim Heale as they swap helmets for sunglasses and rediscover lif...

2 weeks ago

22 minutes

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From Kabul to the King’s Palace | Real British Army Life, PsyOps, and Laughter in the Bazaar (Afghanistan 2002)

Send us a text Step inside real British Army life in Afghanistan, 2002 — where camaraderie, chaos, and courage collided in the dust of Kabul. In this chapter, the team behind The Parallel Four takes you from bazaars and buzkashi to PsyOps missions and Afghan street interviews, revealing the humour, humanity, and hard graft behind every patrol. Join Stephen, Johan, Vinka, Marlin, Tim, and Simmo as they rebuild psychological operations from scratch — designing newspapers, running interviews wit...

2 weeks ago

24 minutes

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Inside Kabul: Real British Army Life – PsyOps, Chaos, and the Buzkashi Connection

Send us a text Step inside the real world of British Army life in early 2000s Afghanistan — where camaraderie, chaos, and black humour met the dust and danger of Kabul. In this gripping new chapter of The Parallel Four, we reveal how a small PsyOps team built an entire influence operation from the ground up — with nothing but creativity, courage, and a kettle that never stopped boiling. From watching Afghan riders battle it out in a brutal buzkashi tournament (imagine polo with a goat) to wre...

2 weeks ago

23 minutes

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From Kabul | Inside Real British Army Life in Afghanistan 2002

Send us a text Step inside real British Army life during the early days of Afghanistan 2002. From Kabul takes you beyond the headlines and into the tents, briefing rooms, and dust-filled streets where humour, loyalty, and sheer determination kept the mission alive. Follow Vinka, Marlin, Stephen, Johan, Simmo, and Major Bruce as they transform a battered PsyOps team into a working force — building Kabul’s first tri-language newspaper from scratch, juggling broken printers, NATO politics, and e...

2 weeks ago

20 minutes

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From Macedonia to Kabul: Real British Army Life | PsyOps, Camaraderie & the Moment Everything Changed

Send us a text Step inside the real world of British Army life — where humour, hardship, and history collide. In this episode, we follow the true-to-life journey of a Royal Anglian and Intelligence Corps team as they rebuild Psychological Operations from the ground up — from the chaos of Kosovo to the aftermath of 9/11 and the road to Kabul. Expect raw honesty, black humour, and camaraderie forged in the thick of NATO deployments, PsyOps planning, and life inside multinational HQs across Euro...

3 weeks ago

27 minutes

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From Kosovo to Macedonia: Building a Better PsyOps Force

Send us a text Step inside real British Army life as we rebuild Psychological Operations from the ground up. In this chapter we show how Kosovo taught us to embed early, select teams six months out, and turn training into an intelligence-led deployment model. Expect true stories of Royal Anglian/Intelligence Corps teamwork, PsyOps planning, Target Audience Analysis, and the nuts-and-bolts reality of MATTs, BFT/CFT, weapons, NBC, and first aid done properly. We take you from Film City (NATO HQ...

3 weeks ago

28 minutes

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From Battlefields to Brands Hatch: True British Army Life, Racing, and the RAF Mess Ball | The Parallel Four Book Three

Send us a text In this unforgettable chapter of The Parallel Four, follow Stephen, Vinka, Johan, and Marlin as life after Kosovo shifts from war zones to racetracks and regimental halls. From high-speed triumphs at Brands Hatch to glittering nights at the RAF Battle of Britain Dinner Night, this is real British Army life told with humour, heart, and history. Watch the team trade PsyOps radios for roaring Nortons and MVs, pulling off back-to-back one-two finishes that leave veteran racers spee...

3 weeks ago

25 minutes

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From Kosovo to Brands Hatch: Soldiers, Speeds, and Stories of Grit & Glory

Send us a text Step inside The Parallel Four — a true-to-life military saga blending humour, heart, and history. In this episode, we follow Stephen, Vinka, Johan, and Marlin from NATO’s command rooms in Kosovo to the roaring tracks of Brands Hatch — swapping PsyOps leaflets for racing leathers and the tension of war for the thrill of victory. Expect powerful storytelling filled with real British Army life, Cold War Germany nostalgia, and true camaraderie forged in conflict. From the 1970s thr...

4 weeks ago

32 minutes

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Operation Curry & Camaraderie – Real British Army Life in Kosovo | The Parallel Four Book Three Chapter Four

Send us a text In Chapter Four of The Parallel Four, join Stephen, Vinka, Johan, and Marlin as life in Kosovo 2000 takes a lighter turn — proof that even in a war zone, morale often comes plated with roast beef and Yorkshire pudding. From PsyOps operations in Pristina to curry nights that drew half of NATO, this true-to-life story captures the humour, chaos, and humanity of real British soldiers abroad. Meet JB, the charming French officer who “predicted” cookhouse menus, the Irish who threw ...

1 month ago

28 minutes

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Mobilising for Kosovo: Real British Army Life | The Parallel Four Book Three Chapter Three

Send us a text Real British military & life stories with humour, heart, and history—SAS to PsyOps, Cold War Germany to Kosovo. Rugby, skiing, travel, and family woven through deployments from the 1970s–00s. Authentic veteran storytelling, no fluff—subscribe for true Army life. In Book Three – Chapter Two, we mobilise for Kosovo with the British Army’s 15(UK) Psychological Operations (PsyOps) Group—from Chilwell’s kit mountains and medicals to a snow-laden Christmas in Sweden, then wheels-...

1 month ago

26 minutes

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The Parallel Four Book Three – Chapter Two: Mobilising for Kosovo | Real British Army Life Stories

Send us a text Join The Parallel Four in Chapter Two: Mobilising for Kosovo — a true-to-life, behind-the-scenes look at British Army mobilisation at the turn of the millennium. Stephen, Vinka, Johan, and Marlin return for another unforgettable chapter of humour, heart, and hard graft as they prepare for deployment with 15(UK) PsyOps Group in early 2000. From the chaos of Chilwell mobilisation — kit mountains, med-checks, and coffee-fuelled admin — to Christmas warmth in snowy Sweden, this epi...

1 month ago

26 minutes

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The Parallel Four Book Three – Chapter One: From SAS to PsyOps | Real Military Life Stories

Send us a text Welcome to The Parallel Four Book Three – Chapter One: From SAS to PsyOps — a true British Army life story of transition, loyalty, and friendship. Join Stephen, Vinka, Johan, and Marlin as they move from the shadows of Special Forces into the secretive world of 15(UK) Psychological Operations Group at Chicksands — where words, radios, and persuasion replace rifles and grenades. Set in the late 1990s, this gripping chapter captures the humour, camaraderie, and emotional weight o...

1 month ago

35 minutes

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The Parallel Four: A True Military Life Story of Friendship, War, and Adventure

Send us a text Step into the world of The Parallel Four — a true military life story of friendship, love, war, adventure, and destiny. Follow Stephen, Johan, Vinka, and Marlin — four friends born worlds apart yet bound by fate — from the backstreets of 1950s London to the frozen beauty of Sweden, and through the Army postings of Germany, Northern Ireland, and beyond. This captivating story blends real military life with the humour, heart, and grit of those who served through the 1970s, 80s, 9...

1 month ago

2 minutes

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Book Three Teaser | The Parallel Four – The Mind Games Begin

Send us a text Welcome to Book Three of The Parallel Four, where the battlefield shifts from bullets to brains. After years in uniform, Stephen, Vinka, Johan, and Marlin are posted to 15(UK) Psychological Operations Group — a world of intelligence, persuasion, and quiet warfare. No gunfire this time. Just leaflets, loudspeakers, and words sharp enough to change hearts, minds, and sometimes… history. From Cold War Germany to Iraq, the Balkans, and beyond, the four veterans navigate global tens...

1 month ago

1 minute