Final MVDs for Afghanistan

I've just found that all the decorations for military valour for the Afghan missions,  that can be announced to the public, can now be considered approved. That means that I can finally complete the work for the revised edition of my book Courage Rewarded, which will have a full chapter on the Afghan missions. This has frustrated me for a year and a half, but now I can get back to finalizing it.

At the same time, it is a bit conflicting because it will draw me away from the interviews and writing that I am immersed in for my new book which will deal exclusively with Afghanistan. I'm just about to begin writing the chapter that will deal with D Squadron of the RCD in Shah Wali Kot in late 2008 and, in particular, with MCpl Sean Chard.