Trooper Sven Carlson, 24, is a gunner on a Scimitar armoured reconnaissance vehicle with the Household Cavalry's D Squadron at his base in Kuwait. He joined the Army five years ago for "a bit excitement". This is his first tour. *.."I get up about 6.30 local time. We normally get a briefing on the day. We go for breakfast, which has got better now - when we first got out here it was just egg and a couple bits of meat but we get a lot more now. "We go through a lot of drills. We did our nuclear, chemical and biological drill, making sure everything fits properly and is working properly. We
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Trooper Sven Carlson, 24, is a gunner on a Scimitar armoured reconnaissance vehicle with the Household Cavalry's D Squadron at his base in Kuwait. He joined the Army five years ago for "a bit excitement". This is his first tour. *.."I get up about 6.30 local time. We normally get a briefing on the day. We go for breakfast, which has got better now - when we first got out here it was just egg and a couple bits of meat but we get a lot more now. "We go through a lot of drills. We did our nuclear, chemical and biological drill, making sure everything fits properly and is working properly. We pretend that Saddam has hit us with some kind of dirty weapon. Someone shouts gas, gas, gas , we put our respirators on and run for cover as soon as we can.