Good to see another Viking on the forum, and good luck in your future postings.
I am a Viking Veteran, having served 14 years in 1 R Anglian from September 1969 to October 1983. I served in N Ireland, several times including a 2 year tour as Resident Battalion in Londonderry, 70-72, where I had the dubious honour of having 2 separate IRA men try to kill me on the same day. The first incident was as I was walking inside our base, when two high calibre bullets whizzed past me, the first into the grass in front of me near the cook-house, the second hit the wall next to me on the path I was walking on. Later that afternoon I was on duty on the City walls overlooking the Bogside when I was fired on from Free Derry corner by someone with a Thompson sub machine gun, all bullets went high. Those were my WTF moments whilst serving in the British Army.
I also served 4 years in West Germany during the Cold War, 2 years in Cyprus, a 6 month Operational tour in Belize, as well as short trips to Norway on Winter Warfare Training as part of our role as cannon fodder for NATO's Northern Flank. I also had a 2 week holiday in Malta playing for the Army(Cyprus) football team on a short 10 day visit, that was extended to 14 days due to the Hercules that was to take us back to Cyprus breaking down on three successive days. Oh and my main job was that of a Mortar Fire Controller(MFC).