When Sgt Robert Stewart a quiet, determined biomedical scientist boards a flight to Bugonjo, Bosnia, he is expecting just another demanding deployment. What he doesn't expect is Katie Williams, a sharp-witted, fiercely capable combat medical technician whose presence will change the course of his life.
Thrown together in a war-torn landscape, Robert and Katie navigate the relentless rhythm of military medical work, punctuated by gunfire and explosion's with rare moments of laughter that become their lifeline. What begins as friendship deepens through shared duty, unspoken trust, faith in adversity and the fragile humanity they fight to preserve.
As the years unfold, their story stretches across continents and conflicts, from Bosnia's biting cold to the heat and dust of Iraq. Experience the chaos of the Thiepval Barracks bombing to the terror of the NIS Express attack in Kosovo. Promotions come and responsibilities grow. The bond between them becomes the one constant in a world defined by uncertainty.
Beyond the frontlines, they discover a life worth building together with stolen holidays in Hong Kong and Vienna, quiet evenings between deployments. With the slow and steady realisation that love can survive even the harshest theatres of war.
After more than twenty-two years of service, Robert and Katie face their greatest transition yet, leaving the Army and stepping into new identities as writers, who are determined to tell the stories that shaped them and their lives.
A sweeping intimate tale of courage, companionship, and the healing power of love. From Bosnia's Snow to Iraq's Sand is a tribute to the medics who serve, the sacrifices they carry, the lives the save and the future that they built beyond the battlefield.
ebook cover was designed by co-pilot modifying a photo of myself in Iraq.
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Served for eighteen years in the Royal Army Medical Corps as a Laboratory Technician (now known as a Biomedical Scientist), in both the Regular and Territorial Army. My career took me from Keogh Barracks, Aldershot, the Cambridge Military Hospital, Aldershot, BMH Iserlohn in Germany to King Edward Memorial Hospital in Port Stanley, as well as three operational tours in Bosnia (Op Grapple 5) and Iraq (Op Telic 1 and 6).
After leaving military service, continued working as a Biomedical Scientist for the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service since 2000, where I am now a Senior Biomedical Scientist (Compliance Officer).
On the 21st April 2006, my unit 205 Field Hospital (V) were fortunate enough to win the Daily Record Our Heroes Award - Forces, for the our work in Iraq during Op Telic 6.
I have previously published my autobiography, Being one of the Best.
Live in Aberdeenshire with his wife, Donna, and their two children, James and Calum.