The Story Of A Former Iraq Bomb Disposal Officer

Danger: Captain Ivison as he removes two tonnes of anti-tank mines from an oil tanker in Iraq

'Defusing That Bomb Almost Drove Me Mad': The Unimaginable Stress Of A Former Iraq Bomb Disposal Officer -- The Daily Mail

After facing unimaginable stress as a bomb disposal officer in Iraq, KEVIN IVISON spent years fearing he was going insane. Here, in our second extract from his gripping new book, he tells how he gave up the career he loved for the sake of his sanity . . .

'Two fatalities, one secondary.' I had waited my entire career as an Ammunition Technical Officer – a bomb disposal operator – for that phone call on February 28, 2006.

The message meant two comrades had been killed by a bomb and that there was a second improvised explosive device that had not gone off yet.

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My Comment: You have to be a bit "mad" to take on such a job in a country that you have no attachment to.