Afghanistan: Liz McConaghy, Royal Air Force - There at the Beginning of Op Herrick and There Until the Very End

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Liz McConaghy “amassed 10 Op Herricks”, deployed three months at a time as part of the Chinook Force...

“We were there at the beginning of Op Herrick…when Camp Bastion didn’t even exist… and we were there, pretty much at the end, when we turned the lights off and walked away. Because of that, we saw the whole campaign grow and develop. Lots of mixed emotions throughout the entire journey.”

Liz joined the military to, “...have a purpose and do a job and it’s fair to say, Afghanistan gave me that in bucket loads. Every single day…we were making a difference to someone.”

Finally in 2020, PTSD, “Caught up with me in spectacular fashion…so much that I ended up taking a huge overdose to end my life.”

Liz is a real ‘overcomer’. She’s written a book about her journey and it’s from the heart, told with real honesty and absolutely tons of humour.

“It was my life, it wasn’t even a job to me.”
Read Liz's book Chinook Crew 'Chick'.

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