It is our multiples turn to guard the front and rear gates and watch towers at night.

On the gates we check passes, search vehicles and the occupants as well as manning the watch sangers.

They have machine guns positioned in them so if we were to get attacked, we have an awesome array of firepower to fight back with.

The sangers are positioned high up so that we get a great viewing distance across the nearby roads, houses, shops, embassies and wasteland that surround the base.

Over the few days the majority of the nights were pretty quiet, however there were a few incidents of gun shots heard, some far away and some quite near.

No one spotted where they were coming from or who the perpetrators were, so all we can do is send reports back to the guard commander and keep watch.

Another incident that occurred was one of wild dogs that roam the city, when I was in one of the sangers, I noticed a pack of dogs attacking car wheels as the vehicles drove past.

One of my colleagues noticed a mother and child getting attacked by a pack of dogs and was just about to shoot the animals when they left the couple alone and wandered off into the dark.

Talking to local residents, dogs are not used for pets like in our country, they are either used for guarding, fighting or the majority like I mentioned are wild and wander the streets.

The week of nights has come to the end for us without much incident I am pleased as this means that the training days are coming and then we can get back out on patrol.