A Stanley soldier is dreaming of the green valleys of home after being stationed at Port Stanley in the Falkland Islands.
"Back home in Stanley is somewhat different to Stanley in the Falkland Islands," said Damon Herring, 19, of the Royal Electrical Mechanical Engineers.
"It is an unforgiving and bleak landscape from what I've seen here.
"I think the soldiers of the Task Force did a fantastic job in the Falklands war with Argentina 20 years ago.
"They had no shelter from the bad weather, the wind never stops."
Damon attended Stanley School of Technology before joining the Army in 1999.
His parents Robert and Susan still live in the area.
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