A personal memoir of UK National Service, 1954-55, by a former Gunner of the Royal Artillery. Locations move from Oswestry (basic training) to Colchester, Dortmund, Salisbury Plain (advanced training) and back to Germany. The author's principal service was as a Technical Assistant (TARA) with no. 176 (Abu Klea) Field Battery RA (then a part of 45 Field Regiment).