Although Abbas had been totally deaf and blind since birth, he loved the fact that his brothers always took him along and gave him equal responsibility.
During leave from the forces both Farquar and Hubert loved to windsurf.
But they suspected that their new comrade, Akmil, was a kiter.
He couldn't handle the real thing, was always hiding behind the septic sytems of public toilets and continuously moaned about having wood when he faced the enemy soldiers