'Can I finally come in from the cold?'
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From Bosnia and Sierra Leone to Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq and Kuwait, Andy Dixon has spent his career in conflict zones around the world. For the past three years the 59-year-old former British Army captain has been in West Africa, working on aircraft logistics as a contractor for an undisclosed American government agency.
This year he has returned home to Wakefield, West Yorkshire. “I’ve been working away from my wife and my 12-year-old daughter for a long time now. Being away from my family during the pandemic made me realise where I really wanted to be. It is time for me to hang up my hat and come in from the cold,” he said.