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The Unconventional Soldier Podcast
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The Unconventional Soldier Podcast
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- IRA "patrol" skulking in a back alley waiting to shoot an unarmed off duty RUC officer or UDR soldier in the back of the head. Fixed it for you.
- This. Full details in second tweet👇 1/2
- "He said British soldiers were often “scrawny, ill-educated and under-privileged” but they have a “nobility of spirit, a streak of cheerful and irrepressible defiance, a joyful wildness and above all a capacity for sudden violence that when tempered by discipline, values and
- Researching the Falklands this week prior to this week's pod. First time I've seen this phot. Interesting mix of equipment and wearing NBC overboots to keep feet dry.
- Just heard the sad news that Paul Haley has died. His iconic photo of the Scots Guards on top of Tumbledown will be an enduring image of the Falklands War.
- The days before media training. Colin Mitchell AKA Mad Mitch. In 67 as CO 1st Bn Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders reoccupied the Crater district of Aden which had been taken over by local police mutineers in what became known as "the last battle of the British empire"
00:00 - Why do people/commentators etc calling for "the Army" to be sent in to deal with public disorder assume they have the training, equipment, and readiness to do so at scale? Also be careful what you wish for because soldiers are not the police. The job would get done but it
- Big boys rules. PIRA were soldiers when shooting people in the back. Victims when they come up against real soldiers. #WhoDaresWins BBC News - Coagh: SAS use of force in IRA ambush justified, coroner rules
- Brigadier Aldwin Wight (retired) statement on prosecution of NI veterans. "As a former Commanding Officer of 22 SAS, who has served at all levels in Northern Ireland, I am left with no choice but to make a public statement."
- Cleaning up after a few days out on the ground in NI. Blackthorn hedges always took their toll on your kit. 4 of us lived in that small room though rarely saw it. Long days/nights on foot/mobile patrol, sangars, QRF or on PVCPs. Best of times and worst of times. RiP Steve & Amo
- Sean Flynn photographer. Son of actor Errol Flynn. Flynn traveled with U.S. SF units and irregulars operating in remote areas. While in Cambodia in April 70, Flynn & fellow photojournalist Dana Stone were captured by communist guerrillas. Neither was seen or heard from again.
- Windproof smock, jungly bottoms and no mortgage, helmet, body armour or cares. Kings of the world.
- In November I spent a week in Northern Ireland visiting areas where I served on Op BANNER including Londonderry and South Armagh. The process was in some ways cathartic and the changes I saw helped me deal with the deaths of my friends Steve Cummins and Miles Amos killed by PIRA
