UK ‘Special Forces’

[Fazz28]

The book is SAS Rogue Heroes which you can pick up from Amazon/Ebay cheaply. The 3 part series is Rogue Warriors which is £12 but you should be able to find it on YouTube.

It really goes into detail on the formation of the SAS, how the regular Army viewed them as underhand, and the personalities of people like David Stirling who founded them.

Just found the series on BBC Iplayer

 

[stonerblue]

Operation Certain Death by Damien Lewis is a good book. Account of the rescue of British troops from the West side boys in Sierra Leone.

Some balls shown in that one

 

[stonerblue]

Just found the series on BBC Iplayer

great watch

 

[ashytheblue]

Was in the same room with about 12 of them on the morning of 9/11........we watched live as the 2nd tower got crashed into. Their expressions was that shit just got real. They were called into a meeting about 5 mins later.
Also watched the England Germany 5-1 a couple of weeks later whilst having a beer with them.
Extremely professional at everything they do, would always have a chat and a honour to have worked with them on OPS.

 

[Blue Maverick]

Was in the same room with about 12 of them on the morning of 9/11........we watched live as the 2nd tower got crashed into. Their expressions was that shit just got real. They were called into a meeting about 5 mins later.
Also watched the England Germany 5-1 a couple of weeks later whilst having a beer with them.
Extremely professional at everything they do, would always have a chat and a honour to have worked with them on OPS.

Germany game was before!
Speaking of books I’ve read Bravo Two Zero but McNabs other book Immediate Action about his life and joining up getting through selection etc is very good. By all accounts McNab is not liked much by the others, seen as a bit of billy big bollocks. Always find stuff about them interesting, used to see them around at Brize doing parachute courses.

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

Some balls shown in that one

West side Boys were truly awful.

 

[stonerblue]

West side Boys were truly awful.

Got twatted that day when the hostages got rescued.

 

[bigstanhibbert]

On BBC iPlayer, under 'From The Archive' section, there is a programme called Behind The Lines, filmed in 1985. I presume because of the interest after both the Iranian seige and the Falklands war. Well worth a watch.

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

Got twatted that day when the hostages got rescued.

I certainly remember that day well.

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

Germany game was before!
Speaking of books I’ve read Bravo Two Zero but McNabs other book Immediate Action about his life and joining up getting through selection etc is very good. By all accounts McNab is not liked much by the others, seen as a bit of billy big bollocks. Always find stuff about them interesting, used to see them around at Brize doing parachute courses.

There is some weirdness goes on with those courses, some of the pti's are right odd-balls.