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In this video, Big Phil shows us the mighty “32-pounder cast iron flank defender” cannons used to protect to fort again invasion. We also get to see the change Florence Nightingale made in bettering the standards of the troop’s medical care.
Former SAS commando Big Phil Campion shows us around Fort Nelson and gives us a lesson on the history of guns.
Former SAS soldier Big Phil Campion shows us how munitions stored deep inside Fort Nelson make their way to the guns outside using a system of conveyor belts and small rail cars.
I am frequently asked if the army has gone soft. Political correctness has taken a deep root throughout the whole of the so-called “upper tier” of British society. In any position of official capacity, what you can say and do are utterly controlled by a whole new set of rules. On a recent visit to […]
Happy New Year from the U.K. It’s that time of year again when everyone gets a fresh start, makes a thousand promises and declares a new way of life. I am no different and want to welcome you 2018 the way I see it. I’m going to give you two takes: one of my own […]
In the light of recent terror attacks in the UK, the government have come up with a campaign, that has the backing of some big names but is it really what you should do. The chances of becoming involved in a terror attack have greatly increased in the last year. Homegrown terror suspects have risen […]
(Read Part 1 here.) We already know the basics. The captured British troops serving with the UN peacekeeping force in Sierra Leone were from the Royal Irish Regiment. They were originally part of a detachment that had been deployed to help oversee the evacuation of foreign nationals from what had degenerated into the most vicious and […]
In September 2000, a group of British soldiers serving with the UN peacekeeping force in war-torn Sierra Leone took a wrong turn and were captured by a rebel militia called the West Side Boys. It was a full-scale crisis that became the number-one priority for Prime Minister Tony Blair. His solution: Send in the SAS. […]
I unwrapped my last piece of biscuit from the now tattered piece of tissue. I carefully made sure that the biscuit went in my mouth and the tissue was placed in my pocket where it would not fall out or be left behind. Ground sign would get you binned, everything that goes into the jungle […]
Read part nine here. We were in a hasty harbor area. Those left on the course were to receive a set of orders for the final assault on a jungle camp we had been watching for nearly three weeks. All the hours spent on recce and writing reports was all going to be tested. Everything […]
Just when you thought things couldn’t get worse than they already are with Jihadists blowing up and attacking people all over the UK. A new trend of attack has broken out in London. Acid attacks in both liquid and power form have been reported all over the city. At the moment it seems to be […]
Read Part 8 here. We had all but collapsed the harbor area which had been our home for the least three weeks. All that was left was my A frame, everything else was packed, ready for the final exercise or already stowed away in the patrol kit bag which was now at the heli pad […]