To commemorate the 25th Anniversary of First Into Action, I have finally narrated this memoir of my years in the SBS. From joining up as a teenager, through SBS recruitment, training, and operational detachments, First into Action takes you on my journey through the SBS and the 14th Intelligence Detachment, seen through the lens of […]
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I’m working on the next volume of my autobiography… FIA Again I’m going to begin from the day I left the SBS and the phone call that changed my life. I spent over 25 years in the most challenging places on the planet, a lot of hostile places. Many of them conflict zones. I had
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When I was with 14 Int in Northern Ireland back in the day (re First Into Action) I was flying over a lake in a small helicopter coming back from a task when I saw what appeared to be an aircraft in the lake. I asked the pilot to take a closer look and indeed
The Grumman F4F Wildcat with the UAS needed something I had… Read More »
SBS live chat with Chris Thrall It was a great pleasure to be invited back on Chris’ podcast for a second time. We covered new topics and the Q&A session with the viewers also addressed a few unanswered questions.
A chat with Chris Thrall It was a great pleasure to have such a long chat with a former bootneck, and one with such an interesting life of his own. Also an honour to share in a long line of podcasts with some very interesting people. We covered a lot of ground, Chris. Looking forward
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