uk Spec forces Afghan

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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I’d just like to pay tribute to the three SAS soldiers plus the Psyops lady recently killed in Afghanistan.

The three SF were of a different generation to my service but are still counted as close colleagues within our close knit little piece of the Army.

Its very unusual for our casualties to be openly reported in the media plus details of the men themselves but I assume that as the I Corp lady was killed in their vehicle and her death needed to be reported that there was no other option.
I would not be stunned with amazement if our casualties within the family have been much,much more heavy then is public knowledge.

I pray for them and their families.

May their god bless them all.

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::salute::

To brothers and sisters in arms.

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I’d just like to pay tribute to the three SAS soldiers plus the Psyops lady recently killed in Afghanistan.

The three SF were of a different generation to my service but are still counted as close colleagues within our close knit little piece of the Army.

Its very unusual for our casualties to be openly reported in the media plus details of the men themselves but I assume that as the I Corp lady was killed in their vehicle and her death needed to be reported that there was no other option.
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Neither mundane nor pointless. Salute.

[Reading between the lines, you were in the regiment? If you’re interested, I would find a “ask the former SAS guy” thread fascinating.]

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[QUOTE=China Guy]
Neither mundane nor pointless. Salute.

[Reading between the lines, you were in the regiment? If you’re interested, I would find a “ask the former SAS guy” thread fascinating.]
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After Steve Mitchells little literary excercise (that we are all envious of because he raked in millions)Group brought in a contract of non disclosure that we all sign on leaving .
This has always seemed redundant to me because I was under the impression that we weren’t supposed to discuss any operational or related matters anyway as covered by the Official Secrets Act.

So unfortunately I am unable to comply,though to be honest I wouldn’t have anyway.

Though I’ll let you in to one little secret if you promise not to let anyone else know …!
The REAL reason they dont want us to let on about the job to the general public is not because we might reveal details about secret raids on missile bases in the Soviet Union during peace time or the destruction of a germ warfare factory built beneath the Antarctic ice cap by an evil genius bent on world domination but that people would find out that far from all being deadly serious ,steely eyed ,present day warrior monks ,we all tend to drink lots of beer,chase women with the lowest possible moral intentions,often drive crap cars and even have beer guts

(But they’re well hard beer guts Ok?)

Go on punch me in the stomach!

Go on I dare you!

Which means death to the prospects of any future book sales in the event that they do change the policy,which I might imagine could possibly occur when a cash strapped senior officer might need to recoup some major financial losses.

Oh hello DBL ears burning were they?
Can I write my book now ?cos it would certainly beat working for a living.?

Oh yeah and we definitely dont want to let it slip about the scheduled assasination of the Chinese premier in two days time…Oh shit!

Oh by the way SMs book about his patrol in Gulf 1 is the biggest work of fiction sinceI put in my last expense claim to the inland revenue.

But saying that fair play to him,I’ll doubt he’s envying me at this moment while he’s sipping at his "Top of the range"Tescos Lambrusco with his fancy mining friends.

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steve mitchell’s aka Andy McNabb?