Even as warnings came in that McNab’s patrol was on the run, Bravo Three Zero remained undetected – the furthest Coalition forces behind Iraqi lines. Slipping through enemy positions, a string of targets were taken out. But with the desert turning bitter and snow starting to fall, they were forced to fight a running battle against the elements as much as the enemy. I've not quite finished reading it yet, but like most idiosyncrasies, they can become annoying to the point of distraction. Des Powell is an member of the Parachute Regiment who got selected for the SAS and during a twenty year career with them he was involved in Op Granby as part of the Scud hunting patrols Bravo One Zero, Bravo Two Zero and Brave Three Zero. Usually, special forces operators have grown up in broken homes, usually the dangle on the edge. If you weren’t military and SF, which direction would you see yourself going?

This is the untold story of the bravo teams in the first Gulf War and in particular Bravo Three Zero written with first hand knowledge of the events leading up to the operation and during. And generate a lot of questions about the mission and what happened to the other two patrols, knowing the ill-fated Bravo Two patrol story. There were three patrols that fateful January 1991 morning:Bravo One Zero,Bravo Two ZeroandBravo Three Zero. It was the opening hours of the Gulf War and the SAS were flown deep behind enemy lines to hunt down Saddam’s Scud missiles, the use of which threatened a Third World War.Also in 2002, the BBC's Panorama series released a documentary titled "A Question of Betrayal" featuring both Coburn and MacGowan, alleging that the patrol's distress calls had been received and ignored. [22] [23]

a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w Asher, Michael (2003). The Real Bravo Two Zero. England: Cassell. ISBN 0-304-36554-8.In this exclusive launch event, Des Powell and bestselling author Damien Lewis, will reveal the Bravo Three Zero story and the achievements of this highly-decorated patrol. What is the explosive part of this story? The friction between the Des the patrol second in command and Jim the patrol commander is at times palpable, and under terrible weather and operational pressures is understandable. That the SAS, Britain's fighting elite, would do what appears to be an 'arms plot' move in the build up to a war; would equip patrols going into an active enemy environment so badly, and would give such poor weather, intelligence and signals briefs. It may be 30 years ago but there was plenty knowledge about the Iraqi armed forces from the Iran Iraq war; there were satellite intelligence and weather systems, and signals provision was hardly an unknown either. I would also say the book is not a positive advert for Land Rover, and probably should get a mention in the ARRSE thread 'Land Rover Horror Stories'. As a result of this I hope some officers careers went sideways rather than upward. There were three patrols that fateful January 1991 morning: Bravo One Zero, Bravo Two Zeroand Bravo Three Zero. It was the opening hours of the Gulf War and the SAS were flown deep behind enemy lines to hunt down Saddam’s Scud missiles, the use of which threatened a Third World War.

Everytime he wrote down a.chat he had with the crew, it was "Barry remarks", "Tom remarks", Bob remarks". It was used dozens of times in the first few chapters. And as Damien mentioned, when I heard he was on the Bravo Three Zero patrol, the sister patrol to the famous one, I was hooked. I’d always known of the Bravo Two Zero patrol – it’s a famous SAS mission. I never knew there were two other Bravo – B Squadron – patrols, Bravo One and Bravo Three. Just that was amazing – it made the story stand out. a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab McNab, Andy (1993). Bravo Two Zero. Great Britain: Bantom Press. ISBN 0-552-14127-5.There was clearly something very wrong in SAS at the time. I assume that it's all been swept up and fixed. For sure there won't be an authoritative book in public domain in my lifetime. Although given that the SAS wannabes of the Pathfinder Platoon made similar mistakes (insufficient cold weather gear) I doubt it. There were three SAS patrols that fateful January 1991 morning: Bravo One Zero, Bravo Two Zero (Andy McNab) and Bravo Three Zero. It was the opening hours of the Gulf War and the SAS were flown deep behind enemy lines to hunt down Saddam’s Scud missiles. In part the book is autobiographical of Des Powells life it gives a sense of his upbringing and utter determination to succeed, where most would fail

Nothing wrong with the book but had it been offered as another biography of an SAS operative I would not have bothered. No disrespect but I have already listened to many and the difference between each isn’t that great. In fact, I don’t think there’s anything negative about it. Everything that I’ve learned in the military has helped me within this civilian world. For example, I have a morning routine, I have an afternoon routine and I have an evening routine too. I know most people that get up out of bed and just hit their day. I think it comes down to having good habits and good routines. Being able to follow through on the things that you need to do on a day to day, week to week, month to month. There are four things in life that you need to do if you want everything. One is hard work, so you’ve got to work hard at everything. Second one is consistency. You got to consistently work hard or focus or move forward to something. The third one is focus. Being able to focus on the job at hand, and the 4th one is to have discipline. If you have those four things that you find in the military and then blend that into Civvy St and have good habits that follow them, I don’t think you will have much problems at all. What should my average pace be with loaded Bergen? No military experience, but looking into taking on a challenge next year.The BBC produced a two-part adaptation of Mitchell's book, also titled Bravo Two Zero, in 1998. It starred Sean Bean as McNab and was directed by Tom Clegg. In addition to using all of Mitchell's characters' pseudonyms, the names of the three deceased patrol members, Phillips, Consiglio and Lane were also changed for the film.