On leaving the army, he became heavily involved in organised crime, until receiving a 15 year jail sentence. Rich left school in 1986 with no exam grades, he drifted from job to job but felt he needed and could offer more so in 1988 at the age of 18 Rich joined the British army, after successfully completing basic and trade training he was posted out to Germany where his unit the Third Royal Tank Regiment was stationed as part of NATO, the aim of which was to provide a deterrent from the Warsaw Pact attacking the west.

Drugs culture unfortunately did, Rich found that the lifestyle in the clubs was what he secretly craved for. Rich gained immediate employment as a surveillance operative working with Ex, forces, special forces and police. his exploits throughout Europe, the life-threatening entanglements with thugs from all over the world, and finally to his eventual capture ending with a 15-year prison sentence. After a series of events that were out of his control, Jones finds himself rubbing shoulders with the unpredictable characters that live within the shadows of the criminal underworld. We follow Jones as he desperately tries to free himself from the poisonous lifestyle that becomes his new reality.Upon leaving the British Army he found himself directionless and became heavily involved in organised crime. Charlie Four Kilo" delves deep into the chaotic, dangerous and manipulative world of organised crime.

The book shows that there’s somebody who has already made these mistakes, already tested the water and learned the hard way. Years later he was involved in a regional wide supply network distributing cocaine around parts of the UK. The life of a cold war soldier was quite different to that of the soldiers from more recent conflicts. Rich left the army in 1995 and as a part of his exit strategy he was trained by special forces to become a close protection officer(Bodyguard) and surveillance operative. It show good humour and unabashed bravado the author uses to describe this type of life style life and the sheer scale of drug deals and the effect this has not only on the characters but those who are unaware of the lifestyles of those involved.It's not a badly written book some parts I skipped personally as they felt like a waste of time, yes I understand your ex forces and your paranoid because your dealing drugs don't want the family to find out ect but this is repeated over and over the mental health part was well written especially as men's mental health can be over looked the book is left on to be continued I will most likely read the next book as I'm some what invested in this autobiography and how it ends.

Rich gained promotion soon after, but life in the army especially in Germany was beginning to change.Charlie Four Kilo delves deep into the chaotic, dangerous and manipulative world of organised crime. Brother it’s lovely to have you on and you have the esteemed honour, as we have a new producer on the podcast. We follow Jones, aka 'The Lost Soldier' , as he desperately tries to free himself from the poisonous lifestyle that becomes his new reality. He applied himself with such enthusiasm that the prison identified that there is a problem for veterans and permitted Rich to deliver his course to veterans while still in prison, with no staff present. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others.

Rich left this life behind him and is now an author and a veterans support speaker, teacher, mentor and course creator. People are going to be involved the drug trade one way or another and if the odds stay the same most people will know someone who will end up involved. In 1990 Rich and his unit were deployed to Northern Ireland, where he spent six months patrolling the hostile streets and countryside of south Armagh also known as “The Bandit Country”. Rich’s debut book “Charlie Kilo Four” allows the reader to show people perils, instead of having to learn the hard way.Active duty triggered something in Rich and he felt that his risk taking behaviour was being satisfied when he was always in the line of fire. All of these experiences suited Rich’s mentality and risk taking behaviour down to the ground, and he felt that he had finally found the life he craved for. his exploits throughout Europe, the life-threatening entanglements with thugs from all over the world, and finally his eventual capture ending with a 15-year prison sentence. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.