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Commando (Paperback)
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Commando (Paperback)
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List price R474
Loot Price R394
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Chris Terrill is a man in search of his limit. He's 55 years old.
He is not a soldier. He is being trained by the Royal Marines and
he is going to Afghanistan. The only difference is that instead of
a gun, Chris will be holding a camera and filming the whole ordeal
for a major TV series. The Royal Marines Commando training base in
Lympstone Devon, has a famous motto: '99.9% need not apply'. Of
those who start training, after a very tough selection process,
nearly 50% fail to make it through the most gruelling physical
tests of any armed forces in the world in an eight month training
regime. The elite who do eventually pass out are generally eighteen
years old and at the peak of physical condition. But Chris Terrill
is the exception: this book will tell of his heroic struggle to
become the oldest man to win the coveted Royal Marines Commando
Green Beret and enter the record books. And after six months of
hell, what next? Chris will follow the raw recruits on a tour to
Southern Afghanistan. He will tell the story in book and film of
the fears and hopes of the youngsters as they are plunged into one
of the planet's most dangerous wars in the outlaw mountain terrain
of Helmand Province. He will tell of ferocious battles against the
Taliban, of firefights, of jaw-dropping heroism, British sang froid
and humour and tragedy as causalities are suffered -- all from the
unique perspective of a civilian who has achieved the ultimate
accolade: to be accepted as an honorary Royal Marines Commando.
Commando is a brilliant account of modern war on the front line.
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