Humble? Maybe you haven't learned about the absolutely disgraceful gross exaggerations and outright lies told by him and "McNab" about the B20 mission?
Smart guy. Did his duty as a young man, then realised that it's a numbers game and the older you get, the fewer numbers you have to play with. Respect for his bravery and his decision-making.
I knew Rob Lyon when he was still in the Paras - what a great man and inspiration to be around, he was a great loss to when he was killed in that unfortunate "accident". Like Chris Ryan, I attended some 19 funerals of friends and colleagues in the last 12 years of my service - I had attended only 4 funerals before that, and two were personal. The death of others, especially when they are so much younger than you, does hit home. Chris may say he does not have PTSD, but I do not see how you can do his job and not have it negatively impact you, with the best will in the world, and we can all deny it all we like, just being in a single fire fight will change you, doing it for a decade or more you cannot come out of it "clean". I have a lot of respect for Chris Ryan, for both his service and his novels, I do hope that secretly he has sought help to manage his memories so they do not manage him - even the toughest of us have limits.
@@OMT988 No, the UK had no right to interfere in the Balkans, especially using depleted uranium on Belgrade, a war crime. Hopefully Chris Ryan now reaises he was just a puppet of the billionaire class establishment, the military industrial complex and the regime change narrative.
I have mates who I served with 30 years ago who still rubbish PTSD, while displaying all the symptoms. Having been diagnosed as chronic PTSD not long after Chris's book Bravo 2 0 came out I'll tell you this - it's a perfectly normal reaction to extraordinary circumstances. I remember one shrink describing me as "completely normal for someone who has managed to survive being killed multiple times in different ways" and that the only reason I was having this problem at all was I survived so many things that individually usually kill people. Because they usually die, no one sees the ongoing problem, so my biggest problem was basically I was still alive with a pile of nasty baggage. I didn't think I had a problem, I thought PTSD was psychobabble bullshit, and told the shrinks that. I thought it had simply changed my behaviour because I was a survivor, that which doesn't kill you makes you stronger. As I aged I got slowly more dysfunctional. If you're incredibly angry and you don't know why, or you're incredibly sad and you don't why, that's the sign of the impending mental apocalypse. Do something about it. Because rock bottom hurts when you hit it. It destroys every last shred of who you were. Not many make it back from there. Army friends will abandon you, not because they dislike you, but because it's contagious and they see a little of themselves in your behaviour and they hide from it. Your dysfunction infects those closest to you. The more you try to deal with the problem on your own, the deeper you stare into the abyss. Injury doesn't help either. You go from being 6 foot tall and bullet proof to not being able to put socks or shoes on, or even being able to wipe your own ass...and that really messes with your head as well. I ended up recovering from multiple surgeries and getting myself back working for the Army as a civilian, and I was having anxiety problems that manifested as bad tachycardia. Heart specialist did a pile of tests, and then sits me down and asks questions about my service and says "there's nothing wrong with your heart, in fact it's in great shape. You need a psychiatrist my friend". Life saving advice.
Chris always amazes me how he comes across as a very humble, intelligent person whilst deep down an elite soldier. His escape in the first Gulf war was a testament to his strength and the SAS training. Proud to have these British guys who visit those dark places and confront the terror to protect our freedoms.
@@gavinjames7205 McNabb's book and Ryan's book have been largely disowned by the SF community and debunked by MOD and independent historians. There are at least two documentaries that do this in detail, including one that actually walks the battlefield where they claimed to have fought and inflicted massive numbers of casualties. They interview locals who were there and remember it. The blame for the patrol's failings, rather than resting with the patrol commander, was also placed on men who can't defend themselves, because they're dead. Ryan's tales of derring do and knifing sentries have been described as totally contra to what a SF soldier desperately on E+E would do, but not if he was trying to sell books. It's a hell of story without the bullshit.
fascinating insight. one story about this guy i remember from the B20 books. when they came under attack from the Iraqis, they fled, dumping their bergens. after a few yards, this guy stopped and went back to his bergen. when he rejoined the rest of the guys they asked why he went back to his bergen. he said his wife had given him a hip flask and it was in his bergen, if he lost it she'd kill him. different breed these guys.
Watching Chris on the Escape and Evasion series he did, with special forces chasing him, what an incredible guy. Never caught in any environment! Much respect.
PTSD comes in many different guises and shows in different ways, he was cut up losing a good friend and they are hard to make in the first place, so impact was strong, it's not a weakness. I think from my past I know just how bad it can be losing a mate who goes the full hog with you, yes it fecked me up for a while, but time is a healer. Good luck to chis for seeing the light.
They always downplay any casualties suffered, bad for morale and propaganda you see. In the north of Ireland when the SAS were hit or ambushed (Cappagh 1990 being one such notable incident) they later said the soldiers died in a car accident in Germany or just put them back down to their original regiment. The Cappagh incident being particularly telling, as the British government with it's localised militia in the RUC just basically said to the local populace that the two bodies laying dead in the street were "figments of your imagination".
You lose blokes all the time in the army, accidents on exercise, car accidents, suicides etc but you rarely see it on the news because it is bad for morale. When I served in Northern Ireland in the 80,s on the border you had to send a nirep every night at 10 PM and it was transmitted to all units with access to a computer, if I was on duty then I would read them coming through onto the screen and most nights there would be incidents and casualties none of which was reported on the news unless it was a biggy. 😮
I knew Fergus Rennie well. He was a mate of mine. Fergie was a great lad and a goofy bugger. Our paths went different ways when he went into the SAS and I went to Canada. I heard of his death a couple of years later and was gutted! He was only 28 or so. RIP. And Colin’s comment about not having or “holding onto” the notion of PTSD is probably doing him more harm than good. He’s obviously got it so get it treated. I had to or I would have lost my family. There’s no shame in it! It’s a combat injury just like a gunshot wound. And you’d get that treated or you’d bleed out. So get the PTSD treated. I’m so glad I did!
My sister was working at a big book supplier and Chris came to sign a load of copies his new book….she asked what I’d want written in it, so I asked for “I wish I could be like you.” Chris did it……but added a question mark 🤣. Still got it.
People don't realize the intimacy of the relationships you develop with team mates. It is a family. Death is a reality. Coming to terms is hard at times. Injuries, time after time, wear you down. Add it all up, it can have a big impact on you, sometimes not manifesting itself for years. Compadres, stay strong, get help if you need it. reach out to former team mates.
That is why you have so many test you write and interviews to determine your personality, if you are a A or B etc type of personality. They have all the records and know exactly today what works to be an Operator.
@@hennies9509 I don't completely buy off on personality tests. There are so many one offs out there. I have served with the entire spectrum of personalities. The interesting thing I've observed is the segue of going from operating back to normalcy. Some do it well, others not so much.
@@hondomclean6759he was basically a cameo, he had about 2 lines in 1 episode and drove a coach with a bizarre doctors white coat over his jet black tactical gear that was bursting out of the coat….pulled up next to the bank so the robbers could see his earpiece and that was it. 😂😂
I devoured his book and tried to absorb his bravery and courage and tenacity and perserverence and resilience. To see him 30 years later, put a face to a name, Brilliant !! 😁👍🇦🇺
Depends. Are they blind idiots who think guns are cool and war is fun. Most army's are just corporate tools for a few elites that don't give a shit about the population.
"Chris Ryan" performed an amazing feat of endurance, resilience and initiative with his tab to Syria. I have profound respect and admiration for his escape through enemy territory. It's a pity he destroyed his own reputation with a spiteful and dishonest book. The simple truth, without cowardly personal attacks on dead colleagues and lurid embellishments like cutting a sentry's throat with a Swiss army knife, would have made a much better read - and might even have become one of the classic accounts of special forces operations.
In the introduction section of the WW1 book "Tommy" by Richard Holmes one sentence has stuck in my mind. Its goes "Only the living write the history, not the dead".
Such a humble man full off intelligence and well spoken and he can also watch the light go out off your eyes if you ever messed with him a true hero and a tough man 💪🇬🇧
We all adore you...Chris... A genuine and pragmatic trooper....To strive...to serve...and not to yield....Bravo Two Zero should go with vehicles....too much load on bargains. ..😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
I read the book about the Bravo2 cockup and wondered about the knifing of the sheep hearder and whether it was both essential and moral ? I remember from the book the Reg. Quartermaster in1990 'Taff' Sprigle when he was a Staff Sergeant PSI Mobility Troop.
i like Chris, honestly seems like he was one of the few dependable operators on that mission. I remember Mcnabs book making him sound like a bit of a grump and a bit serious - il take that over a jack the lad joker.
I think the world needs people like Chris Ryan to ‘redefine’ what being male and strong really is. His books could be a great tool to young men who are looking for some validation on being young and male because they’ve had a tough time of it recently.
In South Africa the rest of the world had to define and tell us medically what PTSD was with our war in Angola as it was just normal for South Africans to be that way. Crazy when it comes fighting and drink a lot. Nothing brandy and whiskey plus some beers and barbecue could not cure..
"We're doing this as a job" Thats the UK military in a phrase, they're doing a serious job and it needs to be done, they're not joining up to "Be a badass" and to be a war hero and get film made about them, they're doing a serious job.
Not true, at all. Patriotism is the hidden secret sauce, always was. Now you ask yourself why British jet pilots have went on to train the Chinese to fight western tech. Something's not right in the system-citizen relationship in Britain.
There comes a point when you have got to admit that you are just too old to do the job, the mind might be telling you your still 25 yrs old but the body is telling you its 50. Not only putting yourself at risk, but those around you too.
I served with his brother in 2 PARA. His brother is a pretty humble guy and never really spoke about Chris. Whether he found it awkward or not, i don't know but he never lived off his brother fame. Not to mention, the brother could run like a Cheetah.
Every morning at my place of work, when I was in the military, three land rovers full of long haired, bearded men would step out and examine a Chinook and some new kit that was sat ready for them. My Sgt at the time wasn't to happy about the fact that they'd "park anywhere they wanted" and was going to confront them about the issue until I let him know who these guys were. Should have seen his face, priceless.
That’s worrying, that he’d got to the rank of Sgt without questioning this daily occurrence, and that you were the only one who knew what was going on.
Think the true story is a little different about why he left. They were all jumping on the book publishing after Stevie, even the RSM at the time was impossible to pin down to sign a bit of paper as he was on his last few months, and then a book comes out!! to What Mr C did on that op was one hell of a tab but slagged off his mates who didn't make it back and who were more experienced than he was, and used their real name in his book when he hides behind the name Chris. REspect to Vince
I read it was due to irreparable damage he did to heart muscle tissue on that tab to Syria. Made him basically unfit to continue to serve in the regiment?
When I watched an ex SAS soldier on you tube retrace the same steps Andy and Chris took along with their comrades RIP on the ill fated mission bravo two zero and then when I watched the film it was two different stories. 🤔 just my opinion
As Far as I know he is has never publicly apologized on what he said about Vince Phillips, the dead mans children were bullied at school because of the comments he made in his book. Yet there is NOT one SAS solider on the patrol or who knew Vince agreed with his statements that Vince let the patrol down and was unprofessional. How can you dare say such a thing about a dead man who cannot defend himself. Also so publicly and having his kids attacked at school because of his comments! Shame on you Ryan!
No one knows was Vince good or poor performer, so Chris may be right about that. But other things he wrote are BS (if we are talking about his book as kind of documentary).
@@NinoslavTifunovic Well Vincent's team and many others in the SAS at the time would state he was an incredible operator, this was just Ryan's opinion, also another younger and fitter SAS solider also died of hyperthermia during Bravo Two Zero, it was very harsh conditions . But this is not the point, the point is Ryan broke the CODE OF HONOR! You do NOT SPEAK ill of your fallen comrades publicly and to their families what ever mistakes you think they made, they paid the ultimate price and deserve respect. Vincent Philipps gave his life for his country and to have someone trash talk him publicly, and then have his children bullied at school because of it is unforgivable. Nobody from the SAS regiment will look at Ryan after what he did, in fact he did a TV show some decades back where he was hunted by SF operators but there was NOT ONE ex SAS person in the show as to them he is a turncoat and broke the code. SHAME ON YOU" Ryan!
‘As far as I know’ is where you should have kept your mouth shut. You don’t have a clue what went on, what’s true and what’s not true. Keep your opinions to yourself sat on your sofa commenting on the internet.
I served during that era Aussi infantry regiment we all read the book and it’s easy to see a lot of it was BS , we worked with SASR and we knew the British SAS were the best at that time. What surprises me is how he wasn’t accidentally killed after publishing the book
I've knacked loads of marines and paras in my lifetime. They are not all that they think they are. In the end, are/were they the hardest lad in school growing up? lf not, they will struggles and they know it.
My guard dogs also submitted their resignation, saying they were tired of chewing on innocent people that just happened to go by. This organization has nothing to do with defending motherland and all that jazz, and more with "defending - actually stealing and maiming" on behalf of the oligarchs.
Most older men are ashamed of how they were manipulated by the military. A good portion care not admit it or have a mind set of ignorance is bliss. They don't even hand out precious metals in the medals.
They volunteer for that role. No one forces them to do it. They know the risks that come with such a lifestyle. It might do people well, yourself included, to unpack the twaddle that you're fed about special forces. The regiment is currently being investigated, again, for war crimes/crimes against humanity in sovereign countries like Afghanistan and Iraq. It's been in the news recently that they've been executing civilians and unarmed combatants held captive by them. This isnt unique to those areas of deployment and they've killed civilians in lots of other places around the world, Ireland included of course! Killing for imperialism, colonialism and oil doesnt make anyone a hero. It just puts you in the bracket of being a gullible fool doing a rich mans dirty work.
@@Heresy1987 It's not politically correct to say but you're right. Post-WW2 (and pre-WW2 for that matter), most of the wars and conflicts the UK has been involved in have been immoral/unjustified. National Service ended in 1960 so everyone who's joined since then has made the choice. If you joined up post March 2003 (for example), you can't pretend you didn't know what you were getting yourself into, and indeed we know there are many who joined for that reason. The public has this cognitive dissonance where they'll claim to be against XYZ war, loathe the politicians who start the war, but then pat a lad on the back when he's joining the Army. In my experience most ex servicemen, especially those who served for a long time, are raging neocon bellends who support every war anyway. The public will also excuse almost any war crime committed by a "hero" - there are no shortage of Bloody Sunday apologists, Alexander Blackman apologists, etc.
Good broadcast mate, remember you guys from 23 in the summer of 83. Only my opinion Chris but GQ 360s were a pretty good early day Rig I thought. I had a Mal on my 3rd jump and everything worked perfectly, in fact I hit the centre of the DZ (Shade Tree) on the round reserve, likely a CARP release from fat Albert. So if you don't mind me asking? What went wrong for you to sustain injury?
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“I can’t say I had PTSD” and my “behavior changed somewhat” is British for “I definitely had PTSD, it impacted my life tremendously.”
Totally agree with that, the hardest thing to do is to admit it to yourself.
Bollocks.
Cheers for the British talent for understatement.
Most British men do this. I’m the same and I imagine most men from other countries are. It’s a shame really.
100% the shit we say
Humble guy. Great speaker. Great role model. Thank you Chris.
Much better than “McNab”
Humble? Maybe you haven't learned about the absolutely disgraceful gross exaggerations and outright lies told by him and "McNab" about the B20 mission?
@@titaniumquarrion9838were you there???. How would you know about it?? Have you ever been in theatre!
@@titaniumquarrion9838The RSM’s book Eye Of The Storm puts all that right.
@@dougieranger Only for those that have read it or other exposes of the pure fiction being touted by many of these SF "legends".
Smart guy. Did his duty as a young man, then realised that it's a numbers game and the older you get, the fewer numbers you have to play with.
Respect for his bravery and his decision-making.
good way of putting it, they are indeed a different breed of men arnt they.
I knew Rob Lyon when he was still in the Paras - what a great man and inspiration to be around, he was a great loss to when he was killed in that unfortunate "accident". Like Chris Ryan, I attended some 19 funerals of friends and colleagues in the last 12 years of my service - I had attended only 4 funerals before that, and two were personal. The death of others, especially when they are so much younger than you, does hit home. Chris may say he does not have PTSD, but I do not see how you can do his job and not have it negatively impact you, with the best will in the world, and we can all deny it all we like, just being in a single fire fight will change you, doing it for a decade or more you cannot come out of it "clean".
I have a lot of respect for Chris Ryan, for both his service and his novels, I do hope that secretly he has sought help to manage his memories so they do not manage him - even the toughest of us have limits.
Had no business being there hunting Serbs.
@@jestice75 as much right as any one else...as much right as you making that comment be honest.
@@jestice75what????
@@jestice75 Serbs had no right committing genocide and ethnic cleansing.
@@OMT988 No, the UK had no right to interfere in the Balkans, especially using depleted uranium on Belgrade, a war crime. Hopefully Chris Ryan now reaises he was just a puppet of the billionaire class establishment, the military industrial complex and the regime change narrative.
I have mates who I served with 30 years ago who still rubbish PTSD, while displaying all the symptoms. Having been diagnosed as chronic PTSD not long after Chris's book Bravo 2 0 came out I'll tell you this - it's a perfectly normal reaction to extraordinary circumstances. I remember one shrink describing me as "completely normal for someone who has managed to survive being killed multiple times in different ways" and that the only reason I was having this problem at all was I survived so many things that individually usually kill people. Because they usually die, no one sees the ongoing problem, so my biggest problem was basically I was still alive with a pile of nasty baggage. I didn't think I had a problem, I thought PTSD was psychobabble bullshit, and told the shrinks that. I thought it had simply changed my behaviour because I was a survivor, that which doesn't kill you makes you stronger. As I aged I got slowly more dysfunctional. If you're incredibly angry and you don't know why, or you're incredibly sad and you don't why, that's the sign of the impending mental apocalypse. Do something about it. Because rock bottom hurts when you hit it. It destroys every last shred of who you were. Not many make it back from there. Army friends will abandon you, not because they dislike you, but because it's contagious and they see a little of themselves in your behaviour and they hide from it. Your dysfunction infects those closest to you. The more you try to deal with the problem on your own, the deeper you stare into the abyss. Injury doesn't help either. You go from being 6 foot tall and bullet proof to not being able to put socks or shoes on, or even being able to wipe your own ass...and that really messes with your head as well. I ended up recovering from multiple surgeries and getting myself back working for the Army as a civilian, and I was having anxiety problems that manifested as bad tachycardia. Heart specialist did a pile of tests, and then sits me down and asks questions about my service and says "there's nothing wrong with your heart, in fact it's in great shape. You need a psychiatrist my friend". Life saving advice.
Never a truer word said. Nice one, and good for you for having the sense to seek help.
Thank you for this 🙏🏻
You see that guy in a pub or grocery store, you'd never guess his history. The textbook gray man.
Lethal
Chris always amazes me how he comes across as a very humble, intelligent person whilst deep down an elite soldier. His escape in the first Gulf war was a testament to his strength and the SAS training. Proud to have these British guys who visit those dark places and confront the terror to protect our freedoms.
His escape is nothing short of superhuman. Insane
@@gavinjames7205 and mostly fiction, but yes the distance he covered was incredible
@@anthonybrett3900 which bit is fiction? I've only really heard him speak about what happened. Not had it from a book
@@gavinjames7205 McNabb's book and Ryan's book have been largely disowned by the SF community and debunked by MOD and independent historians. There are at least two documentaries that do this in detail, including one that actually walks the battlefield where they claimed to have fought and inflicted massive numbers of casualties. They interview locals who were there and remember it.
The blame for the patrol's failings, rather than resting with the patrol commander, was also placed on men who can't defend themselves, because they're dead.
Ryan's tales of derring do and knifing sentries have been described as totally contra to what a SF soldier desperately on E+E would do, but not if he was trying to sell books.
It's a hell of story without the bullshit.
@@anthonybrett3900the guy that walked the route was a former RSM at 22 and he spoke to loads of eyewitnesses…. Great documentary
fascinating insight. one story about this guy i remember from the B20 books. when they came under attack from the Iraqis, they fled, dumping their bergens. after a few yards, this guy stopped and went back to his bergen. when he rejoined the rest of the guys they asked why he went back to his bergen. he said his wife had given him a hip flask and it was in his bergen, if he lost it she'd kill him. different breed these guys.
I would love to have 1/1000 of Chris Ryans resilience, what a legend!. Thanks for bringing us that interview Jack Carr.
Thanks for your time service Chris. Real soldier.
His actual name isn't Chris though, is it?
@@happyclappyslappy No it’s Colin
Plus he is Full of BS....
@@rankinspurff3431 most lads are tbh
you guys are the real heroes. I can’t even imagine what you’ve been through. Thanks for posting this.
Chris Ryan is a legend
Watching Chris on the Escape and Evasion series he did, with special forces chasing him, what an incredible guy. Never caught in any environment! Much respect.
They say “don’t meet your heroes” but I met this man and he is a gentleman and great dude.
The One That Got Away, The first military book I ever read before joining up
Never heard him talk before, seems like a very down to earth guy.
ive never yet seen one SAS guy that wasnt humble and down to earth, yet former seals haha well lets just say god doesnt think hes a seal. 😂
The sort you’d follow into battle
I knew Fergie a little,good man,very quiet and unassuming,he was 1Para Pathfinders originally
God bless mate
Ferg
@@NahBroUK you know Rob Rick?
PTSD comes in many different guises and shows in different ways, he was cut up losing a good friend and they are hard to make in the first place, so impact was strong, it's not a weakness. I think from my past I know just how bad it can be losing a mate who goes the full hog with you, yes it fecked me up for a while, but time is a healer. Good luck to chis for seeing the light.
Thanks for sharing Chris.
It’s amazing to hear the number of casualties when there were no wars going on. You can only imagine the jobs they do that no one hears about?
They always downplay any casualties suffered, bad for morale and propaganda you see. In the north of Ireland when the SAS were hit or ambushed (Cappagh 1990 being one such notable incident) they later said the soldiers died in a car accident in Germany or just put them back down to their original regiment.
The Cappagh incident being particularly telling, as the British government with it's localised militia in the RUC just basically said to the local populace that the two bodies laying dead in the street were "figments of your imagination".
@@Heresy1987 Can't imagine any solid blokes joining these days, the Brits treating their people the way they do.
You lose blokes all the time in the army, accidents on exercise, car accidents, suicides etc but you rarely see it on the news because it is bad for morale. When I served in Northern Ireland in the 80,s on the border you had to send a nirep every night at 10 PM and it was transmitted to all units with access to a computer, if I was on duty then I would read them coming through onto the screen and most nights there would be incidents and casualties none of which was reported on the news unless it was a biggy. 😮
@@kevinadamson5768it didn't suit the MSM narrative.
Great guest, highly respected Operator 🙌🏻
I knew Fergus Rennie well. He was a mate of mine. Fergie was a great lad and a goofy bugger. Our paths went different ways when he went into the SAS and I went to Canada. I heard of his death a couple of years later and was gutted! He was only 28 or so. RIP. And Colin’s comment about not having or “holding onto” the notion of PTSD is probably doing him more harm than good. He’s obviously got it so get it treated. I had to or I would have lost my family. There’s no shame in it! It’s a combat injury just like a gunshot wound. And you’d get that treated or you’d bleed out. So get the PTSD treated. I’m so glad I did!
My sister was working at a big book supplier and Chris came to sign a load of copies his new book….she asked what I’d want written in it, so I asked for “I wish I could be like you.”
Chris did it……but added a question mark 🤣. Still got it.
Thank you for your service Chris. Upmost respect.
People don't realize the intimacy of the relationships you develop with team mates. It is a family. Death is a reality. Coming to terms is hard at times. Injuries, time after time, wear you down. Add it all up, it can have a big impact on you, sometimes not manifesting itself for years. Compadres, stay strong, get help if you need it. reach out to former team mates.
You become a family
That is why you have so many test you write and interviews to determine your personality, if you are a A or B etc type of personality. They have all the records and know exactly today what works to be an Operator.
@@hennies9509 I don't completely buy off on personality tests. There are so many one offs out there. I have served with the entire spectrum of personalities. The interesting thing I've observed is the segue of going from operating back to normalcy. Some do it well, others not so much.
@@Frogman125 "I am a perfectly normal and well-adjusted frog-man."
"Honey, you've been motionless inside the garden pool for two days"
@@TheAlexRhodes Yeah man. Normal is subjective.
Chris wrote "Strike Back" and "The One that Got Away" and I cannot be grateful enough for that.
Check out "Stand by, stand by". Good read, too.
“The one that got away” is a brilliant book
He also did a TV show called ultimate force.
@@hondomclean6759 Seen it. Given how small their budget was, it wasn't half bad. But it has nothing on the first four seasons of Strike Back.
@@hondomclean6759he was basically a cameo, he had about 2 lines in 1 episode and drove a coach with a bizarre doctors white coat over his jet black tactical gear that was bursting out of the coat….pulled up next to the bank so the robbers could see his earpiece and that was it. 😂😂
This is a wonderful piece. Eye opening to reality.
Could listen to him all day what a bloke 👌
Jack Carr, one of the very best SF interviewers.
I devoured his book and tried to absorb his bravery and courage and tenacity and perserverence and resilience.
To see him 30 years later, put a face to a name, Brilliant !! 😁👍🇦🇺
When a highly trained soldier dies it’s a tragedy on so many levels
Depends. Are they blind idiots who think guns are cool and war is fun. Most army's are just corporate tools for a few elites that don't give a shit about the population.
Is it? That the job
@@HansSherman That's the job of conscripts. The job of the soldier is to fight for corporations under the guise of freedom and patriotism.
@@Niallistical you’re homeschooled clearly
Unfortunately he is not wrong, War is a Racket.
great interview,thanks colin
"Chris Ryan" performed an amazing feat of endurance, resilience and initiative with his tab to Syria. I have profound respect and admiration for his escape through enemy territory. It's a pity he destroyed his own reputation with a spiteful and dishonest book. The simple truth, without cowardly personal attacks on dead colleagues and lurid embellishments like cutting a sentry's throat with a Swiss army knife, would have made a much better read - and might even have become one of the classic accounts of special forces operations.
In the introduction section of the WW1 book "Tommy" by Richard Holmes one sentence has stuck in my mind. Its goes "Only the living write the history, not the dead".
@@MadAntz970 Then you get to the afterlife and suddenly all those dead guys you wrote about start quoting and clowning on you
I've never heard from Chris but I read his book The one that got away, many years ago. It was tragic but insightful at the same time.
read the geordie sharp 4 books - well worth your time
I loved reading The One That Got Away but it’s been suggested quite a bit in the book was significantly embellished.
Such a humble man full off intelligence and well spoken and he can also watch the light go out off your eyes if you ever messed with him a true hero and a tough man 💪🇬🇧
You guys are amazing, at end of the dqy where all still human not immune to everything
Need regular Sunday uploads again!
I love reading Jack Carr’s books. He teaches the reader a lot.
We all adore you...Chris...
A genuine and pragmatic trooper....To strive...to serve...and not to yield....Bravo Two Zero should go with vehicles....too much load on bargains. ..😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Total respect for this man.
Thank you for sharing our story
The man is a champion.
I read the book about the Bravo2 cockup and wondered about the knifing of the sheep hearder and whether it was both essential and moral ?
I remember from the book the Reg. Quartermaster in1990 'Taff' Sprigle when he was a Staff Sergeant PSI Mobility Troop.
Great video Cheers Chris Scottish veteran 🏴
God Bless you Sir, wish you and your Comrades the best of luck
Great actor. How’s Vinnie going? Remember him?
i like Chris, honestly seems like he was one of the few dependable operators on that mission. I remember Mcnabs book making him sound like a bit of a grump and a bit serious - il take that over a jack the lad joker.
I feel your pain Chris, I got diagnosed with what you and I didn't have. God bless.
If you are serving right now and have not read "The one that got away" it's a must read!
Reading his book 'The one who got away' is a book you will never forget.
Just ordered it. I've read bravo two zero multiple times. 😊
Met Chris at a book signing many years ago, really nice down to earth guy …
I think the world needs people like Chris Ryan to ‘redefine’ what being male and strong really is. His books could be a great tool to young men who are looking for some validation on being young and male because they’ve had a tough time of it recently.
All chris ryans books are fantastic. .as are andy mcnabs
So is the Lord of the rings. What those books have in the common is that both are the results of the imagination.
Mr Ryan absolute legend
In South Africa the rest of the world had to define and tell us medically what PTSD was with our war in Angola as it was just normal for South Africans to be that way. Crazy when it comes fighting and drink a lot. Nothing brandy and whiskey plus some beers and barbecue could not cure..
Giving up the booze ( dop) cured mine. Alcohol is a depressive.
Watching this and looking at a signed copy of Bravo 20 bought at Glasgow Airport.
Had the pleasure of meeting him in Newcastle.
Served with his brother Geordie, in 2 para. Excellent soldier, good laugh and great guy.
Humble guy.
I’m sure it was ant Middleton who once said more SAS/SBS troopers are killed in training than combat. 😳
"We're doing this as a job" Thats the UK military in a phrase, they're doing a serious job and it needs to be done, they're not joining up to "Be a badass" and to be a war hero and get film made about them, they're doing a serious job.
Not true, at all.
Patriotism is the hidden secret sauce, always was.
Now you ask yourself why British jet pilots have went on to train the Chinese to fight western tech.
Something's not right in the system-citizen relationship in Britain.
There comes a point when you have got to admit that you are just too old to do the job, the mind might be telling you your still 25 yrs old but the body is telling you its 50. Not only putting yourself at risk, but those around you too.
You’d be surprised out how capable a disciplined 50 year old is.
I served with his brother in 2 PARA. His brother is a pretty humble guy and never really spoke about Chris. Whether he found it awkward or not, i don't know but he never lived off his brother fame. Not to mention, the brother could run like a Cheetah.
Thanks!!
I hope someone is listening.
Colin is a good man. Hes genuine enough.
hmmmmm
He tells the truth, about the SAS.
Every morning at my place of work, when I was in the military, three land rovers full of long haired, bearded men would step out and examine a Chinook and some new kit that was sat ready for them. My Sgt at the time wasn't to happy about the fact that they'd "park anywhere they wanted" and was going to confront them about the issue until I let him know who these guys were. Should have seen his face, priceless.
Swanning about like tier 1.
Sounds like a horrifying groundhog day existence that.
That’s worrying, that he’d got to the rank of Sgt without questioning this daily occurrence, and that you were the only one who knew what was going on.
@issimondias he was Sgt rank when was posted in, a select few of us knew of the daily occurrence.
@@Mountianlions69 A daily occurrence?
Read The one That Got Away when I was a kid. Then I read a lot of your fiction. All great stuff. Strange to be watching you 25 years plus later
I coordinated the casevac of Fergus Rennie from Gorazde and led the rest of the team on their past the guards on their exfil.
I sold tiles to chris when he lived in Newcastle-upon-Tyne nice bloke
The Quiet Professional
Chris is a legend, and Hero. What a life he has led. Colin McClaughlan would be a brilliant interview Jack. Just ask Chris himself.
Please bring back
" STRIKEBACK"
Smashing fella is Chris , Humble as. Great accent to listen to also.
Think the true story is a little different about why he left. They were all jumping on the book publishing after Stevie, even the RSM at the time was impossible to pin down to sign a bit of paper as he was on his last few months, and then a book comes out!! to What Mr C did on that op was one hell of a tab but slagged off his mates who didn't make it back and who were more experienced than he was, and used their real name in his book when he hides behind the name Chris. REspect to Vince
I read it was due to irreparable damage he did to heart muscle tissue on that tab to Syria. Made him basically unfit to continue to serve in the regiment?
When I watched an ex SAS soldier on you tube retrace the same steps Andy and Chris took along with their comrades RIP on the ill fated mission bravo two zero and then when I watched the film it was two different stories. 🤔 just my opinion
where is the full ep has it been released yet 😊
Chris was part time sas territorial sas
SF are true life heroes. I am ex military and have massive respect for them!
I did my share and it completely fucked me up!! 26 years later I’m doing alright but it wasn’t easy!!!
As Far as I know he is has never publicly apologized on what he said about Vince Phillips, the dead mans children were bullied at school because of the comments he made in his book. Yet there is NOT one SAS solider on the patrol or who knew Vince agreed with his statements that Vince let the patrol down and was unprofessional. How can you dare say such a thing about a dead man who cannot defend himself. Also so publicly and having his kids attacked at school because of his comments! Shame on you Ryan!
No one knows was Vince good or poor performer, so Chris may be right about that. But other things he wrote are BS (if we are talking about his book as kind of documentary).
@@NinoslavTifunovic Well Vincent's team and many others in the SAS at the time would state he was an incredible operator, this was just Ryan's opinion, also another younger and fitter SAS solider also died of hyperthermia during Bravo Two Zero, it was very harsh conditions . But this is not the point, the point is Ryan broke the CODE OF HONOR! You do NOT SPEAK ill of your fallen comrades publicly and to their families what ever mistakes you think they made, they paid the ultimate price and deserve respect. Vincent Philipps gave his life for his country and to have someone trash talk him publicly, and then have his children bullied at school because of it is unforgivable. Nobody from the SAS regiment will look at Ryan after what he did, in fact he did a TV show some decades back where he was hunted by SF operators but there was NOT ONE ex SAS person in the show as to them he is a turncoat and broke the code. SHAME ON YOU" Ryan!
‘As far as I know’ is where you should have kept your mouth shut.
You don’t have a clue what went on, what’s true and what’s not true.
Keep your opinions to yourself sat on your sofa commenting on the internet.
I served during that era Aussi infantry regiment we all read the book and it’s easy to see a lot of it was BS , we worked with SASR and we knew the British SAS were the best at that time. What surprises me is how he wasn’t accidentally killed after publishing the book
Was it when he slagged his mates off in his book?
Top man
I've knacked loads of marines and paras in my lifetime. They are not all that they think they are. In the end, are/were they the hardest lad in school growing up? lf not, they will struggles and they know it.
Again please in English
I bet he took on The Ulster Provisionals, too, as part of his service.
PTSD is real.
Wise descision
Good writer too
My guard dogs also submitted their resignation, saying they were tired of chewing on innocent people that just happened to go by. This organization has nothing to do with defending motherland and all that jazz, and more with "defending - actually stealing and maiming" on behalf of the oligarchs.
"Hello Mr Partridge"
Most older men are ashamed of how they were manipulated by the military. A good portion care not admit it or have a mind set of ignorance is bliss. They don't even hand out precious metals in the medals.
C is a great guy
If Chris didnt have PTSD. Id be worried. What a guy 😎
I knew one of Fergs brothers very well …… a very bad time
I hate the term, but men like this are just built different to most.
Leaving the standing army lackey squad
We are justly proud of our special forces.But we should always bear in mind that some of them pay the ultimate price on our behalf.
They volunteer for that role. No one forces them to do it. They know the risks that come with such a lifestyle.
It might do people well, yourself included, to unpack the twaddle that you're fed about special forces. The regiment is currently being investigated, again, for war crimes/crimes against humanity in sovereign countries like Afghanistan and Iraq.
It's been in the news recently that they've been executing civilians and unarmed combatants held captive by them. This isnt unique to those areas of deployment and they've killed civilians in lots of other places around the world, Ireland included of course!
Killing for imperialism, colonialism and oil doesnt make anyone a hero. It just puts you in the bracket of being a gullible fool doing a rich mans dirty work.
@@Heresy1987 It's not politically correct to say but you're right. Post-WW2 (and pre-WW2 for that matter), most of the wars and conflicts the UK has been involved in have been immoral/unjustified. National Service ended in 1960 so everyone who's joined since then has made the choice. If you joined up post March 2003 (for example), you can't pretend you didn't know what you were getting yourself into, and indeed we know there are many who joined for that reason.
The public has this cognitive dissonance where they'll claim to be against XYZ war, loathe the politicians who start the war, but then pat a lad on the back when he's joining the Army.
In my experience most ex servicemen, especially those who served for a long time, are raging neocon bellends who support every war anyway.
The public will also excuse almost any war crime committed by a "hero" - there are no shortage of Bloody Sunday apologists, Alexander Blackman apologists, etc.
Good broadcast mate, remember you guys from 23 in the summer of 83. Only my opinion Chris but GQ 360s were a pretty good early day Rig I thought. I had a Mal on my 3rd jump and everything worked perfectly, in fact I hit the centre of the DZ (Shade Tree) on the round reserve, likely a CARP release from fat Albert. So if you don't mind me asking? What went wrong for you to sustain injury?
He shouldn't of slagged off his dead mates in his book.