Have to agree with you Deon, he was a great teacher. Took our existing training and stepped it up. Also had a expectation that we are to behave professionally in every task we did even if it was setting up those blue portable toilets . 😉
Hey Deon. Matt Thomas here. Recalling those days as an ex 2 Batt. We Used to start our camps at Murry Hill. In those days the pathfinder s were still in tents opposite the parade ground. I got to know a fella called Karoo. I often remember him. So many memories. 1 Batt, 74/75 B Coy.
it says a lot that after glasgow ,the paras ,the sas twice round and then rhodesia ,south africa Pete finally found somewhere rough enough for him as a pub landlord in birmingham God bless him RIP
This Real Hard Man, but more importantly , the Ultimate Professional Soldier - gave us (Charlie Co - 83/83 - 1 Para Bn SADF 🇿🇦), a proper introduction to, and in preparing us for COIN Ops in SWA/Angola in mid 1982. He and his Team of former Rhodesian SAS, US Marines educated in the realities of what were about to venture into, all organised by our former Rhodesian RLI platoon commander Capt Mark Adams = we were moulded into a very special group of “3rd eye delivery machines”. They taught us right - lessons in Proper Preparation to Prevent Piss Poor Performance, when and where it really counted Salute CSM - you taught us well and earned our respect ✊ - we’d probably have followed you straight to hell as a group if that was necessary - because you’d have been in front shouting “Follow Me Lads!!” A Real Hero and Natural Leader of Men
I've heard on many occasions that at that time when he was in the Rhodesian SAS and the Pathfinders he was one of the finest soldiers in Africa. A legend.
Those were men of a different caliber than what the world has to offer today. A different level of toughness, ruggedness and just getting sh*t done with the odds stacked against them in multiple ways. The world sadly turned its back on rhodesia.
@@themalhama9129and yet Peter would disagree with you, he's stated on numerous occasions there are guys today just as tough as the guys in his generation.
Legend during my time in 44 Para traing he would give lectures in his Scottish accent and as a lot of us were Afrikaans and at the end of the lecture he would say "verstaan jy my Jannie" translated was do you understand Johnny 😂😂😂 will never forget him
Excellent interview guys. A great warrior who turned into a decent gentleman as he aged. Lol. Quick story from me. I actually met and had a beer with Pablo Escabar when I was a young Marine. I was with a small detachment of Marines training Columbian Marines in 1983. We were off the coast of an island where he had one of his homes. We were both on separate vessels early on a beautiful Sunday morning. He approached us cautiously as we were US Marines and in uniform. I waived him over to come up to us. He had a gorgeous woman with him and a cooler full of beer. He wanted to know what we were doing and we told him. We had a beer and a pleasant conversation. That day was our last day in Columbia and we continued to many other countries in South America and finished our tour in West Africa before heading back home. It was quite an adventure. The other half of our unit was in a Beirut at the time. Semper Fi boys
Really enjoyed this interview I grew up with stories of the likes of Peter and Mad Mike Hoare that's what made me want to parachute and join the army. I spent some time in Peter's neck of the woods, the east end of Glasgow a tough place but some great people. Great big Irish immigrant community there. Would have loved a Q and A with Peter.
First time I saw stars then darkness.... From one hard Scot to another hard Scot taught me well ... Respect RSM 🙏 44 Para ... I'm almost 60 now and his training and just pure gut feeling that's what drives me ... keeps me hard and with compassionate mind in what I deem to be my final year in security work ...
a battle hardened killer. Scotland seems to breed these guys. they are in every branch of the services and especially in special forces. could listen to him all day. by God that guy lived the life.God bless you Peter.
I read his book years ago when it first came out. If Peter was American there would have been a movie made about him by now! Well done you guy's for one of the best more in depth and probing interview with Peter.
Thank you for your service, my father now in his 80's did a few tours to Rhodesia in the late 60s and early 70s as SAP doing border crossing control over the bridge at Vic Falls, they were stationed at Wankie. they also did general patrols in the area but were not allowed to get involved with the local Scouts, Light Infantry or any of Rhodesian Forces at all. He fondly remember the Yanks, Aussies, Scots, Brits and other Nationalities willing to give their lives to theses bunch of wild Rhodesians who only and barely respected only God. Never did he know at the time that we will be fighting an exact but much larger battle in SWA and Angola. He also served in the Caprivi in 74 I think, but the it was a holiday to them and the only casualty was a guy getting killed in the Okavango by a Crocodile. I myself just like all young South African men fought in that war, I was in the SAP and did my service in Koevoet, we did a lot of Ops with 32 Battalion, Recce as well as 101 from the SWA Territorial Forces. Thank you for talking about this, if we as South Africans talk about this or wear out medals we will probably end up in a whole lot of trouble.
Definitely recommend getting hold of his book. Putting aside all of his combat stuff, the thing that comes across really well is he is not afraid to admit his failures
The S.A.S Was Inu dayed With Scottish Catholics, As Most Glaswegians Of That Time knew Poverty And Hard Times, The Escape Was The Army, And they Took That Hardness With Them, It Was A Resolve That Came From The Streets Of Glasgow, The Quick, Or, The Dead. GOD bless You Peter.❤❤
As a Scotsman, I can assure you that faith had nothing too do with being poor back in the day. Both were poor. It'd more too do with Scottish history and being game as fk for a good scap.😅
I'm 40, Scottish, and from Aberdeen. I have family in the forces and grew up meeting a lot of guys similar to Peter, ie grew up rough, Catholic, and went into the army; the hard ones like Peter all seemed to have the same soft Scottish accent, more doric than weegie. For anyone wondering, they, and he are the real deal. I grew up thinking these guys were normal but no, they're very much Scottish and unique to Scotland. They live to fight and quite genuinely fight to live. We also always knew when these guys had one too many drinks at the pub as their demeanour instantly changed and a happy, friendly conversation would instantly turn into an aggressive debate, itching for a scrap, as we say in Scotland. These are the kind of men you want on your side.
I shied away from Pete McAleese when I first read of him, I imagined him a thug, I was wrong. Peter McAleese, 22 SAS/CSqn, Rhodesian SAS. A man who has learned from his life and tells it in a considered and illuminating way. I feel extremely humbled.
I served in the SADF from 1975 till 2014. Initially as a conscript and later as a reserve volunteer. I had many friends who were paratroopers, both conscripts send regulars. They referred to the Pathfinders as "The Philistines" as they were foreigners with many different and confusing accents. The "new" SANDF is now a completely volunteer force merging the former opposing forces into one. The bush war veterans have mostly retired now. 44 Para Brigade is now a regiment and the Pathfinders are now a platoon.
That chopper crash probably saved his life, even though they had a great plan, but to pull off that job and remain anonymous till your day might of been too difficult, great solider and hard taskmaster, when it came to training, Hereford was full of really professional no nonsense trooper’s, I witnessed some of this work first hand, it made me feel very proud to be British.
He used to drink in my grandad's pub and one night, when it was just my mum and my gran working there, these 4 welsh blokes were getting lairy. She tells me he took the men outside and dropped all of them in about a second :) My father in law tells a similar story about being in a PX and these yanks taking the mick he did the same to them too. He also says he was the best soldier he ever knew.
It is really great hearing from some of the guys I read about in the 80s. That's what drew me in, now I'm gonna watch a bunch more from the more modern guys and galls. Really great channel and execution.
Peter along with a team of professional mercenaries where tasked by a competing drug cartel to assassinate Pablo Escobar the helicopter transporting Peter to the mission crashed en route.Had Peter and his team arrived at the hacienda where Escobar was being guarded by 50 bodyguards I have no doubt there would have been 50 dead bodyguards and one dead Pablo Escobar.Ex SAS his professional credentials where world class the team he picked reminded me of the movie The Wild Geese ex professional seasoned soldiers and veterans who had a real commitment and loyalty to Peter each other and the job at task.There is no doubt he was highly regarded/respected by his fellow mercenaries.
Great guest, and brilliantly done guys. I was engrossed, start to finish. You should get Colin McClaghlan on the show. He has been involved in Hostage release (operation barras) and been a Hostage himself, in Iraq.
My grampa was from motherwell just outside Glasgow. He was a P.T instructor in aldershot in the 1930's through to 1945. He use to tell me and my cousins stories about being in the jungle and fighting Tarzan, King Kong etc. We laughed because we were kids and we thought he was making it up. Well, the tarzan and King Kong part was made up obviously. He passed in 1992 when I was 12. I started researching him when I was 30. Got in touch with his regiment and it turned out that he was special forces. His record is still classified. He had been in the jungle, up mountains, god knows where else. I found that out through my uncle, his son. I'll probably never know what else he did. He was the humblest man I've ever known.
I'm fe Motherwell. The older gen were lovely folks, absolute salt. My Granda was in the Artillery, my brothers were kings own,I was Artillery. Most of the blokes I went to school with were King Own. It must be in the blood lol.
I read his book and saw the documentary years and years ago . This guy was the real deal and if I recall correctly there were some interesting events after the chopper crash.
Hi Peter, great RUclips interview. Just a question; Were you ever involved with rekkie selection training in Natal RSA at Duku duk around 1984, using the name or nickname of Paddy?? If not, did you know a Sergeant Paddy who was involved in the above?
Who knows there where abouts of Billy Blake he was from Scotland short white dude always had a smile was a mercenary back in the days of Rhodesia used to live mostly on his R&R in Gwelo and Salisbury.
You men or any of your viewers can read an exceptional book. It clarifies the mindset of Peter's family feud with his father and what molded ,not only Peter,but many Glasgow lives.The book : No Mean City, set in 1930s Glasgow City ,it is a 1930s contemporary book and in which portrays the poverty ,violence ,fight for daily survival in a city of contrasts. It is an absolutely absorbing read.The characters in the novel are based on real figures of the day,wherein local fighters command gangs of over a 1000 and are treated as minor celebrities for their fighting prowess.Once you read the first page ,you'll be hooked. Highly recommend it.
Harry McCallion was just a real hard case..... got badly shot up in Ireland when he was recognized as former SAS.... this forced him to start writing his book... I remember being glued to that book for days. If memory serves... he got ID'd by the IRA and fled down to Southern Africa for a while to let the heat die down..... went back to Ireland as Policeman... got recognized and got ambushed.
Dave Tomkins was never a professional soldier but he had the heart of a soldier a soldier’s loyalty to his comrades.When Peter Mc Aleese was badly wounded on the top of the mountain Dave said he would have moved heaven and earth to rescue him dead or alive and he kept his word he said he loved Peter as much as his own son.I am moved by that professional killers/mercenaries yes but they had a code of loyalty to each other.
A British merc called Mad Mike Hore and his band of nutters and very good soldiers is what the wild geese was based on they were a decade or two before when Peter was on the circuit
Haha Punchy, yes! In Rhodesian SAS on the recruit course, all had to go thru it, regardless, been double marched in a squad, one of the training Troop Cpl's, a Yank,harassing Pete, had enough! Stepped out and Floored Him! Well that earned Pete 28 Days in the box! But all very! Chuffed he did that. The Yank not liked, at all!, infact wasn't in the Sqn much longer, he tfr out to another unit trg troop.
As a Rhodesian, I would just like to thank and honour Peter for his service in our country. Much appreciated.
Best wishes to you and yours, sir.🤝💛
Rhodesians Never Die!
One of the many brits who served in rhodesia not afraid
Of world opinion repaying
The contribution the rhodesians gave to Britain
In ww2!
Thank you for your service, Sir. Much appreciated.
Learn an immense amount from him at 44 Pathfinder unit - a very professional soldier and likable human being. Best wishes
Have to agree with you Deon, he was a great teacher. Took our existing training and stepped it up. Also had a expectation that we are to behave professionally in every task we did even if it was setting up those blue portable toilets . 😉
@@hoggymr As it should be -thanks TOMMY27
Hey Deon. Matt Thomas here. Recalling those days as an ex 2 Batt. We Used to start our camps at Murry Hill. In those days the pathfinder s were still in tents opposite the parade ground. I got to know a fella called Karoo. I often remember him. So many memories.
1 Batt, 74/75 B Coy.
Peter passed yesterday, 18th March 2024 , may he rest in peace until Valhalla
Wow...a life well lived.
Top bloke. Hard man. Legend.
Rest in peace Peter. A soldier they just dont make anymore, and a fantastic man, as he got older he was full of laughter and happiness
Every one of Peter's military stints deserves a full interview
it says a lot that after glasgow ,the paras ,the sas twice round and then rhodesia ,south africa Pete finally found somewhere rough enough for him as a pub landlord in birmingham God bless him RIP
This Real Hard Man, but more importantly , the Ultimate Professional Soldier - gave us (Charlie Co - 83/83 - 1 Para Bn SADF 🇿🇦), a proper introduction to, and in preparing us for COIN Ops in SWA/Angola in mid 1982. He and his Team of former Rhodesian SAS, US Marines educated in the realities of what were about to venture into, all organised by our former Rhodesian RLI platoon commander Capt Mark Adams = we were moulded into a very special group of “3rd eye delivery machines”.
They taught us right - lessons in Proper Preparation to Prevent Piss Poor Performance, when and where it really counted
Salute CSM - you taught us well and earned our respect ✊ - we’d probably have followed you straight to hell as a group if that was necessary - because you’d have been in front shouting “Follow Me Lads!!”
A Real Hero and Natural Leader of Men
Great interview and honestly spoken
Absolute legend.. Id expect nothing less from the Brits! Mad respect from this Yank
I met him in 44 para and have absolute respect for him. Nothing he asked of us, that he couldn't do himself.
A legend in his own life time.
I've heard on many occasions that at that time when he was in the Rhodesian SAS and the Pathfinders he was one of the finest soldiers in Africa. A legend.
Those were men of a different caliber than what the world has to offer today. A different level of toughness, ruggedness and just getting sh*t done with the odds stacked against them in multiple ways. The world sadly turned its back on rhodesia.
@@themalhama9129and yet Peter would disagree with you, he's stated on numerous occasions there are guys today just as tough as the guys in his generation.
@@trident1314I bet people were saying the same for his generation. It's probably been said about every generation.
@@jamesoshea580 agreed....
Absolute Old School Badass
Legend during my time in 44 Para traing he would give lectures in his Scottish accent and as a lot of us were Afrikaans and at the end of the lecture he would say "verstaan jy my Jannie" translated was do you understand Johnny 😂😂😂 will never forget him
It's e wee not thee wee?
What a great guy and a legend.
Excellent interview guys. A great warrior who turned into a decent gentleman as he aged. Lol. Quick story from me. I actually met and had a beer with Pablo Escabar when I was a young Marine. I was with a small detachment of Marines training Columbian Marines in 1983. We were off the coast of an island where he had one of his homes. We were both on separate vessels early on a beautiful Sunday morning. He approached us cautiously as we were US Marines and in uniform. I waived him over to come up to us. He had a gorgeous woman with him and a cooler full of beer. He wanted to know what we were doing and we told him. We had a beer and a pleasant conversation. That day was our last day in Columbia and we continued to many other countries in South America and finished our tour in West Africa before heading back home. It was quite an adventure. The other half of our unit was in a Beirut at the time. Semper Fi boys
Really enjoyed this interview I grew up with stories of the likes of Peter and Mad Mike Hoare that's what made me want to parachute and join the army. I spent some time in Peter's neck of the woods, the east end of Glasgow a tough place but some great people. Great big Irish immigrant community there. Would have loved a Q and A with Peter.
Pete was my Boss when I was with Coin Security in the mid 1980's in South Africa.Great Man.
You wasn’t Harris the pilot by any chance ??
@@cooltools007 No I was not the pilot.
@@terryharris1291 okay thanks, have a merry Christmas
@@cooltools007 You too.
First time I saw stars then darkness.... From one hard Scot to another hard Scot taught me well ... Respect RSM 🙏 44 Para ... I'm almost 60 now and his training and just pure gut feeling that's what drives me ... keeps me hard and with compassionate mind in what I deem to be my final year in security work ...
a battle hardened killer. Scotland seems to breed these guys. they are in every branch of the services and especially in special forces. could listen to him all day. by God that guy lived the life.God bless you Peter.
I read his book years ago when it first came out. If Peter was American there would have been a movie made about him by now! Well done you guy's for one of the best more in depth and probing interview with Peter.
Thank you for your service, my father now in his 80's did a few tours to Rhodesia in the late 60s and early 70s as SAP doing border crossing control over the bridge at Vic Falls, they were stationed at Wankie. they also did general patrols in the area but were not allowed to get involved with the local Scouts, Light Infantry or any of Rhodesian Forces at all. He fondly remember the Yanks, Aussies, Scots, Brits and other Nationalities willing to give their lives to theses bunch of wild Rhodesians who only and barely respected only God. Never did he know at the time that we will be fighting an exact but much larger battle in SWA and Angola. He also served in the Caprivi in 74 I think, but the it was a holiday to them and the only casualty was a guy getting killed in the Okavango by a Crocodile.
I myself just like all young South African men fought in that war, I was in the SAP and did my service in Koevoet, we did a lot of Ops with 32 Battalion, Recce as well as 101 from the SWA Territorial Forces. Thank you for talking about this, if we as South Africans talk about this or wear out medals we will probably end up in a whole lot of trouble.
Tip my hat, and respects to yourself, and your father sir. Those were men of a different caliber than what exists today, that's for sure.
@@themalhama9129 Amen!
The people committed atrocious crimes against Africans there was no need for this war
Sgmj Macleese, thank you sir , we highly appreciate your service .Thank you.
Much respect for our brothers and sisters across the pond
Definitely recommend getting hold of his book. Putting aside all of his combat stuff, the thing that comes across really well is he is not afraid to admit his failures
I’m glad he could share some of his life with us, fantastic man.
Great respect for him, he was my s
Sergeant Major at 44
Great job all. Brilliant interview with well informed hosts. Thoroughly enjoy hearing about Mr. Mcaleese’s exploits!
The S.A.S Was Inu dayed With Scottish Catholics, As Most Glaswegians Of That Time knew Poverty And Hard Times, The Escape Was The Army, And they Took That Hardness With Them, It Was A Resolve That Came From The Streets Of Glasgow, The Quick, Or, The Dead. GOD bless You Peter.❤❤
As a Scotsman, I can assure you that faith had nothing too do with being poor back in the day. Both were poor. It'd more too do with Scottish history and being game as fk for a good scap.😅
Absolutely amazing interview Peter is a legend in military history congratulations guy’s on another great conversation!
I'm 40, Scottish, and from Aberdeen. I have family in the forces and grew up meeting a lot of guys similar to Peter, ie grew up rough, Catholic, and went into the army; the hard ones like Peter all seemed to have the same soft Scottish accent, more doric than weegie.
For anyone wondering, they, and he are the real deal. I grew up thinking these guys were normal but no, they're very much Scottish and unique to Scotland. They live to fight and quite genuinely fight to live.
We also always knew when these guys had one too many drinks at the pub as their demeanour instantly changed and a happy, friendly conversation would instantly turn into an aggressive debate, itching for a scrap, as we say in Scotland.
These are the kind of men you want on your side.
That's what he was for me a few times.😅😅😅
@@wettham715 😂😂 a fair few 🤛🤛🤛 I see?
I shied away from Pete McAleese when I first read of him, I imagined him a thug, I was wrong.
Peter McAleese, 22 SAS/CSqn, Rhodesian SAS.
A man who has learned from his life and tells it in a considered and illuminating way.
I feel extremely humbled.
I served in the SADF from 1975 till 2014. Initially as a conscript and later as a reserve volunteer. I had many friends who were paratroopers, both conscripts send regulars. They referred to the Pathfinders as "The Philistines" as they were foreigners with many different and confusing accents. The "new" SANDF is now a completely volunteer force merging the former opposing forces into one. The bush war veterans have mostly retired now.
44 Para Brigade is now a regiment and the Pathfinders are now a platoon.
What a life! Fascinating story, all the more because it's all true. Good man.
A great example of redemption. Love to Peter ❤
One of my favourite books,thanks Peter
One of the best interviews yet, you guys are only improving. Great job
That chopper crash probably saved his life, even though they had a great plan, but to pull off that job and remain anonymous till your day might of been too difficult, great solider and hard taskmaster, when it came to training, Hereford was full of really professional no nonsense trooper’s, I witnessed some of this work first hand, it made me feel very proud to be British.
I wouldn't be surprised if Escobar was expecting them, his spies were spied on.
Backing Peter all day long. 💯❤️👊👊👊👊🥊🥊😎😇
Airborne greetings - Respect 👊🏻
Peter us a legend among legends!
What a life absolutely fascinating
You need to get Chris Cocks on the show. His book Fireforce is excellent.
They need to make a movie about this guy!!!!
I miss peters laugh, such an awesome guy spent hours talking with and travelling the country
Keep smiling buddy
He used to drink in my grandad's pub and one night, when it was just my mum and my gran working there, these 4 welsh blokes were getting lairy. She tells me he took the men outside and dropped all of them in about a second :)
My father in law tells a similar story about being in a PX and these yanks taking the mick he did the same to them too.
He also says he was the best soldier he ever knew.
best one ive watched what a guy
Brilliant interview, many thanks.
It is really great hearing from some of the guys I read about in the 80s. That's what drew me in, now I'm gonna watch a bunch more from the more modern guys and galls. Really great channel and execution.
Peter along with a team of professional mercenaries where tasked by a competing drug cartel to assassinate Pablo Escobar the helicopter transporting Peter to the mission crashed en route.Had Peter and his team arrived at the hacienda where Escobar was being guarded by 50 bodyguards I have no doubt there would have been 50 dead bodyguards and one dead Pablo Escobar.Ex SAS his professional credentials where world class the team he picked reminded me of the movie The Wild Geese ex professional seasoned soldiers and veterans who had a real commitment and loyalty to Peter each other and the job at task.There is no doubt he was highly regarded/respected by his fellow mercenaries.
Sad to hear of his passing.
Great guest, and brilliantly done guys. I was engrossed, start to finish. You should get Colin McClaghlan on the show. He has been involved in Hostage release (operation barras) and been a Hostage himself, in Iraq.
Really Really enjoyed this .
My grampa was from motherwell just outside Glasgow. He was a P.T instructor in aldershot in the 1930's through to 1945. He use to tell me and my cousins stories about being in the jungle and fighting Tarzan, King Kong etc. We laughed because we were kids and we thought he was making it up. Well, the tarzan and King Kong part was made up obviously. He passed in 1992 when I was 12. I started researching him when I was 30. Got in touch with his regiment and it turned out that he was special forces. His record is still classified. He had been in the jungle, up mountains, god knows where else. I found that out through my uncle, his son. I'll probably never know what else he did. He was the humblest man I've ever known.
I'm fe Motherwell. The older gen were lovely folks, absolute salt. My Granda was in the Artillery, my brothers were kings own,I was Artillery. Most of the blokes I went to school with were King Own. It must be in the blood lol.
Was your grampa in the Chindits?
Wow
Isn't this something ,
What a Magnificent show
Be wary of an old man in a profession where young men usually die
WOW, that's a pretty good job.😅
Should make a movie!
Excellent podcast.
What a great sense of humour. 😂Very interesting life Peter had. May he rest in eternal peace. 🫡
I read his book and saw the documentary years and years ago . This guy was the real deal and if I recall correctly there were some interesting events after the chopper crash.
I could listen tae him constantly a wee lassie fae glesga
Sadly has passed away on Monday afternoon.
A very interesting interview with an interesting man!
I worked with a guy that fought in Aden with this guy. His name was Jack Lindsey.
Hi Peter,
great RUclips interview.
Just a question;
Were you ever involved with rekkie selection training in Natal RSA at Duku duk around 1984, using the name or nickname of Paddy??
If not, did you know a Sergeant Paddy who was involved in the above?
Who knows there where abouts of Billy Blake he was from Scotland short white dude always had a smile was a mercenary back in the days of Rhodesia used to live mostly on his R&R in Gwelo and Salisbury.
One who lived a full hard life.
Great! Thanks :)
I just love these interviews. Amazing just as any of us, You look at a person and YOU would never know what they DID,,,,Or,,,,,
S E E N...!!!!!!
What a life!
You men or any of your viewers can read an exceptional book. It clarifies the mindset of Peter's family feud with his father and what molded ,not only Peter,but many Glasgow lives.The book : No Mean City, set in 1930s Glasgow City ,it is a 1930s contemporary book and in which portrays the poverty ,violence ,fight for daily survival in a city of contrasts. It is an absolutely absorbing read.The characters in the novel are based on real figures of the day,wherein local fighters command gangs of over a 1000 and are treated as minor celebrities for their fighting prowess.Once you read the first page ,you'll be hooked. Highly recommend it.
RIP Warrior
Read his book " NO MEAN SOLDIER " I wonder what he thought of Col Callan
Awesome bloke.
These type of guys are like modern day varangian guards. I know these days it’s unpopular but white guys always make best professional soldiers.
Outstanding. . .
Need a George W Bacon book
Same for Harry McCallion ,another mad Scot who joined Hereford..
Harry McCallion was just a real hard case..... got badly shot up in Ireland when he was recognized as former SAS.... this forced him to start writing his book... I remember being glued to that book for days. If memory serves... he got ID'd by the IRA and fled down to Southern Africa for a while to let the heat die down..... went back to Ireland as Policeman... got recognized and got ambushed.
Rest in peace 🙏
Men don’t have this kind of grit anymore.
Final word I think Peter and his team where the real life wild geese he was a remarkable man.Rest in peace.
A REAL hard man. They breed 'em hard up North.
Yeah they do, he had a pub in York I believe , red outside, kind of maroon coloured building 🤣🤣
Legend
An Interesting life of soldiering
In many theatres of war
Cool...I've found....❤
Dave Tomkins was never a professional soldier but he had the heart of a soldier a soldier’s loyalty to his comrades.When Peter Mc Aleese was badly wounded on the top of the mountain Dave said he would have moved heaven and earth to rescue him dead or alive and he kept his word he said he loved Peter as much as his own son.I am moved by that professional killers/mercenaries yes but they had a code of loyalty to each other.
Pray an act of perfect contrition everyday
Is the movie The Wild Geese based on any of this ?
A British merc called Mad Mike Hore and his band of nutters and very good soldiers is what the wild geese was based on they were a decade or two before when Peter was on the circuit
Early 60s. I knew a few@@zeramoke
No
7 mins in and I had the thought I wonder if non US pathfinders rock the torch!?
Some do, like the South Africans and Canadians. The UK, Canuck, and other countries put the USA's course to shame.
@@InvisibleHotdog do the US pathfinders have a reconnaissance tasking though? I thought that course was more about marking landing zones etc?
@@trident1314rigade recce. Also marking DZ. They have an instagram these days.
Didn’t he get hired to go after Pablo
I think a lot of CIA money here in these missions... I wonder?
Haha Punchy, yes! In Rhodesian SAS on the recruit course, all had to go thru it, regardless, been double marched in a squad, one of the training Troop Cpl's, a Yank,harassing Pete, had enough! Stepped out and Floored Him! Well that earned Pete 28 Days in the box! But all very! Chuffed he did that. The Yank not liked, at all!, infact wasn't in the Sqn much longer, he tfr out to another unit trg troop.
SGT. Langley, was a wanker and drill instructor
Its glaz go.
Did any body know my uncle. Roger tattersall I he was 22 sas Rhodesia
I hope you guys actually understood peter 😅 great story teller 😁
You have a great taste in whisky
His name is john mcgill smith they used to jump about on the motorbike
Is this John's father?
Read The Book, Firepower, Callan Was A Sociopath, No Wonder Peter Was Wary Of Him.❤😅
Great interview!
I hope that's not Peter's private mobile number in the lower left...
Update: It is a live UK mobile number 😱
Opsec 😨
Nice
Who was better between the Rhodesian SAS and the British SAS in terms of quality of the soldier and training?
@Michael Myers
Interesting. I would love a documentary on such a topic.
@Michael Myers
That's very true.
The Rhodesian SAS were bush war trackers, in bush warfare my money is definitely on C Sqn
@@sonsofthesilentage994
That's powerful! C sqn, selous scouts, rli the greatest ever bushwar fighters!
Rhodesia