The Unconventional Soldier
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"Letting the Guest Tell the Story"
The Unconventional Soldier Podcast explores conflicts from the Second World War, the Cold War, Northern Ireland and the Global War on Terror. Hosted by veterans, it blends personal experience, regimental history, and in-depth analysis of battles, leadership, and military transformation. Episodes feature former soldiers, historians, and defence experts discussing life on operations, lessons learned, and the enduring legacy of British and other Army campaigns. Follow for authentic voices, forgotten conflicts, and sharp insights from those who served.
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When Loyalty Goes Wrong: Inside Toxic Police & Military Culture
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May 27, 2026 |
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Digital Fires Revolution: How Software Is Speeding Up The Battlespace
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May 13, 2026 |
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A Bloody Siege: Musa Qal'eh - Afghanistan 2006
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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The True Cost Of Combat Operations In Afghanistan & Iraq
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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The Homeless Veteran Problem
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Mar 29, 2026 |
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Into The Minefields: Navy Clearance Divers - Operation GRANBY
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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Royal Engineers: Defeating The Taliban Bomb Makers
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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Terry Powell DCM: SBS In The Falklands War - Part 5
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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Terry Powell DCM: SBS Swimmer Delivery Vehicle Ops - Part 4
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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Terry Powell DCM: Life In The SBS - Part 3
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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Terry Powell DCM: SBS Selection - Part 2
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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Terry Powell DCM: SBS & Clearance Diver- Part 1
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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Richard Westley OBE MC: Operations In Northern Ireland, Bosnia & Afghanistan
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Dec 28, 2025 |
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The Afghanistan Veterans Community
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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Achtung Pig: Life In BAOR & Northern Ireland
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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Helicopter Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) In The Falklands War
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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Challenging Conventional Wisdom On Land Warfare
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Nov 27, 2025 |
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Sustaining The War: Combat Logistic Patrols In Afghanistan
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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Send It: Canadian Snipers In Afghanistan
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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RUC: UN Policing Operations In Kosovo 1999
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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A British Army Infantry Reservist’s War In Iraq
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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Ukraine's Foreign Legion Volunteers
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Sep 28, 2025 |
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The Troubles: The Army's Hardest Military Lessons
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Sep 14, 2025 |
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The Battle of Danny Boy & The Iraqi Al - Sweady Inquiry
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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Thunder Run Meiktila 1945 - War In Burma
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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New Zealand's War In Vietnam: Fighting The VC & NVA
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Aug 06, 2025 |
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Commanding 1 PWRR Battle Group: Operation TELIC 4 (Iraq 2004)
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Jul 29, 2025 |
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Jungle Warrior: Britain's Greatest SOE Commander
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Jul 15, 2025 |
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The Weight Of PTSD: 96 Miles With A Washing Machine
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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John A Dailey: Force Recon, MARSOC, & Special Operations
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Jun 24, 2025 |
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War In The South Atlantic: 3 Para's Battle For Mount Longdon
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Jun 10, 2025 |
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Training Without War: Simulation, Data & The Future Battlefield
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May 28, 2025 |
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The Provisional IRA Campaign Of Violence In Europe
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May 14, 2025 |
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Sleeping In The Ditch With Slobodan Milosevic: Bosnia War Stories
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Apr 27, 2025 |
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Reassessing The Performance Of The German Army In WW2
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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Life in 2 PARA: Training, Operations & Aftermath
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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SAS: Sea King Down: Falklands War 1982
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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Jungle Warfare: From WW2 To Today
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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Cold War Life & The East German Army
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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The Dutch Recovery Of Stirling Bomber BK716
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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On The Ground With BRIXMIS
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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Back to the Troubles: Northern Ireland Then & Now
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Dec 28, 2024 |
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Killing, Death & The Moral Application Of Violence In War
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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Survival Course: The Rhodesian Bush War Continues
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Nov 28, 2024 |
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Navigating the Transition: Army To Civvy Street
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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The Rhodesian Light Infantry: Fighting the Bush War
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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Veterans: War, Injury & Life After Service
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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BRIXMIS & The Secret Cold War
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Sep 29, 2024 |
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Andy McNab: SAS, War & Functioning Psychopaths
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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MI9: Britain's Escape & Evasion Network In WW2
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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Citizen Soldiers: The History Of The Army Reserves
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Jul 28, 2024 |
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The IRA Attack On The Derryard Check Point: Northern Ireland 1989
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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Drones Are Changing War: Is The British Army Ready?
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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Korea: The Forgotten War
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May 29, 2024 |
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Killing At Machine Speed: AI On The Battlespace
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May 15, 2024 |
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Command On The Front Line: Infantry Officer In Iraq & Afghanistan
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Apr 28, 2024 |
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Eyes on Target: NATO Cold War "Stay Behind" Operations
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Apr 14, 2024 |
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Using Agents To Infiltrate The Provisional IRA
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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Inside the SAS: Selection War & Survival
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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Cold War Stand Off: The Berlin Airlift, Berlin Wall & Cuban Missile Crisis
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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Artillery Gun Raids: Op GRANBY (Gulf War 1991)
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Feb 16, 2024 |
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7 Minutes To Midnight: The Cold War Begins
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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Catherine Leroy: Photographing Combat In The Vietnam War
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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Learning From War: How Future Battles Will be Fought
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Dec 28, 2023 |
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Mountain & Arctic Warfare Cadre: Return To Top Malo House
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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No Zero Risk: From Commando Medic to Global Crisis Management
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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Guns, Rockets & Training For War: Rethinking Artillery For The Modern Battlespace
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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From Sandhurst To Brigade Command
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Oct 15, 2023 |
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The International Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol School
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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From NZ SAS To Private War In Iraq
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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A Veteran's Humanitarian Work In Ukraine
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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The Royal Marines Mountain & Arctic Warfare Cadre
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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Stay-Behind OPs: Cold War Tactics In Ukraine Today
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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Surveillance War: RUC Covert Operations During The Troubles
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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Imprisoned In India: A Para's Fight For Freedom
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May 28, 2023 |
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The Royal Marines Band That Went To War: Falklands 1982
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May 20, 2023 |
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A British Officer On The Indian Army Staff College Course
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Apr 26, 2023 |
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Tom Satterly: Inside Delta Force - From Somalia To Iraq & Afghanistan
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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The Cognitive Marine: Leadership War & The Future Fight
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Feb 25, 2023 |
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Licking The Taliban’s Flip Flop: Afghanistan & Kandahar
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Jan 28, 2023 |
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Royal Engineers: Search Teams & Bomb Disposal
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Dec 30, 2022 |
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Chinook Hele Operations: Iraq Afghanistan & MERT
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Dec 11, 2022 |
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Direct Action: Inside The 75th Ranger Regiment
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Nov 28, 2022 |
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Royal Navy Clearance Divers: Bomb Disposal Under Water
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Oct 27, 2022 |
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After the War: Bosnia Trauma & Recovery
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Sep 27, 2022 |
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22 SAS: Behind Enemy Lines In The Falklands War
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Aug 28, 2022 |
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Marine Sniper & Door Gunner: War In Iraq & Afghanistan
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Jul 27, 2022 |
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Guns From The Sea: 148 Battery In The Falklands War
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Jun 28, 2022 |
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148 Battery: Commando Gunners Behind Enemy Lines
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Jun 15, 2022 |
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Hondeghem 1940: The Battle That Bought Time For Dunkirk
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May 26, 2022 |
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Helmand 2010: 1 Royal Irish on Operations - Part 2
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Apr 27, 2022 |
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Helmand 2010: 1 Royal Irish on Operations - Part 1
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Apr 20, 2022 |
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The Borneo Graveyard: Death In The Jungle 1941 - 45
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Mar 28, 2022 |
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Calling For Fire In Vietnam: ANZAC Artillery In The Jungle - Part 2
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Feb 28, 2022 |
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Calling For Fire In Vietnam: A New Zealand Soldiers Story - Part 1
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Feb 21, 2022 |
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Fuel Fatigue & Performance: Feeding The Modern Soldier
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Jan 30, 2022 |
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War on Screen: The Films We Recommend
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Dec 29, 2021 |
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PTSD: Not All Trauma Comes From Combat
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Nov 30, 2021 |
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Risk Fear & Big Walls: Extreme Climbing With Andy Kirkpatrick - Part 2
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Nov 02, 2021 |
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Hanging By A Thread: Extreme Climbing With Andy Kirkpatrick - Part 1
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Oct 26, 2021 |
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STA Patrol Reserves: The Honourable Artillery Company (HAC)
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Sep 27, 2021 |
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Deep Recce & Strike: 4/73 Special OP Battery STA Patrols Today
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Aug 30, 2021 |
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Op HERRICK: STA Patrols in Afghan COIN Operations
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Jul 27, 2021 |
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Op TELIC: STA Patrols in Iraq COIN Operations
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Jun 27, 2021 |
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STA Patrols Selection: From Cold War Stay-Behinds to Advance Force Ops
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May 26, 2021 |
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Deep Recce into the Blue: The Long Range Desert Group
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Apr 26, 2021 |
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The Balkan Wars: STA Patrols in Bosnia & Kosovo
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Mar 26, 2021 |
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Op GRANBY: Divisional Recce In The Gulf War 1991
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Feb 24, 2021 |
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Mount Longdon: 3 PARA's Falklands Battle - Part 2
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Jan 29, 2021 |
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Mount Longdon: 3 PARA's Falklands Battle - Part 1
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Jan 23, 2021 |
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A Military Reading List: Books We Recommend
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Dec 27, 2020 |
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Operation BANNER: A Soldier's War in Northern Ireland
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Dec 16, 2020 |
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From Naval Gunfire to Deep Strike: Commanding a Stay Behind Troop
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Nov 25, 2020 |
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Beyond The Front Line: Cold War Long Range Recce & SERE Training
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Oct 27, 2020 |
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Living Underground: The Reality of Stay Behind MEXE Shelters
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Oct 05, 2020 |
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Hidden Amongst The Enemy: Selecting Stay Behind Soldiers
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Aug 28, 2020 |
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Stay Behind OPs: The UK's Cold War Deep Strike Patrols
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Jul 30, 2020 |
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Presenter Introduction and Army Background
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Jul 17, 2020 |