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3 Para [Audiobook] (Audio CD)

by Patrick Bishop (Author), Michael Tudor Barnes (Reader)
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5.0 out of 5 stars There is something about 3 Para., Dec 14 2007
By Ned Middleton (British professional underwater photo-journalist & author) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 3 Para (Hardcover)
It was April 2006 and 3rd Battalion the Parachute Regiment (3 Para) Battle Group were deployed to Helmand Province in Afghanistan for a 6 month tour of duty. What they were expecting to encounter and what they found on arrival were entirely different things. The pre-deployment intelligence suggested the tour was likely to pass without a shot being fired whilst they concentrated on a task which required then to provide security for a reconstruction programme.

Six months later, the Battle Group returned home having fought one continuous battle after another during which they defeated the Taliban within Helmand Province. That military success did not, however, come without a price. 18 Officers and men died during the tour after another two had lost their lives in preliminary operations.

It is many years since I served with 3 Para and I well remember the stories of both Sergeant Willetts who saved many lives in Northern Ireland for which he was awarded a posthumous GC in the 1970s and, in 1982, Sergeant Ian McKay who was awarded the last VC of the 20th Century. Now, in just 6 months in 2006, 3 Para had added yet another VC and another GC in addition to many other honours and awards to their illustrious Battalion and Regimental history.

Written by a professional foreign correspondent who was given access to all the information and personal stories required to create this significant, and important, work of literature about a series of modern military actions, Patrick Bishop has done an excellent job in providing an informative and readable account of exactly what happened.

This is what our forces are doing in Afghanistan. Doubtless, in many ways, it will be similar to what our forces are doing in Iraq. It is, therefore, a book which should be read by everyone with an interest in the world at war - today.

As a postscript (and not part of the book itself), readers will be interested to know that the Commanding Officer of 3 Para Battle Group - Lt. Colonel Stuart Tootal DSO OBE (the DSO being awarded for his outstanding service in Afghanistan) resigned in November 2007 after attacking the Ministry of Defence over "poor pay for soldiers, lack of equipment, the standard of army housing and poor medical treatment afforded to his injured soldiers."

Unlike their comrades from the USA, when the modern British Army has finished with it's soldiers - they really are finished with them.

NM
British Army major (Retired)

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5.0 out of 5 stars 3 para, Mar 9 2009
This review is from: 3 Para (Paperback)
the book did credit to all those soldiers both in 3 para and those from other regiments/arms and countries who fought alongside them in the sangars in helmland.
i found it to be a good insight into the military's efforts to fix up the situation in Afghanistan, and the obvious deficiencies from the political side that did not allow them the freedom to build those bridges. it was clear from reading the book that many of the hierarchy were frustrated at their abilities to do anything other than fight off repeated attacks from a determined force of fanatical militia, and to stay alive whilst being attacked day and night.
as an ex-serviceman i take my hat off to all the blokes and ladies that went out there to do good for the people of Afghanistan , but ended up spending several many hard months in basic conditions to ensure the political efforts were not seen to fall.

'Utrinque Paratus'

excellent read
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