Bravo Three Zero | Behind Enemy Lines | Des Powell SAS | #243

Chris Thrall's Bought the T-Shirt Podcast · Mar 22, 2022 · 1h 18m

Des Powell served in the Parachute Regiment as a sergeant major before spending 20 years in the SAS at the heart of Counter Terrorism and Special Projects teams. A former PT instructor in 1 PARA, he became the Unarmed Combat and Fitness instructor for B Squadron and pioneered HALO, HAHO and other covert airborne entry techniques. The SAS were called upon to hunt down the mobile Scud rocket launchers, deep behind enemy lines in Iraq. Much has been written about the ill-fated Bravo Two Zero patrol, but little is known regarding Des Powell's Bravo Three Zero's operation. Des has set the record…