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 Eight Lives Down - Chris Hunter
Newest Review: ... from them on Ops. Yet shortly after this he is once again being deployed. As with many people in specialist trades the ... more  ... introduction to life in Iraq was of the 'in at the deep end' variety, from this point the chapters are headed by the date and day number of his tour so you get a feel for the times that are quiet and that where sometimes you might think events should be over several days the sheer volume of work for an ATO (ammunition technical officer) during a period of IED led insurgency, and this tour was right at the start of the insurgents love affair with the IED.
Through the quality of the writing the day to day mundane tasks, a...more |
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Eight Lives Down - Chris Hunter: What does a bomb expert and a cat have in common? (621 words)
by scuba_angel - written on 17/07/08 (Very useful, 81 readings)
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Once again I took a risk on a recommendation from the same group who previously recommended Sink the Belgrano. This book though covering yet another military topic is a far more modern war and modern warfare in particular. Major Hunter, an EOD specialist has served alongside most branches of the Army in his career and has served in almost every recent Operation. This book covers the months during which he was a part of Op Telic, in Iraq. His book starts with him in the Colombian jungles assisting the Colombian army in learning how to defuse IED's set by FARC with assistance from the IRA. On his arrival back in the UK we meet his wife Lucy and two ...
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