A sunken Soviet submarine packed with nukes. A window for America to gain the upper hand in the Cold War. A CIA cover story worth $3 billion. I give you Project Azorian, or… Read More
The following isn’t fiction. Prepare for a tale of underwater politics, espionage, and treachery. It’s the early 1970s. American and Soviet leaders debate how and if they can… Read More
1952 was a good year in Malaya. It opened with Operation Helsby in February. A group of Communist Terrorists (CTs) was afflicting the Bellum Valley, near Thailand. British… Read More
Part II is available here. The Ferret Force had unearthed the need for an unconventional unit that could hunt the Communist Terrorist (CTs) deep within the virgin jungle. A unit… Read More
You can read Part I here. The Egyptian Air Force. That was the true menace. Soldiers and tanks, the royalists could manage. But against the enemy MiG 17 fighters and Ilyushin… Read More
A British soldier roams the crowded bazaar. His tour in that hell hole called Aden almost over, he seeks to buy something for his sweetheart. Whilst he bargains his way to a… Read More
The Canberra Times, 1964. “2 Soldiers’ Beheading Confirmed.” “Earlier, Britain was shocked by the grisly report that the [SAS] men had been beheaded and their heads… Read More
Calvert’s second recommendation, raise an unconventional force to hunt the Communist Terrorists (CTs) in their jungle hideouts, became the Ferret Force. Named after the predator… Read More
Captured by the IRA or a blown cover. These were the ultimate sins. In case an operator was compromised, it was either a different Detachment and location or the conventional army.… Read More
Malaya—1948. The British and the Malayan Communist Party (MCP) are vying for the post-colonial soul of the country. From the start, it wasn’t going to be easy for the British.… Read More
Camp Two was a different pudding. Not to say that the physical or mental pressure eased. But now it was selection by training as opposed to Camp One’s selection by torture.… Read More
May 23th, 1940. “Nothing but a miracle can save the BEF [British Expeditionary Force] now, and the end cannot be very far off,” General Alan Brooke, Commander of II Corps.… Read More
Read Part I here. “From time to time, there is a requirement for men and women to volunteer to undertake special duties of a hazardous nature in Northern Ireland. Selection and… Read More
You’ve heard about the Special Air Service (SAS). Perhaps you’ve heard about their maritime brethren, the Special Boat Service (SBS). Chances are, however, you haven’t… Read More
