Watch: Live with Big Phil Campion, former British SAS- Jan 5, 2017

Phil Campion, former British SAS, pokes fun at BBC’s version of the “Real Housewives of ISIS.” He catches up on viewers’ questions before he talks about the last living WWII dam buster pilot who might get knighted. The main segment of today’s show is a section from Phil’s survival guide: surviving an active shooter. His experiences […]

Big Phil’s War: Fighting ISIS (Part One)

A lot of people have been asking me about the film I made for Sky Atlantic – Big Phil’s War: Fighting ISIS – how it came about and whether there will be another one? To answer the last question first – yes, but getting these things together is hard, so you’ll have to wait a […]

Libya: Know the players in the game

Not that anyone is keeping track, but we still have American (along with British, Italian, and French) Special Operations Forces in Libya.  The entire conflict there has taken a backseat as the Western world has focused on Aleppo and Mosul, but the following report gives a good breakdown of the various players on the ground. […]

Watch: Live with Big Phil Campion, former British SAS- Dec 29, 2016

Phil Campion, former British SAS, continues with his travel safety tips by covering the apps you should load on your phone before traveling. One thing he highly recommends is an app for an early warning system so you are not caught off guard while traveling. Check out the video below.

Book review: ‘Recce: Small Team Missions Behind Enemy Lines’

Most people are familiar with the British SAS and American Navy SEALs. Some may have heard of the Rhodesian Light Infantry and Selous Scouts, but nearly lost to contemporary military history is the South African Recces. These white, black, and interracial soldiers pulled off some of the most hair-raising operations that you have never heard […]

Blair “Paddy” Mayne, a Special Air Service ‘Original’

Robert Blair “Paddy” Mayne typified those individuals who seemed to exist on this planet for one thing: to fight wars, and fight them well. To possess a heroism envied by many, yet lack the needed traits in peacetime that so often led to trouble. The following story is about such a man, one who made […]

Watch: Live with Big Phil Campion, former British SAS- Dec 26, 2016

Phil Campion, former British SAS, is happy that it is “Boxing Day” in the UK. Today’s Facebook live starts off with viewers’ questions. Big Phil talks about the first SAS mission “Operation Squatter” in 1941. The operation included an air drop into Libya in order to destroy German airplanes. They did not have the right equipment, the […]

Watch: Live with Big Phil Campion, former British SAS- Dec 16, 2016

Phil Campion, former British SAS, catches up with viewer questions. He talks about working with Pathfinders in the past. Also he expresses his frustration for the court case involving Sergeant Alexander Blackman, a Royal Marine, and how the decision in his case was stalled until next week. Finally, Phil goes over his regimental ties. Check out […]