The SBS was first into battle a month before the SAS in the Falklands War & again in the Gulf War yet hitherto it is the SAS that has had by far the higher profile. The SBS draws its manpower solely from the Marine Commando Units & the Royal Marines are the oldest & most battle-honoured regiment in the world. FIRST INTO ACTION is the first Special Boat Services memoir written from the inside. It tells how Duncan Falconer trained with the Royal Marines in Deal before being recruited into the SBS at Poole in Dorset. The regimen of ruthless training is graphically described & the book also
Includes:: revelatory accounts of SBS operations in Ulster Bosnia & the Gulf War & of the intense rivalry between the SASs individualist mentality & the more team-based marine ethos of the SBS. Duncan Falconers grippingly detailed memoir is sure to command the attention of anyone interested in the Special Forces & how they operate.