SAS Operator 🇬🇧 | Lindsay Bruce | Ep. 256 

Great episode, I served with Lindsey in The Royal Highland Fusiliers, he was an awesome soldier and one of the fittest people I ever knew.

Great to hear from you Lindsay I am a veteran from the South African Defence Force.Originally born in Dumfries,Scotland.

Love these special forces guys. Tough as hell. 🇺🇲🇬🇧

Very honest, clear guy with a nice breakdown of the 22

Never been a Fan of Greer but i must say this lad has big balls and comes across as a genuine and brave soldier , Fantastic interview from a new UK fan of the channel . 👏

I always enjoy a good 22 SAS interview. The Originals.

This is a fantastic interview of a really great bloke. It’s great that you let him talk so much. Some podcasts are interrupted too much. Well done

I love the SAS/SBS interviews

I served with lindsey and his brothers, really decent, professional guys

Thanks for the great interview guys really enjoyed good to see a fellow Scot on the show keep up the good work thanks again

Great interview, confident, competent but humble. Thank you.

There were 3 SAS patrols in 1991 - Bravo One Zero, Bravo Two Zero and Bravo Three Zero. Bravo One Zero is the patrol Lindsay is referring to, who called off the mission as soon as they got off the chopper, but I don't know about a book. Bravo Two Zero is the failed mission everyone knows. Bravo Three Zero, which does now have a book about it, stayed on mission and completed their objectives before being compromised. Bravo Three Zero chose to deploy with their Land Rovers, the only patrol of the 3 to do so, and so "having nowhere to hide" was less of an issue and they drove around behind enemy lines and supplied the necessary intelligence to destroy Scud sites ... before they were also compromised and had to make a dash for it. Luckily they had those vehicles. There is a great book on Bravo Three Zero by Des Powell, who was 2nd in command on the mission, and Damien Lewis.

Lindsay Bruce what a great Guy really enjoyed this talk in !!!!! Thanks for your inspiration and knowledge Brilliant

Lewis Collins was 4 Para and passed Selection to 21 SAS. He sayed with the Paras as 21 said he was too well known.

Great episode! Thanks guys!

Well done Lindsay total respect

Great honest and open discussion 👍

I joined the military at 16 in 1979, and thanks to the military i have not had one day out of work in 45 years. Thank You !!

Way late tonight but thanks for all you guys do!

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Quality podcast. Thank you 🙏🇬🇧🇺🇸👍

Great interview

Outstanding program tonight. Lindsay is a very articulate, experienced, compassionate person. Thanks for sharing.

Great interview!

Great interview guys. Certa Cito

Jack, your unique way of letting me know I’m safe and very effective!! I APPRECIATE

My Da was in the Seaforth Highlanders stationed at Fort William when I was born in 1953..

Strong interview.

Great episode

Top guy Comes across as real

I remember the cathedral in Hereford. Rumour has it that in the late '90s the water board was crawling in special forces and V-force.

Thanks guys for this show, love to listen to the UK Special Ops guys, I saw in UK news they are having real problems in UK with military recruitment kind of like in US, some retired UK generals even brought up the idea of needing the military draft in the UK, UK army is down to 73,000 soldiers now, pretty sad, UK Navy is in bad shape too, they can't even deploy their 2 aircraft carriers now, anyways. would love to see more UK SF in the future, thanks again Dave and Jack and D ...

Linsday = Legend

Big shout out to the SaS SbS guys thanks to them we sleep safe at night.

If you want to know how to conduct an interview watch Shawn Ryan, when you have guest of Lindsays calibre you sit still and listen

I'm an Englishman who served in the Scots guards but could have chose my local light infantry or Coldstream guards, it depends on the area you live in or if you have a family connection to a particular regiment. There was a lot of Northerners in the Scots guards because their recruitment went down to Lancashire, always got on well with the jocks and never got any hassle. 😊

I've long been a big fan of the SAS - probably because my parents are Immigrants from Northern Ireland - my father really idolized these fellows thus I grew up listening to his many stories about the SAS and other branches of the British Military - You guys should try and get a Nepalese Gurka on sometime???,....anyway, another great podcast!!!!

Bravo 1, 2 and 3 went out on that mission. Bravo 2 zero everyone knows about (up to you if you want to believe Andy McNabs take on it!). Bravo 3 Zero - written by Des Powell (SAS legend) and Damien Lewis (SAS historian) is a truthful fascinating book.

Great one, why you guys don’t have a bigger following mystifies me. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧🇺🇸

The Lad who had been from my regiment of Royal Scots was Vincent Stott. Some bloody size now compared to those days. I do believe there is a picture somewhere of vinny being in Northern Ireland prior to being deployed to Iraq. From Edinburgh in Scotland originally. His father had been ex military as well. Family business for most of us

Young british soldier conrad cole 17 years old was killed along other soldiers when there warrior afv was attacked in a freindly fire attack in the first gulf war.

Show be proud . Well done . best .

Sabre Squadron by Cameron spence is the book of the other bravo patrol that went in with vehicles rather on foot and did not abort.

I love the thumbnail. Studio looks top class. On to the show. Peace from Cape Town.

My old regiment Rhf, my cousin's husband was Alfie conn, I was from Ayrshire I did my test for the army in Ayr and Irvine being a Glasgow and Ayrshire regiment, did my basic in albemarle barracks

Really appreciate this guys no-nonsense -straight up honest accounts, no fake bullshit just the facts...Never let ego get in the way. fair play mate.....Tunchy...ex 2 Para 1988-1997 (9 years in Iraq-CP

Scotland is absolutely a country! Same as England and Wales. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Love Fort William!

Yeah I remember that when the young lads were murdered in northern Ireland it was shocking what those terrorists done to anyone serving we were actually told we couldn't eat at mc Donald's because supposedly they supported them in some way it was a long time ago now so maybe I imagined it but I'm pretty sure we couldn't go to mc ds and I remember something about young lads under 18 were not allowed rifles and were issued pick axe handles instead anyway great show guys it's nice to see a fellow jock on the show all the best 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💪🇺🇸

Evening everyone

The training seems to get switched up every few years. Again, lately i believe they've fully intergrated basic training, making it the same across all branches. Im not sure how things work now in phase 2. When i joined, the length of time in phase 1 was 15 weeks. Your first 3 weeks, you were placed into a company called "AFC" which is Army Foundation Company, where you learn all the basics and the skills needed prior to phase 1 starting. This included the history of which ever regiment you're joining. How to iron and wash your kit. How to properly wash yourself and all basic hygein things (as some young lads came from rougher backgrounds, or where their parents didnt set them up for success in life, and they were never really shown these things from their families ) we would learn the basics of how to march, and learn all things to do with the military. All while building our basic fitness to a point where we would then have the basic fitness for when we joined our training platoons. After those 3 weeks, we were then sent to our prospective training platoons, and with the group of people we would then carry on with throughout training. This phase would then carry on for another 12 weeks, providing you dont pick up significant injuries, whcih would cause you to be "back squadded" and sent back a few weeks and i to another training platoon, that had started a few week after we has began the course. It was a hell of a lot, and quite the culture shock to a hell of a lot of young lads. Looking back at the AFC, it was also a place where you would see a huge attrition rate. Absolutely great times as imthinking back while writing this. I miss those days so much. It was hard, but it was amazing, and im still friends with people I met there and trained with. One guy in particular, was my bestfriend, we met at the recruiting office and swore our oaths of allegience together in the CO's office. I havent spoken to him in a while, as im back in Canada and hes in Brum. But i still consider him one of my greatest friends in the world, to this very day. Love you buddy. If you happen to read this Shakey, I'll call you soon, promise. Lol

I find it incredible that Lindsay has so little knowledge about the patrols from 1991.Books upon books were written about these patrols.I would have thought he would have read them just to pick up some info!!!Great interview thogh.You guys unlike some gave him plenty of time to answer. Great work boys,thanks!

Ref the Iraq deployment for Op Granby, from my recollection at the time (I was REME and 21) he was 17 years old when he went over and was about to turn 18. So he was not (apparently) meant to hit the ground in anger until he was 18, but he did fly over when 17. He was then killed unfortunately in a blue on blue incident from a US tankbuster before he could deploy fully, but it was always hazy at the time if he was “deployed”.

RIP Dugald Mcaughey,John and Joseph Mcaig RHF murdered by cowards.

at one point, 70% of the SAS were Scottish... they've had it hard up there over the years. Glasgow for example, was the murder capital of Europe

very interesting comments from Lindsey. The guy who aborted in gulf got filled in by another regiment { personality clash between ex regiments they served in before sas) guy who thaught he was a coward for aborting. He in fact made correct call. He then went on to get re tasked and got a scud by calling in air support.

Great video, but just need to point out that Ireland is not a part of the UK, not since 1921 or ever depending on your point of view

So he probably served in Fallingbostel as i remember the RHF were there with Warrior. Was a story about a guy from his Battalion opening or trying to open a ferry door whilst at sea going back to the UK 😂 I was in Hohne in the 80s & in the RA, one of the guys who was from Kilmarnock transferred to the RHF. As he said back in the day the recruiting Sgts in the ACIO were normally local infantry. Stirling where i joined was the Argylls. Infact in '85 when i joined the Argyll Sgt got pear shaped because i didn't want to join them.😅 Funnily enough i met him in a pub in Dunblane where i lived ( 4 miles from Stirling) He must have had a quarter at the Queen Victoria school ( military school on tge outskirts of Dunblane) because he had slippers on as he came into the Dunblane Hotel pub. He recognised me at the bar & bought me & my mate a pint. So he wasn't a bad guy after all. He had a vodka & lemonade 😂

This lad is honest and sincere unlike Colin Armstrong and Steven Mitchell.

Hey, guys. Pure curiosity, what streaming software do you use?

Lewis Collins that starred in Who Dares Wins was a legit badass. He qualified for special forces reserve 21 or 23 SAS (can't be bothered to Google) but the MOD thought his celebrity was too dangerous.

The combat infantry man's course is 26 weeks long now except if your guards or PARA

He's got some cool speakers, they look old school.

Lindsay I enjoyed listening to your talk. I'll watch for your web sight. Later young man.

All SAS and SBS are free fall trained fyi. Air troop just specialise and have the bundle and tandem capability

'At some point you got to make a f*cking decision.' L Bruce Indeed!

Full respect for the armed forces. I wonder if they hate the corrupt politicians who send them to mainly pointless wars where they risk their lives and see their friends killed and maimed?

When you come to a fork in the road, take it. -Yogi Berra

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I had my 18th birthday out in gulf war 1.

3 cheers for the red white and blue

I would be interested to look into what you do. Resonates with me.

Fkn Great. I was a Para in the TA, until I got Shot!

I had many like you in my cross hair in county armagh. Lucky for some i changed my life the day before

What rank did Lindsay leave the SAS with ??Cheers!

Good fuckin interview.

I remember those lads murdered by PIRA. The killer was an ex British Para.

1:05 Bravo three zero is what linday is referring to i believe

Hi Shane 😂

Sounds simple enough to get yourself in!!🤣🤣😤😤😡😡

what are those speakers?

I'm all jacked up on mountain dew because you two switched seats. Yea, I'm not programmed to deal with that 😉

Sorry Lindsay love you mate and you are great but para reg training actually from the start is different more difficult entrance then all the way through we are held to a higher standard phase 1 and 2 I can remember in phase 1 at Lichfield with para reg we went on runs for 10 miles and the other regiments went on 6 and running back into barracks all the other reg were looking at us and we were always told by our NCOs they want to be like you but don’t have the billocks and want to be normal not elite

Guys, cutting into your interview like that with the advertisements comes across as rude and unprofessional. Apart from that, good show.

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Imagine fighting for your country and not even knowing what nations make it up. Ffs Lindsay

Do soldiers ever think about whose interests they are serving when they put their lives on the line? Do they ever think why am I here? I Never hear a soldier talk about this, it’s like the elephant in the room! I think it’s clear now in 2024 they serve corporate interests which is never a good thing for the people of the country they are told they are defending?

Is there anyone in the SAS who hasn’t been on RU-vid?

$99 pants? Yikes!

Sadly 'Silently Proud' is evidently destroyed by individuals with weak character that this podcast evidences. They need public gratitude, stroking, to fulfil whatever is missing in their lives; or, as in this case, a cover, to other character traits that are hidden, but known by those that know. Real men, remain 'Silently Proud'.

I would really love your episodes if you would just get rid of that opening voice!!!!

Scotland has its own natioonal government which is funded by the English taxpayer. LOL

These Yankees don't even know Wales exist

What a load of bollocks! Another wannabe special soldier crawls out of the woodwork to try and make a buck!!!