SAS war veteran Rusty Firmin on deep underground military bases & covert operations in Argentina. 

One of your best yet. Well done. Firmin is a legend.

1976 was the hottest. I remember leaving the roof down on my car for the whole summer. Even of a night I kept the roof down. Loved that car. Cortina mk 2 Crayford convertible in gold. Great times

The problem for any of us who served, no matter in what role, is that the MOD and Governments are very good at taking and exploiting our troops, but give back very little in return when these men and women retire. This is especially true for guys like Rusty and other members of the Regiment (and the members of their support un its such as 264).

1976 was the hottest summer.

Looking forward to this one Billy 👏🏻🙌🏼

Heads and shoulders above any other channel on RU-vid at the moment. A huge thank you to both of you.

Proper old school ,,thanks for your service rusty ,,,,went to quick ,,could listen to fellas like that for hours ,,,,brilliant billy

Brilliant billy, what a man Rusty is , a True hardman, what a life and a career this man has had 💪🇬🇧 BRITAINS FINEST 1 SAS WHO DARES WINS !!!

A true warrior best of luck to you Rusty from a Royal Irish Ranger respect to you mate

Brilliant stuff what a great guy Rusty firmin met him last year being a fan of the man since the 90s sas the soldiers story .

One of the best so far Billy lad, well in mate , boss 👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Great podcast, always like listening to Rusty and I've had the pleasure of meeting him

Another great watch and what a Legend of a man. Hope your well billy and hope Joe is good

Rusty proper man and proper Legend 💙👍👍👍 nice one Billy and great to see a different take on your podcast bro 💙✊ respect ✊

Straight talking guy. Another cracking podcast.

Rusty is a national treasure utmost respect ✊

Brilliant, Top podcast and top man right on 👍

Great interview

Legend Rusty and Colin God bless 🙏❤️

Tremendous Billy. God bless rusty!

very true comment about how open The 2nd SAS Camp was ( Bullingham lane) .We would be in there a lot as it was a great place to skateboard !

Great podcast.im from Hereford and used to work with his son the old sas camp is now a housing estate. and what better than Stevie g lifting the European cup in the background 😍

1976 was the hottest year !

Enjoyed this Billy, Rusti i even went and watched the film, it was great 👍 👌

What a great story to tell

Evenin billy n happy Friday to you and yours, my boys away up the pentland hills as we speak with his back pack full of tins of beans and his night light strapped to his head 🤣 no pain no gain 💪 and he's hoping to go to the army soon he's had a few blips through this covid but he seem's to be on the right track now and staying in his own lane. Rusty is an interesting character and he's seen it all 👌

Love this one Billy. Did not no you had had bother with Danny. Strong unit mate i he fair play to ya. Like this guy good stuff this 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Legend!

Would have loved to hear more about Northern Ireland and his thoughts on the troubles because most ex SAS don’t really talk about it at all

Can’t wait 👍👍

I remember 76 being the hottest summer, not 77.

Laughed about tracksuit soldier…Two things every Wednesday off, and a great way to be promoted in the forces through sport….proven fact…lol..great interview

Rusty, what a legend and such a humble bloke too! I never knew he had a green lid either

Being strapped for cash I couldn’t afford to buy rusty’s book but had a stroke of luck when I saw it in a charity shop a couple of months back, couldn’t believe it and it was only a £1 and the best £1 I’ve ever spent,great book.

I enjoyed that think u enjoyed more than anyone mate

Great watch. I had the pleasure to meet Rusty Firmin at the foot of Pen y Fan last September where I was presented with a signed copy of his book, The Regiment. I totally forgot to ask him whether there was any truth in the story that following the Iranian Embassy siege, when Maggie Thatcher met the guys at Regents Park barracks, that she was told to "get your fu(£ing head out the way" when she blocked the TV

Cracking podcast this one Bill love the variety. Gordon was a boss one to

Ahh cool, read about Rusty for years and he was in it all from Battle of Oman to the Embassy! I'm gonna enjoy this! He watched the bravery of Tak as he ran to Laba in Oman who was manning a 4-6 man howitzer 88 I think it was but the outstanding thing was he was manning it ALONE until caught in neck by a 7.62 round and that's when his Fijian brother in arms ran to him to help and they both manned it firing straight not up whilst they're soldiers locked themselves in the arty house NOT the batt house, that's were the SAS were, on the roof! Him n *cough* 'Soldier 1'/Snapper an John Mc, Mike Kealy, Bob etc...SAS legends right from the lines of Sterling and THAT was a proper Rourke's drift! *Leave the video on lads even if you not interested but wanna support Billy you can turn volume off and open another you tube window but leave this running as click-throughs do no good, worse than not liking or subbing and for me, well I wanna see more guests like Rusty. Video is on it's way to 2000 views right now and only 60 odd likes wtf? You must like it to be watching it* Your brother sounds like my Dad Bill, he was called for an incursion at about the Korea time and went missing for years then surfaced in the BAOR (British Army On the Rhine) hosi with what we as kids called his 'spider' as the wound looked like one! Rusty has balls of steel Bill, near got burnt in the Embassy window, maybe he will talk about that but I'll shut up and watch, what a guest instead of tit for tat drama shit. BTW a group of Spetnaz were interviewed and said they were fearless then started whispering to each other and then said to interviewer, 'Well we would have 1 concern', what would that be, they were asked and replied 'If we knew the British SAS were on our asses'. Thank you for your Service Rusty and Billy great podcast, really enjoyed it.

Ordering the book now. Thanks Rusty. What a real gentleman and a credit to this country. And thanks for a brilliant interview, Billy.

I try to keep up...stupid illness slowed me way up but always enjoy your thoughts n such

Watching a year on, spot on Billy huge respect to Rusty a true hero. You should try and get Harry McCallion on Bill as he has a good story to tell, from paras, Rhodesian army special forces, SAS , RUC to barrister and last time I heard he was based in Liverpool. His book the killing Zone is must to read.

5 mins in, what a nice well spoken gentlemen ❤️

Av read his book absolutely awesome

Rusty the legend well done opo.

Ah the orange tree in Hereford a well known bar between that and the green dragon

Rest in peace John and his son Paul

Enjoyed this but did you not read his book before interviewing him ? Certainly hope I have that wrong.

Our leaders? Fannies!

Hello rusty. You are a hero mate. Do you know what is in the dumbs. I am obsessed with what the government does not tell us. God bless you mate

Great podcast! Just a suggestion, because it's been like that with quite alot of the episodes - if you could just remind the guests beforehand to keep close to the mike. Just a bit annoying when you toggle your volume and it's like: one speaker is normal, but the other's either screaming or whispering

Billy this man is the real deal and try get Collin MC crocaland on oll so b squad

Right my ears are perked up...

Hello Rusty, nice to see you again. We've missed that rustic charm and humour ! News has it the white one is very happy... Great podcast 😉

Bill don't they have to sign the official secrets act? can't remember if you touched on it, anyway Bill excellent interviewing technique as usual well done.

Great podcast, one tip though is get a noise gate on your mic as you can hear your breathing while the guest is talking

Why do all the characters come from B squadron? I thought SAS meant Shagging And Suppin? You could have avoided the embassy library Rusty😂Great stuff, thanks👍

The midnight special

16.35 I think that was the strange way riots im pretty sure I’ve watched a documentary about this and Peterhead was defo the the prison sas took back

Remember reading a book by another SAS member Robin Horsfall a few years back who described his part in the Embassy Siege. Think the book was called Fighting Scared, but could be another title.

what a guy..🏐🥾

Rusty hates the show-who dares wins with ant Middleton, Rusty is a legend

So thats why desert boots got real pop in the late 80,s lol

Are people not allowed strikes and revolutions, or do we have to ask the army if we're allowed?

When John Mac blew in the balcony, he got a hell of a fright lol! Couldn't enter at ground level as windows were bulletproof, so he put alot of charge on that window frame thing, then boom it blew the shit out of everything! "Craiginches" I'm sure they went into the loft, one con tried to sue as he got hit in chest by a stun grenade. Peterhead? No I'm positive. The screw the two cons had hostage had him with a noose around his neck, tied to top landing banister, as plenty of notice, as one door into hall same door to leave by. They walked him on all fours and said to him "You want to act like a dog, we'll treat you like one, had to cock his leg to piss, oh they had their fun with Jackie Stewart. Prison now is a piss take. The SAS said "you're going for a wee trip son", and threw them from loft onto landing! That's the bad bit if you ask me. "Don't screw the nut, nut the screw" Then there's the unsung hero called "Back Door Bob" So at exact same time Mac blew the balcony, Bob blew the back door. Yes Macs boys dead, and now his father is too, shame. Belter of a tash right enough RIP MAC! His boy was going to follow in his father's footsteps, and would've got in. My ex Brother in Law, he was SBS, he bloody strangled me for laughing when he said he was fired out of Torpedo Tubes, I believe him now, and he was in SBS for a good few year's built like a Tank a Chieftan not your little Sherman. He could probably lift one lol! He told me stuff and if he's not allowed to tell, well I'm not going to say anything, except that he was in hides on beaches watching the Argies. Balls of steel. The French came under heavy pressure from the British to see how many Excocet missiles they sold to Argentina. The told. 8 or something. Very dangerous missiles, low flying, just look at "The Sheffield" My Brother in Law's still to grow up! Drives SAAB and big Harley Davidson, and would "whoop whoop" and wheelspin out the street! Bloody hell if anyone I would want behind my back, it'd be him. Body Builder! Can't name him, as he's online posing, and he's 5"4 all round! I know a few EX SAS. Few were shot, chased in cars, bait cars, SAS popping out boot to fire behind, all wiped out, then in comes the proverbial "soldier killed on excercise in Germany" They'd never give Provo's credit. Dessert boots, big divers watch, SAS training on night of rare R'n R. "The one that got away?" Chris Ryan, he got away. Shit they've just told us! I already knew. I know a guy that was dropped behind enemy lines, him and 14 others, in Iraq! Great wee guy, turned to drug's and I imagine he ended up doing this as he wasn't getting the rush in Street life. Brilliant wee guy from Drumchapel in Glasgow. Extremely dangerous. I'm off.

That the only shout I'll ever give Thatcher cos she helped ruin my city BUT when the news vans came she was told that maybe she would want them off the streets and she said 'No, let them film and the world see, I want them to see because I want every terrorist or enemy that comes to our shores with murder in mind will be happily repatriated in a body bag!' They were blowing planes up all over the gaff at the time so good message.

Love rusty. Would love to sit down and share a can of cider anytime. I'm buying.

It's kind of amusing how being 5'2 essentially killed his dreams of becoming a real top level football player so he goes and joins the SAS instead

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Brilliant listen from rusty shame he liked thatcher bill

If he meant they lost 19 sas members in that helicopter accident that is a terrible loss ...the experience loss there is incomparable

0:58 whats an "aero" got to do with it? Back door assault team lmao

Seems a Quiet & unassuming man. I here Boris as got his own DUMB in his basement 😎

Proper man. Proper fella 👍🏼 not lairy, but you can tell he could be dangerous

Notdessie boots….timberlands…..

Sorry WHY did not the man doing the interview DO some research on Rusty ,sme rather silly questions

The Iranian Embassy Siege, a brilliant piece of soldiering, but if all the people that claimed to have been there told the truth, that balcony would have been the size of the upper circle of the Albert Hall.

It's special air service not secret air service

Rusties I mean

Could do with rusty getting rid of some of these you tube wrong uns, hope you n joe are sound bill.

I feel like your questions are unprepared tbh 🤔

Sorry Mac Lachlan

Ask him about the response team that Margaret Thatcher set up to respond to downed Alen crash sites. ( ;

The interviewer couldn't even be bothered to read his books 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 what a plum

Anyone writing books and talking in public forgott where they came from.

54:37 DUMBs - 10 seconds and that's it

It's Pen ah van and you say Coid not co-ed

Another brilliant podcast. Operation certain death says something cause none of them refused that order. Thankfully it was aborted

Hi Billy, I’m a big fan of your podcast mate but tbh you’ve done a real disservice to Rusty on this podcast imo. It’s obvious that you don’t know anything or very little about his career and especially the Iranian embassy siege which he is famous for as well as other basic knowledge of the SAS or army. To have a guest on of this type and not know about the basics of even the Falklands or the embassy siege is a poor show mate. This shows your lack of preparation of sourcing good information on an upcoming guest (which you usually say that you don’t do) but made this one so frustrating and you could have had a really good podcast with being able to talk about his illustrious career Only my opinion Billy lad and I watch all of your podcasts and some constructive criticism 👍🏻

On a scouse podcast going on about how much he loves thatcher the milk snatcher 🤢

Sorry Rusty as soon as you said you loved Maggie Thatcher that was me out.

Shame the interviewer couldn't have enough respect to listen to the answers in full, from such a great guest!! Every time Rusty was starting to say something interesting that I wanted to hear, this character interrupts him. He likes the sound of his own voice more than I do, also heavy breathing right into mike while guest is talking is so annoying throughout, sorry but ,don't plan to watch him again. People want to hear the guest talk

Think this guy would have done his homework instead of asking stupid questions.

I am interested in listening to Rusty not having to listen to the interviewer. He should learn how to let a subject talk.

He loved maggie! The only reason one needs not to buy the book. Should have left that out rusty.

secret air service 🙈🙈🙈

Nigel Farage (WTF), tell me everything I need I know., as for piers morgan, he carries on miffed child regarding meghan markle, some comments hugely disappointing.

His generation are literally nothing compared too modern SAS

Thatcher spent 7 Christmas days at chequers with Jimmy savile she was another nonse

5 foot 2 and 7 stone??? What was he talking about? His left testicle???