CAMERON SPENCE IS EX-SAS, WHO SERVED WITH 22nd SABRE SQUADRON.
"Cameron Spence spent the majority of the gulf war behind enemy lines as a member of 22nd SAS Sabre Squadron and has been a reality consultant where we've gone through the weaponry, terrain, squad tactics, enemy behaviour and much more. This has been priceless as there are some things that just don't get put in books!"
Jim Bambra
Managing Director
This is Cameron's picture diary of some of his memorable moments in the desert...
This shot shows the squadron with all of it's vehicles. We departed Hereford on Dec 27th, '91 for a friendly Gulf State. Ahead of us we had a three week training package that was designed to bring the whole squadron up to the same standard in mobility operations as the Mobility troop already possessed. Remember the SAS squadrons are made up 4 troops; Mobility, Boat, Mountain, and Air troop. It was important that other troops perfected the art of mobility operations to a higher degree than normally practiced.
This shot shows the actual fighting vehicles we elected to take with us into Iraq. On the left is the Unimog, our workhorse, we used this vehicle to carry some of our extra equipment, like 81mm Mortar and ammunition, as well as extra explosives and ammunition for the rest of the convoy. this vehicle could go anywhere that our patrol vehicle could go.
Our final preparations, we had completed most of our build up training, men, weapons, and vehicles were in perfect harmony for the tasks that lay adhead. Sorting through the many different types of ammunition took time. Here you can see boxes of 5.56mm, 40mm bombs, explosives and a selection of different grenades. All this ordnance had to be carefully stored onto our fighting vehicles.
This shot shows the actual fighting vehicles we elected to take with us into Iraq. On the left is the Unimog, our workhorse, we used this vehicle to carry some of our extra equipment, like 81mm Mortar and ammunition, as well as extra explosives and ammunition for the rest of the convoy. this vehicle could go anywhere that our patrol vehicle could go.
Our final preparations, we had completed most of our build up training, men, weapons, and vehicles were in perfect harmony for the tasks that lay adhead. Sorting through the many different types of ammunition took time. Here you can see boxes of 5.56mm, 40mm bombs, explosives and a selection of different grenades. All this ordnance had to be carefully stored onto our fighting vehicles.
