| Description |
1 online resource (446 p.) |
| Contents |
Prologue -- Boy soldier -- Sign here -- Old faithful -- World War Timor -- A pack of bastards -- Jamie and Jake -- The eyes and ears -- Operation Astute -- The bodyguards -- Candidate 19 -- The Reo -- The Vikings -- Operation McDougall -- Helmand -- Mirabad Valley -- Tethered goats -- DA days -- Ten shots, one kill -- Sierra One-Five -- To kill or not to kill -- The back deck -- Battle of Shah Wali Kot -- Lone Ranger -- Fallen angel -- Germany -- Paying the piper -- The long road back -- SLOTH life -- The return -- Retrograde -- When the war is over -- Fatherhood -- The lions of Mesopotamia -- Foras Admonitio -- The winds of change -- Zero regrets -- Commando roll of honour (2007-2023) |
| Summary |
From the age of 12, Scott Ryder knew he wanted to join the army, and he signed up as soon as he could. After serving as a paratrooper and in East Timor with 3 RAR, he wanted more. He trained all summer and took the gruelling selection course for the commandos, earning the prized green beret on his second attempt. Forged in Fire takes us inside the secretive world of the commandos. Ryder shares battlefield stories from his tours to Afghanistan, where his regiment saw some of the heaviest fighting Australian forces have experienced since the Vietnam War. After being seriously injured in a shocking Black Hawk helicopter crash in Kandahar, he was the only survivor to return to active service. Frankly written, with self-deprecating humour, Forged in Fire reveals the qualities of strength and mental resilience that characterise special forces operators |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Ryder, Scott
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Australia. Australian Army. Royal Australian Regiment. Battalion, 3rd -- History
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Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Personal narratives, Australian
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Special forces (Military science) -- Australia
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War wounds -- Patients -- Rehabilitation
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Special Forces.
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Military.
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HISTORY.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781761189210 |
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1761189212 |
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