X Platoon

By Damien Lewis, Steve Heaney, MC, Steve Heaney

Book Overview

For three decades one of the most secretive units in the British military has been a mystery force known as X Platoon.

Officially there was no X Platoon. The forty men in its elite number were specially selected from across the Armed Forces, at which point they simply ceased to exist. X Platoon had no budget, no weaponry, no vehicles and no kit - apart from what its men could beg, borrow or steal from other military units.

For the first time a highly decorated veteran of this specialised force - otherwise known as the Pathfinders - reveals its unique story. Steve Heaney became one of the youngest ever to pass Selection, the gruelling trial of elite forces, and was at the cutting edge of X Platoon operations - serving on anti-narcotics operations in the Central American jungles, on missions hunting war criminals in the Balkans, and being sent to spy on and wage war against the Russians.

The first non-officer in the unit's history to be award the Military Cross, Steve Heaney reveals the extraordinary work undertaken by this secret band of brothers.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1409148505
• ISBN13: 9781409148500
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Orion
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.0" x 7.6"