The Recce Way

Author : Douw Steyn,Justin Vermaak
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2018-04-23
Category : Cooking, South African
ISBN : 1868427889

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Recce Way: Specialised Cooking by Douw Steyn,Justin Vermaak Pdf

Vulture soup, anyone? Or how about diesel-dipped dog biscuits as a side to some fried python? If you prefer something less severe, then how about having a braai on top of a submarine out in the middle of the ocean? The South African Special Forces, or Recces, are known for being fearless and tough. Not only must they pass a notoriously gruelling selection course, but once they have qualified as operators, they often spend weeks in the bush living off rat packs and whatever else they can find. This cookbook with a difference combines stories about their experiences in the field during the Border War with recipes from the bush and the sea, and even a few from the kitchen. Fortunately, most meals are edible! These recipe stories offer insight into the scope of activities of the different reconnaissance units, including 4 Recce at Langebaan, 5 Recce at Phalaborwa and 1 Recce at Durban. Readers will also learn about some of the important life skills needed to be a member of the Special Forces as well as Recce philosophy, such as staying in the moment and being adaptable. This book feeds into the publics fascination with this elite unit and will help to break down some of the secrecy around the Recces.

Author : Justin Vermaak,Douw Steyn
Publisher : Jonathan Ball Publishers
Page : 117 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781868428366

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The Recce Way by Justin Vermaak,Douw Steyn Pdf

Vulture soup, anyone? Or how about some fried python with a side order of diesel-dipped dog biscuits? Specialised cooking – The Recce Way gives a unique perspective on the lives of South Africa's legendary Special Forces soldiers. The book combines tongue-in-cheek recipes with anecdotes of the men's experiences during the Border War, and up to 1997, putting the gruel into gruelling. It shows what it takes to live out of a rucksack for weeks on end and how to make do with what nature has to offer. Highlighting the scope of the activities of the first 25 years of the Special Forces, the book takes us from Durban to Langebaan, through Phalaborwa into the rest of Africa, and from the firing line to a braai on top of a submarine out at sea. Most importantly, it overflows with the Recce philosophy for excelling in adverse conditions – stay in the moment, adapt, adjust and just get on with it! WARNING: While most of the meals in this book are edible, some should never, ever, be repeated.

Author : Koos Stadler
Publisher : Casemate
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2021-07-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1636240488

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Recce by Koos Stadler Pdf

A gripping first-hand account of the combat operations and life of a member of the secretive and elite South African Special Forces, known as 'Recces'. South African Special Forces, known as the 'Recces', are an elite group of soldiers that few can aspire to join. Shrouded in secrecy due to the covert nature of their work, the legendary Recces have long fascinated, but little is known about how they operate. Now one of this select band has written a tell-all book about the extraordinary missions he embarked on and the nail-biting action he experienced in the Border War. Shortly after passing the infamously grueling Special Forces selection course in the early 1980s, Koos Stadler joined the so-called Small Teams group at 5 Reconnaissance Regiment. This sub-unit was made up of two-man teams and was responsible for numerous secret and highly dangerous missions deep behind enemy lines. With only one other team member, Stadler was sent to blow up railway lines and enemy fighter jets in the south of Angola. As he crawled in and out of enemy-infested territory, he stared death in the face many times.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 816 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Military art and science
ISBN : UOM:39015010917600

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Soviet Military Review by Anonim Pdf

Author : Arfeen Khan
Publisher : Penguin Random House India Private Limited
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-17
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9789386651631

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Where Will You Be in Five Years? by Arfeen Khan Pdf

What if you were told that five years is the maximum time you need to fulfil your goals in life? We all dream about the future. However, we can't turn these dreams into reality unless we act on them in a systematic manner. Peak performance coach Arfeen Khan, who has been long associated with Bollywood, gives you not only the mantra for success, he even puts a deadline on it. His approach is practical, effective and can be implemented from day one. He helps you make your own plan, overcome your personal problems and move on a path of growth and change. Read this book to own your success!

Author : L. P. Devine
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2015-12-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781474225656

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The British Way of War in Northwest Europe, 1944-5 by L. P. Devine Pdf

This book examines the experience of two British Infantry Divisions, the 43rd (Wessex) and 53rd (Welsh), during the Overlord campaign in Northwest Europe. To understand the way the British fought during Operation Overlord, the book considers the political and military factors between 1918 and 1943 before addressing the major battles and many of the minor engagements and day-to-day experiences of the campaign. Through detailed exploration of unit war diaries and first-hand accounts, Louis Devine demonstrates how Montgomery's way of war translated to the divisions and their sub units. While previous literature has suggested that the British Army fought a cautious war in order to avoid the heavy casualties of the First World War, Devine challenges this concept by showing that the Overlord Campaign fought at sub-divisional levels was characterised by command pressure to achieve results quickly, hasty planning and a reliance on massive artillery and mortar contributions to compensate for deficiencies in anti-tank and armoured support. By following two British infantry divisions over a continuous period and focusing on soldiers' experience to offer a perspective 'from below', as well as challenging the consensus of a 'cautious' British campaign, this book provides a much-needed re-examination of the Overlord campaign which will be of great interest to students and scholars of the Second World War and modern military history in general.

Author : Ian van der Waag,Albert Grundlingh
Publisher : AFRICAN SUN MeDIA
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781928480341

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In Different Times by Ian van der Waag,Albert Grundlingh Pdf

This is the first attempt to bring together diverse scholars, using different lenses, to study South Africa’s Border War. As a book, it is critical in approach, provides deeper reflection, and focuses specifically on the SADF experience of the war. The result is a more complex picture of the war’s dynamics and its legacies. Although South Africa is a vastly different country today, the study of the Border War opens a range of questions, also relevant to contemporary deployments such as in Lesotho (1998) and the Central African Republic (2013). It includes the debate on participation in foreign conflicts; on the deployment, design and preparation of appropriate, modern armed forces and their use as foreign policy instruments in far‑off theatres; on military planning; and, as the historical controversies regarding the battles at Cuito Cuanavale and Bangui illustrate, on the interface between foreign campaigning and domestic politics.

Author : Ben Barry
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2016-02-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780750968638

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Road from Sarajevo by Ben Barry Pdf

In 1992 Bosnia descended into a savage and bitter civil war, which by 1995 had claimed over a quarter of a million lives. Following the Dayton Peace Agreement between the warring Bosnian Serbs, Muslims and Croats, NATO began its first land operation, taking over from the UN Protection Force. With a total of only 200 men, a British battlegroup was charged to enforce the peace in a 100km area, through which wound a front line separating the territory of the Bosnian Muslims from that of the Bosnian Serb forces.In this updated edition of the acclaimed book A Cold War, Brigadier Ben Barry has produced the definitive account of the British Army’s dangerous and groundbreaking operations in Bosnia.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1008 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : History
ISBN : UCAL:B4470024

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Department of Defense Authorization for Appropriations for Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993: Military posture by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services Pdf

Author : Jack Greeff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Africa, Southern
ISBN : UOM:39015056666459

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A Greater Share of Honour by Jack Greeff Pdf

Author : Mark Gasparatto
Publisher : Insomniac Press
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2011-03-15
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781926582887

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Clearing the Way by Mark Gasparatto Pdf

Clearing the Way: Combat Engineers in Kandahar is the story of the men and women of 23 Field Squadron, who served with the 1st Royal Canadian Regiment Battle Group in Kandahar in 2006. Through the eyes of thirteen Squadron members, relive the early days of the war in Kandahar and the coming of age of a group of soldiers recorded in graphic detail. The reader experiences the large scale battles with Taliban fighters during Operation Medusa, the building of Route Summit and the construction of key Forward Operating Bases. Accompany them as they fight off insurgent attacks along 'Ambush Alley', dodge mortar fire and dispose of the many Improvised Explosive Devices that litter the landscape. These stories expose the raw bedlam, ironic moments and absurdities of war at the soldier-level. It is replete with little nuggets of wisdom and soldier-philosophy that will bring a wry and knowing grin to the face of those who have experienced combat. Clearing the Way highlights the ingenuity of our soldiers and in particular our combat engineers, regardless of the seemingly impossible demands made of them.

Author : James Luto
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781783030316

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Fighting with the Fourteenth Army in Burma by James Luto Pdf

The Fourteenth Army was one of the most successful British and Commonwealth forces of the Second World War. It was not only the largest of the Commonwealth armies but was also the largest single army in the world with around half a million men under its command. Operating in the most inhospitable terrain, it drove the previously undefeated Japanese Army from the Indian border and out of Burma in an unrelenting offensive.??The Fourteenth Army, often referred to as the “Forgotten Army”, was made up from units that came from all corners of the Commonwealth and was composed of thirteen divisions from East and West Africa as well as Britain and India. After the defeat of the Japanese these divisions compiled a summary of its actions and it is these unique documents that form the basis of this new book.??Presented here together then for the first time is the story of war against the Japanese as told by each of the divisions that fought in that bitter conflict – the original and authentic accounts untouched by the pens of historians.?These accounts can never be supplanted and will be an invaluable source of information for generations to come. It will also help the many millions of relatives of those men that fought with the Fourteenth Army understand the complex campaign of 1943-1945.??The Fighting Divisions of the Fourteenth Army is completed with citations for those actions which saw the award of the Victoria Cross and detailed Orders of Battle throughout the Fourteenth Army's existence to make this the most detailed study of its kind.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1992-03
Category : Fighter pilots
ISBN : 9781563110320

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Red River Valley Fighter Pilots by Anonim Pdf

Author : Douglas L. Bland
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2010-01-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781926577357

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Uprising by Douglas L. Bland Pdf

A surprise attack on the nation’s military bases and power stations sends the Armed Forces scrambling. When impoverished, disheartened, poorly educated, but well-armed aboriginal young people find a modern revolutionary leader, they rally with a battle cry of "Take Back the Land!" Theirs is a fight to right the wrongs inflicted on them by "the white settlers." They know they are too small to take on the entire country, but they don’t need to. Over a few tension-filled days as the battles rages over abundant energy resources, the frantic prime minister can only watch as the insurrection paralyzes the country. But when energy-dependent Americans discover the southward flow of Canadian hydroelectricity, oil, and natural gas is halted, they do not remain passive. Although none of the country’s leaders see it coming, the shattering consequences unfold with the same plausible harmony by which quiet aboriginal protests decades ago became the eerie premonitions of today’s stand-offs and "days of action."

Author : Johan Raath
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2018-09-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781612006628

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Blood Money by Johan Raath Pdf

A former Special Forces soldier—and presidential bodyguard—shares heart-stopping stories of his time as a private military contractor in Iraq. “I remember the cracking sound of the AK-47 bullets as they tore through our windscreen . . . A piece of bullet struck my bulletproof vest in the chest area and another piece broke off and lodged in my left forearm.” Johan Raath and a security team were ambushed in May 2004 while on a mission to reconnoiter a power plant south of Baghdad for an American firm. He had been in the country for only two weeks. This was a taste of what was to come over the next few years as he worked as a private military contractor (PMC) in Iraq. His mission? Not to wage war, but to protect lives. Raath and his team provided security for engineers working on reconstruction projects in Iraq. Whether in the notorious Triangle of Death, in the deadly area around Ramadi, or in the faction-ridden Basra, Raath had numerous hair-raising experiences. Key to his survival was his training as a Special Forces operator, or Recce. This riveting account offers a rare glimpse into the world of private military contractors and the realities of everyday life in one of the world’s most violent conflict zones.