3 Commando Brigade

I'The Royal Marines' Commando Brigade's performance in Afghanistan was the finest piece of soldiering I have ever seen'/I - General Sir Richard Dannatt, Chief of the General Staff I3 Commando/I is the explosive, no-holds-barred story of 3 Commando Brigade who, after the tactical retreat of the Parachute Regiment in Afghanistan, took the war to the enemy by adopting the unofficial motto: IWhere they sat still we will manoeuvre, where they were beaten back we will move forward./I I/I The book follows the fortunes of four company commanders - Majors Ewen Murchison, Neil Sutherland, Steve Liddle and Marty Collins, a quartet of firm and close friends who, through their six months in Helmand, fought their way around the countryside, one moment in support of each other in action and the next relieving them in the field. Over the course of these six months, they took the fight to the Taliban by hunting them down, remorselessly and tirelessly, by day and night across the deserts and through fortified compounds, becoming involved in nearly twice as many fire fights in the same length of time as their immediate predecessors. Under constant pressure and facing life-threatening situations as a matter of routine, they and the men around them were forced to summon astonishing reserves of courage in pursuit of their objectives. At the end of their time in Helmand, the Commando Brigade was able to hand over a province that, if not at peace, was considerably closer to it than six months previously. A visceral and eye-opening account of modern warfare, I3 Commando/I reveals the valour, strength and determination of a unique band of men.