Charlie Four Kilo (The Lost Soldier)

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We follow Jones as he desperately tries to free himself from the poisonous lifestyle that becomes his new reality. It show good humour and unabashed bravado the author uses to describe this type of life style life and the sheer scale of drug deals and the effect this has not only on the characters but those who are unaware of the lifestyles of those involved. He applied himself with such enthusiasm that the prison identified that there is a problem for veterans and permitted Rich to deliver his course to veterans while still in prison, with no staff present. Upon leaving the British Army he found himself directionless and became heavily involved in organised crime.

Years later he was involved in a regional wide supply network distributing cocaine around parts of the UK. But he felt that his story needs to be heard as too many veterans are at risk of making the same mistakes he did.So I watch the author on tiktok and always liked his videos when I stumbled onto the fact he wrote a book , I thought to myself “why don’t I give it a try he seems like a sound lad “ boy was I glad I did it gripped me from chapter one and I even started feeling like I knew the characters myself ( although I didn’t ) although I don’t condone breaking the law in any way this guy opened my eyes into the pressures surrounding such crimes , and if you haven’t watched this guy on tiktok u should go over he’s great and very informative when giving answers to related questions viewers ask him , back to the book , if you want a good read , a true story from a likeable person this is the book for you ! To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Rich left school in 1986 with no exam grades, he drifted from job to job but felt he needed and could offer more so in 1988 at the age of 18 Rich joined the British army, after successfully completing basic and trade training he was posted out to Germany where his unit the Third Royal Tank Regiment was stationed as part of NATO, the aim of which was to provide a deterrent from the Warsaw Pact attacking the west. Rich left this life behind him and is now an author and a veterans support speaker, teacher, mentor and course creator. Rich gained promotion soon after, but life in the army especially in Germany was beginning to change.

Rich gained immediate employment as a surveillance operative working with Ex, forces, special forces and police.

You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Drugs culture unfortunately did, Rich found that the lifestyle in the clubs was what he secretly craved for.

Brother it’s lovely to have you on and you have the esteemed honour, as we have a new producer on the podcast. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others.Rich left the army in 1995 and as a part of his exit strategy he was trained by special forces to become a close protection officer(Bodyguard) and surveillance operative. With the collapse of the old east there was no longer an imminent threat so the army was downsized meaning the disbandment and amalgamation of a large number of regiments, this had a profound effect on Rich and his chance of progression, he looked at his options to leave the forces but in 1993 was lucky to be redeployed as a part of the UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus.

On leaving the army, he became heavily involved in organised crime, until receiving a 15 year jail sentence. Hello Ben, if you watch this and you were the first person that Ben said, “Right get this guy on the show”. All of this though was eclipsed by his introduction to ecstasy and the social lifestyle that came with it. The life of a cold war soldier was quite different to that of the soldiers from more recent conflicts. Rich’s transition out of the army was going wrong and he gradually moved away from the security industry and begin to apply the same skills set and training to his new life, distributing drugs.I met Rich through voluntary work at HMP Oakwood and was interested to read the book to find out more about what had led him there. During his time away Rich made a conscious decision to reform himself and he decided to engage with the veteran support that is common in the prison system. Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. Rich was considered as the one at the top of his respective tree and after a lengthy trial involving a large number of defendants he was found guilty and sentenced to 15 years, half of which would be spent in prison the other half would be in the community.