For this he was awarded the Military Medal. It was the longest escape and evasion in the history of the SAS. During the Gulf War, Chris Ryan was the only member of an eight-man unit to escape from Iraq, where three colleagues were killed and four captured. During his ten years there he was involved in overt and covert operations and was also sniper team commander of the anti-terrorist team. Born near Newcastle in 1961, Chris Ryan joined the SAS in 1984. His novels have gone on to inspire the Sky One series Strike Back. Former SAS corporal and the only man to escape death or capture during the Bravo Two Zero operation in the 1991 Gulf War, Chris Ryan turned to writing thrillers to tell the stories the Official Secrets Act stops him putting in his non-fiction.
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