Spider Shepherd

“It isn’t a part-time job, it’s a full time, unrelenting commitment and...

The Bosun explained that E & E was so important to the Regiment that every badged soldier...

“Sorry boys, my hands are tied. The order comes from Special Force HQ and I can&rsq...

“So if you can’t find a helicopter anywhere in Sierra Leone for a lift-out, y...

“We’re professional soldiers,” said Shepherd. “We fight for queen...

"So the men you will train as my bodyguards will be selected not on the basis of their ph...

For eight hours Spider Shepherd had been lying up in a sand dune overlooking the six-lane...

Dan “Spider” Shepherd shifted position slightly, trying to ease the pressure ...

Spider Shepherd squatted on his heels outside his tent, drinking his first brew of the da...

Dan “Spider” Shepherd was sipping his first coffee of the day as the sweat fr...

Dan 'Spider' Shepherd was standing on the flight deck of an RAF Hercules C-130, leaning o...

Dan Shepherd stared at the canvas ceiling above his bed as the dawn light slowly strength...