Commando

Win copies of local author's action-packed book

Geoff Nordass, local man from Flamborough, has published a book detailing what may seem to some, an extraordinary life.  Joining the Royal Marines at 17, he completed two tours inNorthern Ireland, was deployed to the Falklands conflict where he served in support of SBS Special Forces, served in Hong Kong on border security missions and completed NATA winter warfare operations inNorwayin an elite Warfare unit. 

After retiring from the Marines as Sergeant, his adventures continued when he trained as a body guard and was employed by Mohamad and Dodi al-Fayed, in private security, and later joined Royal Caribbean Cruises as Director of Security Operations on some of the most luxurious cruise ships in the world.Iraqwould be his next conquest, where he ran private security missions as protection for foreign engineers and their equipment, as the country was being re-built after the war.

Commando is an action packed and technically explicit read, with a light and humorous touch giving an insight into the world of Security, protection, and the darker side of warfare.

Available from Amazon or Obrien Press,Dublin

For your chance to win, answer the following question:

Who did Nordass work for as a Body Guard?

 

Send your entries, marked 'Commando Competition', along with name, address and contact phone number, to Your Local Link, Oaktree Farm, The Moor, Haxby, YO32 2LH. Or email info@yourlocallink.co.uk by latest  30th  November, Usual competition rules apply. 

Copies of the book are also available by emailing tracy@yourlocallink.co.uk

 

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Updated on Tue 30 October 2012, 10:19