Charlie Four Kilo (The Lost Soldier)

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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. 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. Hello Ben, if you watch this and you were the first person that Ben said, “Right get this guy on the show”. Eventually his underworld criminal cocaine network was taken down by the police and he received a 15-year prison sentence. We follow Jones, aka 'The Lost Soldier' , as he desperately tries to free himself from the poisonous lifestyle that becomes his new reality.

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.But he felt that his story needs to be heard as too many veterans are at risk of making the same mistakes he did.

Years later he was involved in a regional wide supply network distributing cocaine around parts of the UK. On leaving the army, he became heavily involved in organised crime, until receiving a 15 year jail sentence. his exploits throughout Europe, the life-threatening entanglements with thugs from all over the world, and finally to his eventual capture ending with a 15-year prison sentence.But if you want a book that tells a full story and comes to a natural conclusion then you will be disappointed.