For the actor, see Christopher Ryan.

Chris Ryan ( a pseudonym), MM was born in Rowlands Gill, Gateshead, 1961. He joined the regular SAS in 1984 after seven years in the territorial SAS and he was later one of the members of the disastrous "Bravo Two Zero" mission, during which a patrol from the Special Air Service (SAS) were sent behind enemy lines in the first Gulf War. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... Christopher Ryan is an English actor who trained at East 15 Acting School in London. ... A pseudonym (Greek: , pseudo + -onym: false name) is an artificial, fictitious name, also known as an alias, used by an individual as an alternative to a persons legal name. ... The Military Medal was (until 1993) a military decoration awarded to personnel of the British Army and other services, and formerly also to personnel of other Commonwealth countries, below commissioned rank, for bravery in battle on land. ... This article is about Gateshead, England. ... Year 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bravo Two Zero (B20) was the callsign of an eight-man British Special Air Service (SAS) patrol that was tasked with observing the M.S.R. (Main Supply Route) between Baghdad and north-west Iraq and finding and destroying Iraqi Scud missile launchers and their fibre optic comms lines in... See also Australian Special Air Service Regiment and New Zealand Special Air Service: The Special Air Service Regiment (SAS) is the principal special forces unit of the British Army. ... For other uses, see Iraq war (disambiguation). ...

The SAS

Chris Ryan originally applied for selection with the 23rd Territorial SAS regiment after unsuccessfully trying to get into the army as a boy soldier at 16. His cousin, Billy was already in it, so he suggested that Ryan come down to the base for a few weekends to see what the army was really like. Ryan loved doing this, and he came down every weekend, eventually almost passing selection several times, but he was too young to continue selection and do 'test week'. He eventually joined the 23rd SAS and shortly afterwards began selection for the 22nd, regular SAS. He passed, joining 'B' squadron. However, needing a parent regiment he, along with another soldier who had joined the SAS from the Royal Navy, planned to spend three months with the Parachute Regiment at Aldershot, but after only a few weeks he was called back to the SAS to go with 'B' Squadron to Aden, where they parachuted into the sea to secure the beach heads whilst the British pulled out. He then spent seven years doing both covert and overt missions with the SAS in various theatres of the world. Secrecy is the condition of hiding information from others. ... Wiktionary:Open - definition Open set (mathematics) Open (sport) - A type of competition in tennis and golf (among others) where entry is open to all qualifiers regardless of age. ...

Bravo Two Zero

One of Ryan's final missions was as part of the Bravo Two Zero patrol in Iraq in the First Gulf War, they were meant to report on enemy positions and call in aircraft to take out any worthwhile targets, as well as destroying fibre optic communication lines. The patrol's signaller was initially given the wrong codes for the radio, making it useless, and the SATCOM did not function. Their emergency TACBE radio devices which were thought to be able to communicate with coalition aircraft in extreme circumstances were in fact almost 250 miles out of their operational range. They were also unprepared for the terrain, as they were told they would be operating in a hot and sandy desert. As it was, the area was barren and rocky and the temperatures plummeted during the night. During their second day in the OP (observation post), their position was compromised by a local farmer driving a bulldozer. Throughout the ensuing few hours, there are several accounts of what happened next. One, as described by Andy MacNab, features APCs and many soldiers of the Iraqi Army surrounding their position and firing on them. The patrol then charged the enemy killing dozens and destroying multiple vehicles. Another one, told by Ryan in his book, 'The One That Got Away', involves a platoon of soldiers or militia attacking them with AK-47's after them being seen and fired on by two armed civilians. There is also possibly an armoured car with a .50 machine gun although Ryan admits in his book he did not see it - the soldier named 'Stan' did and told him about it. The patrol then abandons their position and begin to retreat. The last account, and deemed by many to be the most likely one, is that the farmer and several other armed civilians attack their position and the patrol retreates. This account was popularised in the Micheal Asker book, 'The Real Bravo Two Zero', where the author interviewed many of the people involved in the Bravo Two Zero affair and drew his own conclusions. After retreating, the patrol walked on for several hours, but, they accidentally split after Andy MacNab (who was in the middle of the line of SAS men) heard an aircraft overhead and shouted for everyone to go to ground so he could try and contact it on his TACBE. However, whoever was in front of him did not hear the order and as so Ryan (who was leading), and the other two men in front of MacNab continued walking into the freezing night, leaving the rest of the troops behind. It was not for about another hour though, that this was discovered. Vince, the other man with 'Stan' and Ryan, began to go down with exposure and eventually passed out without Ryan or 'Stan' noticing. When they discovered he was missing, they searched for him but in the end could not find him and had to leave him. Later next day, 'Stan' went off with a farmer who he thought might lead him to vehicle, but he was captured by militia. Ryan was against the decision and advised him not to go, but Stan went anyway. Ryan waited for several hours, but then two Land Rovers appeared, deciding that 'Stan' could not have brought two vehicles, Ryan opened fire, disabling both vehicles. he then walked on for several more days, eventually ending up in a town with a large Iraqi garrison, being discovered, he killed two Iraqis and hid their bodies in the river. He took some water from the river, but it was contaminated with nuclear runoff so he had to go on severely dehydrated. He eventually reached the Syrian border and, using a slip of paper promising the finder of him two hundred pounds, he eventually reached the British embassy and after a few weeks returned to his base of operations in Saudi Arabia. Bravo Two Zero (B20) was the callsign of an eight-man British Special Air Service (SAS) patrol that was tasked with observing the M.S.R. (Main Supply Route) between Baghdad and north-west Iraq and finding and destroying Iraqi Scud missile launchers and their fibre optic comms lines in... See also: 2003 invasion of Iraq and Gulf War (disambiguation) C Company, 1st Battalion, The Staffordshire Regiment, 1st UK Armoured Division The Persian Gulf War was a conflict between Iraq and a coalition force of 34 nations led by the United States. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ...

Ryan traveled over 200 miles in eight days on foot, in both the freezing cold and baking sun. He suffered sleep deprivation, starvation, diarrhoea, severe dehydration and other such physical ailments including loss of all his toenails. He lost a considerable amount of weight (36 lbs), something that could have killed him. Three of the original squad of eight died; two from hypothermia and one killed by gunfire in a firefight as he ran out of ammo. The rest including the leader Andy McNab were captured and brutally tortured. Chris Ryan made history with the "longest escape and evasion by an SAS trooper or any other soldier". This achievement was recognised by the award of the Military Medal. This feat had only ever been matched by another SAS trooper, Jack Stilleto, while lost in the Sahara Desert in 1942 although Chris beat his distance by over 100 miles, but they were in entirely different circumstances. Sleep deprivation is a general lack of the necessary amount of sleep. ... This article is about extreme malnutrition. ... Diarrhoea is the correct way to spell the word Diarrhoea. ... Dehydration (hypohydration) is the removal of water (hydro in ancient Greek) from an object. ... Andy McNab DCM MM (born December 28, 1959) is a British former soldier turned novelist. ... The Military Medal was (until 1993) a military decoration awarded to personnel of the British Army and other services, and formerly also to personnel of other Commonwealth countries, below commissioned rank, for bravery in battle on land. ...

He spent his final two years in the SAS training and finding potential recruits.

After the SAS

Since leaving the SAS in 1994, "Ryan" has written several books, including The One That Got Away (ISBN 1-57488-156-6) — his own account of the Bravo Two Zero mission—as well as a number of novels, including Greed and The Increment. He has also gone on to write a series of books for younger readers — the "Alpha Force" books - and combines a successful career juggling roles as a bestselling writer, motivational speaker and presenter of television documentaries including Hunting Chris Ryan. The Alpha Force Books are a series of childrens books written by Chris Ryan. ... Hunting Chris Ryan is a documentary produced by the BBC in 2003. ...

In 2005, "Chris Ryan" presented a BSkyB show called "How Not to Die", explaining how one should act in various life-threatening situations "One of the most thought provoking programs of its' time" (Chris Thompson 2006).

He helped to develop the game I.G.I.-2: Covert Strike.

Chris Ryan also created and starred in the TV show Ultimate Force. He was a technical advisor and played the role of Blue Troop leader Johnny Bell in series 1. Ultimate Force was a British television drama series shown on ITV, which deals with the activities of the fictional Red Troop of the Special Air Service. ...

Chris Ryan is training and managing a six-man squad to represent Team GB at Sure for Men's Extreme Pamplona Chase in Spain.

Ryan now lives in Coventry England. Recently he visited Kenilworth school to advise pupils on the importance of education.

Chris is currently starring in Special Forces: Manhunt airing on the Military Channel.

Chris produced several programmes titled "Terror Alert: Could You Survive", in each programme Chris showed how to survive disasters include, flooding, a nuclear strike, bio-hazard, terrorist attack on an aircraft, etc.

Books

Non-Fiction

• The One That Got Away
• Chris Ryan's SAS Fitness Book
• Chris Ryan's Ultimate Survival Guide

Fiction

Geordie Sharp (character)

• Stand By, Stand By (1996)
• Zero Option (1997)
• The Kremlin Device (1998)
• Tenth Man Down (1999)

Matt Browning (character)

• Greed (2003)
• The Increment (2004)

Other

• The Hit List (2000)
• The Watchman (2001)
• Land Of Fire (2002)
• Blackout (2005)
• Ultimate Weapon (2006)
• Strike Back (2007)

Code Red

• Flash Flood (2006)
• Wildfire (2007)
• Outbreak (2007)

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• Alpha Force 1: Survival (2002)
• Alpha Force 2: Rat-catcher (2002)
• Alpha Force 3: Desert Pursuit (2003)
• Alpha Force 4: Hostage (2003)
• Alpha Force 5: Red Centre (2004)
• Alpha Force 6: Hunted (2004)
• Alpha Force 7: Blood Money (2005)
• Alpha Force 8: Fault Line (2005)
• Alpha Force 9: Black Gold (2005)
• Alpha Force 10: Untouchable (2005)

External links

• Chris Ryan at the Internet Movie Database

And heres a video of Chris Ryan raping his fellow squad mates: http://youtube.com/watch?v=MHEXzlNHC8Q The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) is an online database of information about movies, actors, television shows, production crew personnel, and video games. ...