Our guest on Pod #014 is John Holden. John was a Troop Commander and then OC of 4/73 Bty when they deployed on Operation TELIC in Iraq. On this episode we talk about the near disbandment of the unit due to obsolesence and how they carved a new role in the operational battle space that later helped define the STA patrols concept for the future.

We finish with John's book choice on Desert Island dits Stalingrad by Anthony Beevor. His film choice is Tumbledown. The teams book choices this episode are MI9 by Helen Fry and Accidental Warrior by Geoffrey Picot.

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Op TELIC: STA Patrols in Iraq COIN Operations