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He reveals that after the deaths of his colleagues he struggled with thoughts of revenge and applied to join the 14th Intelligence Company - a British army special forces unit - which carried out undercover operations against republicans. Dr Huw Bennett, The reluctant pupil? Britain’s army and learning in counterinsurgency, Royal United Services Institute, 11 October 2009. the quality of the investigation conducted by RUC officers into the circumstances surrounding the shooting; Within a year he joined the Royal Corps of Signals after attending an interview in Omagh just weeks after a bomb ripped through the town killing 29 people and unborn twins.

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The two Derry men were killed as they travelled through the grounds of Gransha Hospital in the city’s Waterside on a motorbike in December 1984.What’s the best way to test mental stamina? Physically destroy someone. Unfortunately, for the candidates, there’s no shortage of ways to achieve that. The review into your brother’s death is within the caseload of the PSNI’s Legacy Investigation Branch and remains incomplete. It is important that the views expressed by Dr Shephard and other witnesses in this case are fully considered to ensure the review conclusions are factual. The truth is actually I did try for special forces because of what I had experienced, particularly the death of my friends, I was looking for revenge," he said. But I think that was my experience for years and it wasn't until I went across to America actually and spent some time with Vietnam veterans and priests actually, who had been in Vietnam and then had been ordained, that I was able to talk about this stuff amongst people that completely understood it."

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McCaffrey, Barry (13 July 2006). "Revealed — how British threatened harsh sanctions over SAS arrests". Irish News . Retrieved 15 April 2015. He was himself subjected to daily harassment going to and from school; stopped, spread-eagled against the nearest wall and searched. He saw and experienced all these things before his 14th birthday. The former soldier, who uses the pseudonym Seán Hartnett, served with the British army’s secret Joint Communications Unit - Northern Ireland, being deployed to the north in 2001. Some of the details of the case were discussed at a recent coroner’s court hearing into the Derry killings. He is believed to be Captain Simon Hayward, a convicted drugs smuggler who was said to have acted as a liaison officer between MI5, the SAS and the RUC’s undercover unit known as E4.He added that when he failed special forces selection he decided "to chose a different weapon if I was to re-engage in Northern Ireland".