Book description
'Being a JTAC is the closest a soldier on the ground in the midst
of battle can get to feeling like one of the gods - unleashing pure
hellfire, death and destruction' - Duncan Falconer
Meet Sergeant 'Bommer' Grahame, one of the deadliest soldiers on the
battlefield. He's an elite army JTAC (Joint Terminal Attack
Controller- pronounced 'jay-tack') - a specially trained warrior
responsible for directing Allied air power with high-tech precision.
Commanding Apache gunships, A10 tank-busters, F15s and Harrier jets,
he brings down devastating fire strikes against the attacking Taliban,
often danger close to his own side.
Due to his specialist role, Sergeant Grahame usually operates in the
thick of the action, where it's at its most fearsome and deadly.
Conjuring the seemingly impossible from apparently hopeless
situations, soldiers in battle rely on the skill and bravery of their
JTAC to enable them to win through in the heat of the danger zone.
Fire Strike 7/9 tells the story of Bommer Grahame and his
five-man Fire Support Team on their tour of Afghanistan. Patrolling
deep into enemy territory, they were hunted and targeted by the
Taliban, shot at, blown-up, mortared and hit by rockets on numerous
occasions. Under these conditions Sergeant Grahame notched up 203
confirmed enemy kills, making him the difference between life and
death both for his own troops and the Taliban.
Sergeant Paul 'Bommer' Grahame is a NCO with the Light Dragoons, an
armoured assault regiment. After his 180 day tour of Afghanistan,
Sergeant Grahame was commended with an operational award recognising his
performance during the most intense battles of the Afghanistan
deployment. He is currently on a two-year secondment to a training
regiment, teaching his skills to other soldiers.
