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Sergeant Charles "Nish" Bruce QGM (8 August 1956 – 8 January 2002) was a former British Army soldier and freefall expert of high altitude military parachuting who served in 22 (SAS) Special Air Service〔(''Special Forces Roll of Honour, 22 SAS'' )〕 (1982–88). He served with the 22 SAS in the Falklands War, on anti-drug operations in South and Central America and in Northern Ireland during Operation Banner for which he was awarded the Queen's Gallantry Medal in 1986.〔(Medals of Britain – Orders, Decorations and Medals )〕 He received the South Atlantic Medal in 1982 with B Squadron of the 22 Special Air Service and the General Service Medal with the 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment for services in Northern Ireland during The Troubles.〔Read, Tom. ''Freefall'' (Little Brown, Edition 1, 1998), pp. 112–23, 144–53, 162–63, 169–88, 190–201, 216, 224–35, 265, 284–86, 342, front/back cover quotations; ISBN 0-316-64303-3.〕 ==Military career (22 SAS)== In 1982, Bruce was the first special forces soldier to parachute into the South Atlantic during the Falklands War a couple of weeks ahead of the fleet carrying the main task force to recapture the islands〔Sengupta, Kim. () "The Falklands Ceremony is too late for 'abandoned' Veterans", 18 June 2007, ''The Independent''〕〔Geddes, John. ''Highway to Hell (An SAS Veteran's Bloody Account on the Private Army in Iraq)''. Arrow Books, Random House: 2007, p. 180; ISBN 9780099499466.〕 and was a member of Operation Mikado.〔 While in the SAS, due to his extensive skydiving background, he was pivotal in the original trials and development of the high altitude military parachuting High & Low Opening (HAHO & HALO) tactic now routinely used as a conflict insert for Special Forces.〔 HALO jumps would involve jumping at night from 29,000 feet with full oxygen support and 100 lbs additional equipment and a freefall time of approximately 120 seconds before opening the parachute at 3000 feet. HAHO jumps would involve deploying the main canopy at 26,000 feet into high airspeed and drifting down with 20–30 minutes descent time. Bruce joined the Parachute Regiment in 1973 at age 17〔Addley, Esther. () "The Suicide of an Ex-SAS Man, Into the Abyss", 11 January 2002, ''The Guardian'' (paragraphs 7, 8)〕 and in 1978 spent 4 years with The Red Devils Display Team〔(''Nish Bruce Red Devils Stories (Newcastle Show with the Gorilla & 1993 Naked Cyprus Jump)'' )〕 participating in test jumping, international exhibitions and competitions before passing SAS selection and joining 22 SAS in April 1982.〔 Bruce served with 22 SAS B Squadron, 7 (Air) Troop from 1982–1986 and spent 2 years (1986–1988) with G Squadron, 24 (Air)Troop.〔 While with B Squadron 7 Troop, he served with Al Slater, Frank Collins and Steven Mitchell AKA Andy McNab.〔 In a November 2008 interview with the Daily Telegraph, Mitchell described Bruce as 'one of my heroes.'〔McNab, Andy. (), ''The Daily Telegraph'', "Andy McNab on the battle that never ends", 22 November 2008〕 In November and December 1984 Bruce was involved in two SAS covert counter terrorist operations〔 against the Provisional Irish Republican Army in Kesh, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. These operations led to him being awarded the Queen's Gallantry Medal〔McNab, Andy. ''Seven Troop'' (2008), pp. 184–87; ISBN 9780552158664〕〔() QGM citation for Bruce in the 1986 ''London Gazette''〕 ''for exemplary acts of bravery'', the subsequent death of his colleague Al Slater and the high profile deaths of IRA Members Antoine Mac Giolla Bhrighde and Kieran Fleming. Slater was posthumously awarded the Military Medal for his role and bravery in the action.〔(Medal award for Al Slater (posthumous) )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charles "Nish" Bruce」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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