James Lee – Born on the Wirral and his initial aspiration was to join the Royal Marines. He decided that the Marines looked like hard work.
He became an auto electrician and decided to join the Army. He went onto become a member of the Royal Corp of Transport. Having concluded his training he was posted to Munster and became part of the British Army Of The Rhine.
He spent time in Belfast driving the “Pigs” and only saw the bad parts of Northern Ireland.
James's passion for travel commenced during his early service in the army. He would get in his car and drive round Europe. In Christmas 92 he went to Russia and travelled on the trans-Siberian express. He had to be debriefed by the Royal Military Police. The following year he travelled to China and visited the Great Wall and Tiananmen Square.
Having been posted to Bielefeld he was given the adventure training lodge to look after. It was during a trip to the Naafi he was informed by a staff member he was being posted to Bosnia.
He was posted to Southampton where he oversaw the movement of military equipment. He was then posted to Shorncliffe and then Cyprus where he was promoted to Staff Sgt. During this period he was deployed to Iraq where he was involved in the Draw Down and personally typed every name on flight manifests.
He was deployed to Afghanistan and was attached to the US Forces in Kabul – the Americans were moving 400 containers a day into the region compared to 3 for the UK.
We discuss the decompression zone in Cyprus - Ian Moore gets a mention.
James has published a book called “Licking the Taliban's Flip Flop” This highlights the experiences and light-hearted side of being in the military.
At the conclusion of his military career James undertook his private pilot’s licence and went on to become a flying instructor and is also a registered commercial pilot
James now travels with other pilots across Europe to improve the skill sets of other pilots.
Jon Hunt AKA The flying reporter is a former BBC journalist and featured James and Buddy Aviation on his channel. This has meant his popularity with adventurous clients has significantly increased.
You can find james on social media Twitter Facebook and LinkedIn
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