Simon Piles is a former Chief Petty Officer with the Royal Navy.  Gavin Tuach is a serving Royal Navy Warrant Officer and Founder and Director of Hidden Warriors CIC.  Includes a cameo appearance from a special guest. ***** Become a patron at patreon.com/hkpodcasts Patrons receive previews of episodes and get private Q&As with guests ******

Chris Brown is Principal Lead Consultant at Bridewell Cyber Security (https://www.bridewell.com/) and previously served with the British Army's Corps of Royal Engineers, Intelligence Corps and AGC. ***** Become a patron at patreon.com/hkpodcasts Patrons receive previews of episodes and get private Q&As with guests ******

Benjamin "Bags" Simmons is the military adviser to the BBC production "Rogue Heroes". Bags is also the owner of Bare Arms - a company which provides military services to TV & Film. This is Bags' second appearance on H-Hour (first appearance on #40). Prior to founding Bare Arms, Bags served as an Officer in the Royal Tank Regiment and deployment on multiple operational tours during his service. ***** Become a patron at patreon.com/hkpodcasts Patrons receive previews of episodes and get private Q&As with guests ******

Iain is a former Superintendent of West Midlands Police, author of Tango Juliet Foxtrot and podcast host. Iain has appeared on the podcast before #161) and has returned specifically to discuss the recent H-Hour episode featuring Neil Wood. Link to his podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/tango-juliet-foxtrot/id1559103724 Link to his book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tango-Juliet-Foxtrot-British-policing-ebook/dp/B09BTP8QQV ***** H-Hour patrons were sent this podcast before anyone else. Become a patron at patreon.com/hkpodcasts ******

Rachel is a former nurse who worked in NHS hospitals for 17 years.

Rachel has appeared on the podcast before, #179, with her "Just a Mum Podcast" co-host, Clare. 

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Liz McConaghy, from a small town in County Down, spent a total of seventeen years flying with the RAF's Chinook Fleet. Aged just 21, she was the youngest aircrew member to deploy to Iraq and was also the only female crewman' on the Chinook wing for four years. Liz became the longest serving female chinook crew member and during her career deployed to Afghanistan ten times. Liz is also the author of "Chinook Crew 'Chick': Highs and Lows of Forces Life from the Longest Serving Female RAF Chinook Force Crewmember " ***** H-Hour patrons were sent this podcast before anyone else. Become a patron at patreon.com/hkpodcasts ******

Neil Woods spent fourteen years (1993-2007) infiltrating drug gangs as an undercover police officer – befriending and gaining the trust of some of the most violent, unpredictable criminals in Britain. With the insight that can only come from having fought on its front lines, Neil came to see War on Drugs as futile. ***** H-Hour patrons were sent this podcast before anyone else. Become a patron at patreon.com/hkpodcasts ******

Gareth Ellis-Unwin is a British film producer best known for producing the 2010 film The King's Speech, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Picture. He is also the co-founder and CEO of Bedlam Productions, and Head of Film and Animation at ScreenSkills. ***** H-Hour patrons were sent this podcast before anyone else. Become a patron at patreon.com/hkpodcasts ******

Stuart Hale is a former sniper who lost his leg during a mine strike incident in Kajaki, Helmand Province on the 6th September 2006 – the “Day of Days”, during which several others were wounded and one solider was killed - Mark Wright, posthumously awarded the George Cross. In 2008, Stuart became the first amputee to return to the front line in Afghanistan.

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Kim Hughes, GC is a British Army bomb disposal expert and Warrant Officer Class 1 who was awarded the George Cross as a staff sergeant for gallant acts carried out in the Afghanistan conflict. Hughes made safe 119 improvised explosive devices during one of his tours in Afghanistan.