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The acknowledgements highlight the sustained medical and rehabilitation support he received, along with the encouragement of his family and comrades.","MARK ORMROD ROYAL MARINEDOWN  \n'AN AWESOME TRUE ACCOUNT OFMARINES IN COMBAT AND ONE MAN'SREMARKABLE COURAGE'ANDY McNAB  \nLIBRARY  \nMark Ormrod,known to his mates as 'Rammers',was born and brought up in Plymouth and joinedhe Royal Marines at the age of seventeen.Hewas one of only sixteen men from a troop of sixtyrecruits to pass the gruelling thirty-weekCommando Training Course at the first attempt,earning him the right to wear the coveted GreenBeret.  \nAfter taking part in the invasion of Iraq,workingwith a team of medics in 2003,he transferred to a'warfighting'infantry role for the ultimate test,a frontline tour of Afghanistan in October 2007.Heis now based at 42 Commando in Plymouth.  \nDigitized by the Internet Archivein 2022 with funding fromKahle/Austin Foundation  \nhttps://archive.org/details/mandown0000mark  \nMAN DOWN  \nMark Ormrod  \nRoyal Marine  \nCORGI BOOKS  \nTRANSWORLD PUBLISHERS61-63 Uxbridge Road,London W55SAA Random House Group Companywww.rbooks.co.uk  \nMAN DOWNA CORGI BOOK:9780552159494  \nFirst published in Great Britainin 2009 by Bantam Pressan imprint of Transworld PublishersCorgi edition published 2010  \nCopyright ◎Mark Ormrod,Royal Marine,2009  \nMark Ormrod has asserted his right under the Copyright,Designs andPatents Act 1988 to be identified as the author of this work.  \nThis book is a work of non-fiction based on the life,experiences andrecollections of Mark Ormrod.In some cases names of people have beenchanged to protect the privacy of others.The author has stated to thepublishers that,except in such respects,not affecting the substantialaccuracy of the work,the contents of this book are true.  \nA CIP catalogue record for this bookis available from the British Library.  \nThis book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not,by way of trade or otherwise,be lent,resold,hired out,or otherwise circulated without the publisher's priorconsent in any form of binding or cover other than thatin which it is published and without a similar condition,including this condition,being imposed on thesubsequent purchaser.  \nAddresses for Random House Group Ltd companies outside the UKcan be found at:www.randomhouse.co.ukThe Random House Group Ltd Reg.No.954009  \nThe Random House Group Limited supports The Forest StewardshipCouncil(FSC),the leading international forest certification organisation.All our titles that are printed on Greenpeace approved FSC certifiedpaper carry the FSC logo.Our paper procurement policy can be found atwww.rbooks.co.uk/environment  \nTypeset in 11.5/15pt Palatino by Falcon Oast Graphic Art Ltd.Printed in the UK by CPI Cox&Wyman,Reading,RG18EX.  \n24681097531  \nTo all my friends and family and the men andwomen of the British forces  \n\n| Lincolnshire  \u003Cbr>County Council  \u003Cbr>04659491  \u003Cbr>Askews  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