Mark ‘Billy’ Billingham: Adapt, Survive and Win

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Jack Carr

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🗓️ 20 October 2021

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

Today’s guest on Danger Close is former SAS operator Mark “Billy” Billingham.

From 1983 to 1991 Billy served in the UK’s Parachute Regiment before joining SAS where he was a Mountain Troop specialist conducting operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, South America and Africa. He is a certified SF and Counter Terrorist Sniper Instructor, an Advanced Evasive Driving Instructor, a Combat Survival/RTI Instructor, a Tracking/Jungle Warfare/Navigation Instructor, a Demolition/Sabotage Instructor, a Ski Mountaineering/Rock Climbing/Abseiling/Ice climbing Instructor, a Counter Terrorist Instructor. He is also a philanthropist and highly sought-after speaker.

He is the author of The Hard Way: Adapt, Survive and Win and the new book Call to Kill: The Enemy Is Everywhere. Following his career in the military, Billy served as a personal bodyguard for high-profile clients including Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Sir Michael Caine, Jude Law, Hulk Hogan, Kate Moss, Russell Crowe and Tom Cruise. Since 2015, Billy has been one of the lead instructors on the television series SAS: Who Dares Wins.

You can learn more about Billy at markbillybillingham.com or follow him on social @billingham22b.

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0:00.0	This is the Danger Close Podcast, beyond the books with me, Jack Carr.
0:16.7	Welcome to the Danger Close Podcast, an Ironclad original presented by Sixth Sour.
0:21.2	My guest today is the amazing Mark Billy Billingham.
0:26.0	You might know him from the series SAS, Who Dairs Wins.
0:30.4	He has also been in the Gunman with Sean Penn and has two books out.
0:35.3	The first one is the Hardway Adapt, Survive, and Win, and Autobiography.
0:41.0	The new one is called Call to Kill.
0:43.3	The enemy is everywhere.
0:45.1	And that is a novel.
0:46.6	That is fiction.
0:48.1	But those of you who know me know I've been long fascinated by the SAS, their history,
0:53.6	their lessons, and Billy Billingham.
0:57.1	He started out in the parachute regiment and then went into the SAS serving in Iraq,
1:03.2	serving in Afghanistan, and other hotspots around the world.
1:06.7	He's also a fellow sniper.
1:08.5	We talk a little bit about that.
1:10.2	And he's bodyguarded, many high profile clients to include Angelina Jolie and Brad Hit.
1:17.4	Amazing.
1:18.4	If you like what you hear, be sure to leave a rating and review wherever you watch
1:23.6	or listen to your podcasts.
1:26.0	Now, without further ado, Billy Billingham.
1:30.8	Thank you so much for taking the time to do this.
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