The Gurkha Who Made It Into the 22 SAS | Krishna Thapa

Krishna Thapa looks back on his journey from growing up in Nepal and earning a place in the Gurkhas to passing SAS selection and serving in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other operations around the world. We also discuss mountain warfare, the culture of the SAS, the loss of fellow operators, and how meditation and the “Warrior Monk” mindset helped shape his life after military service. Today's Sponsors: VAER Watches ⬇️ https://www.vaerwatches.com/theteamhouse get a free watch roll with your purchase. 20% for active duty, veteran, leo, & first responders GhostBed ⬇️ https://www.ghostbed.com/house FOR 10% off! PrizePicks ⬇️ Visit https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/TEAMHOUSE and use code TEAMHOUSE and get $150 if you win your first $5 lineup! For ad free video and audio and access to live streams... JOIN OUR PATREON! https://www.patreon.com/c/TheTeamHouse To help support the show and for all bonus content including: -live shows and asking guest questions -ad free audio and video -early access to shows -Access to ALL bonus segments with our guests Subscribe to our Patreon! ⬇️ https://www.patreon.com/TheTeamHouse ___________________________________________________ GRAB JACK'S NEW BOOK "THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN" ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/803651/the-most-dangerous-man-by-jack-murphy/paperback/ Subscribe to the new EYES ON podcast here:⬇️ https://www.youtube.com/@EyesOnGeopoliticsPod/featured Jack Murphy's book "We Defy: The Lost Chapters of Special Forces History" ⬇️ https://www.amazon.com/We-Defy-Chapters-Special-History-ebook/dp/B0DCGC1N1N/ Or make a one time donation at: ⬇️ https://ko-fi.com/theteamhouse Social Media: ⬇️ The Team House Instagram: https://instagram.com/the.team.house?utm_medium=copy_link The Team House Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheTeamHousePod Jack’s Instagram: https://instagram.com/jackmcmurph?utm_medium=copy_link Jack’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/jackmurphyrgr?s=21 Team House Discord: ⬇️ https://discord.gg/wHFHYM6 "Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio" 00:00 – Start 01:04 – Growing Up in Nepal & the Gurkha Bloodline 04:56 – His Grandfather, World War II & the Kukri 07:21 – The Kukri: Tool, Symbol & Weapon 08:07 – Being Born Into a Gurkha Family Legacy 10:37 – The History of the Gurkhas 13:03 – Attempting Gurkha Selection at 17 14:10 – The Brutal Doko Race 16:14 – Growing Up in the Himalayas & Preparing for Selection 17:50 – Failing Gurkha Selection the First Time 18:36 – Coming Back & Making It on His Second Attempt 19:55 – Gurkha Basic Training & Learning English 21:39 – British Officers & the Gurkha Command Structure 24:22 – Joining 1st Royal Gurkha Rifles 25:09 – Life Inside a Gurkha Battalion 27:27 – Years of Training, Courses & Preparing for War 28:41 – Jungle Warfare in Brunei 29:32 – How the SAS Suddenly Entered the Picture 31:07 – The First Gurkha Trial for SAS Selection 33:41 – Arriving at SAS Selection With 375 Candidates 37:05 – The Mental Pressure of SAS Selection 38:33 – Only Two Gurkhas Make It Through 40:10 – Adapting to SAS Culture 43:16 – Jungle Selection in Brunei 46:08 – Joining SAS Mountain Troop 48:00 – Learning Mountaineering From Scratch 49:36 – Why Mountain Warfare Is So Difficult 52:08 – Nepalese Operators in the SBS 52:40 – Mentoring Fellow Nepalese Special Operators 54:12 – The Culture Shock of Joining the SAS 56:56 – Deployments With the SAS 58:03 – Going to War in Iraq 59:16 – The Missions That Stayed With Him 1:00:44 – Using Mountain Warfare Skills in Afghanistan 1:02:02 – Becoming Chief of Mountain & Winter Warfare 1:03:29 – Teaching Special Forces Around the World 1:05:01 – His Final Assignment in UK Special Forces 1:05:40 – Gurkhas, British Citizenship & Life After Service 1:07:09 – Planning for Retirement 1:08:06 – Meditation as a Secret Weapon During War 1:09:58 – Leaving the Military & Starting Over 1:10:33 – How the “Warrior Monk” Began 1:12:00 – Teaching People How to Fight and How to Heal 1:13:50 – Working With Veterans, PTSD & Civilians 1:14:37 – Warrior Monk Mindset 1:15:08 – Closing Thoughts Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-team-house--5960890/support https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-team-house--5960890/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss.

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  Yeah, absolutely. Hey, folks. This is the Team House. I'm Jack Murphy. And tonight's guest on the show, we're very happy to have Krishna Tapia on the show. He served in the Nepalese Gurkhas and then went on to serve in the British Special Air Service, and a very unique career and unique background. And I'm really glad to have you here today. Thank you, Krishna.

• 4:29Speaker 07

  Thank you, sir. You know, it's my honor and privilege to be to be on your podcast and having a, you know, talk with you. And I have to say, this is my first, you know, US-based podcast, and very excited. And it's my privilege and honor.

• 4:47Jack Murphy?

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• 4:57Speaker 07

  Absolutely. I think that would be, that would be great. Yeah.

• 5:02Jack Murphy?

  So Krishna, let's start at the beginning. Tell us about your childhood, your upbringing.

• 5:09Speaker 07

  Yes, obviously, I born in Nepal. Those who've been to Nepal in the Onopurna, the land of highest mountain.

• 5:17Jack Murphy?

  Oh, yeah, it's beautiful.

• 5:18Speaker 07

  Everest, the Mount Everest, and the very famous for the, you know, Buddhist philosophy, Buddha, and also the warrior, the fighters, the Gurkhas. So, yeah, I am, I'm from there. And in my tribe, the first child, especially the son, is responsible for, for the spiritual and the, you know, worship. And my tribe, I'm a Mughar, my real tribe, and Mughar is the, is the, my fifth and sixth grand, great, great grandfather was the bloodline, the Gurkhas.

• 6:02Speaker 07

  However, we are growing up as a nature, you know, wisdom and, and day-to-day prayer for the nature, the way of life, and we worship our parents as, as our kind of basis of God. And, and that's why my grandfathers, we lost him in Second World War, and then that has the bloodline of the warrior, but yet again, have the, you know, the understanding of compassion for the prayer and offer, and especially me being a first, first son, and my responsibility

• 6:44Speaker 07

  from early age is to, every single day, waking up, you know, the, and the offering, the connection with the nature and the, you know, the culture, we call the prakriti. Prakriti is a nature and resource and base on the nature and, and the yet again, has the day-to-day standing and, and for the, for, for the, you know, our duty and responsibility.

• 7:16Jack Murphy?

  So could you tell us a little bit more about your grandpa? Because I know the Gurkhas were very active in World War II. Somewhere in the studio, actually, right there, I have,

• 7:31Jack Murphy?

  I got in Nepal.

• 7:33Speaker 07

  Oh.

• 7:34Jack Murphy?

  The, this is the, as I was told, at least, this was the style of kukri that they carried in World War II.

• 7:42Speaker 07

  Yeah. Very, very, yeah, this is the kukri. We call the kukri. It is, my childhood is seeing my grandfather, who I lost in Second World War, and seeing his kukri hanging in my wall as a childhood, you know, growing up into the Nepal Himalayas, foothill of the Onopurna. Yeah, that's how we, our blood were, you know, and part of the Gurkhas and the kukri. When I joined the Gurkhas in the UK in 1996, and we had three set of Gurkha kukris issued as part of

• 8:25Speaker 07

  the, you know, you know, compulsory from the British Army. And then the one is for the day-to-day, you know, just walking and chopping the, you know, in day-to-day walking, and other one is for ceremony, when you, you know, like, number two dress and, you know, VIP, and other one is just spare. So that's part of the military shoot as well. Yeah. And then the kukri is the, you know, essence and also the representation of who we are, and is brought of blood, not only our generation, but the blood is the same, is the same color, same elements, is come from

• 9:09Speaker 07

  thousand years, and that DNA is who we are today. And our job is to protect that bloodline so that the generation, still the blood gonna be continued. So it is the very much of who the Gurkhas and who, and the I am here today as well. That is the reason, yet again, we bow and with the gratitude and offering and, you know, for, for, for our ancestor.

• 9:42Jack Murphy?

  Correct me if I'm wrong, but does it, it also plays a special role in Nepalese society? Because it's both on one hand, an agricultural tool, but also a weapon of war.

• 9:54Speaker 07

  Absolutely. You know, let's be honest, you know, Jack, we are, we are all, if we find the core of our human, we are the peace and we are the war and we have the ability to think and react. And if need be, and we we became the warrior, we became the danger. And I think that's what they signify. The, you know, we can use for our survival part at the same time, if need be, that same thing became our weapon as well. Yes, absolutely.

• 10:28Jack Murphy?

  And so as you're growing up, you're seeing your father's, or I'm sorry, your grandfather's kukri up on the wall. And you mentioned you're the first son in the family. What was sort of your parents' idea of sort of what your role was going to be as you came into adulthood?

• 10:44Speaker 07

  Yeah. So, uh, thank you. It's a very good question. And because my grandfather and the, and a great grandfather was in also in the Gurkhas, but my father, he tried to join for seven years, seven years to join the Gurkhas, but the, he couldn't, you know, he wasn't able to join. He's pretty tough. You know, about thirty thousand applicant each year. And to be the joining the British Gurkha from Nepal is about hundred and eighty pass. So out of twenty thousand applicant and it is the hardest uh uh passing rate. Apparently it's harder than Harvard University. So, uh, and then

• 11:28Speaker 07

  because of that, my father and my mother, before I born, they had a dream for me to be a Gurkha, to be continue the legacy of our, I know, of uh grands, uh Gurkhas bloodline. And they had a dream again before I born, I am the Gurkha. And, and then, and that's their wish and dream. At the same time, our ritual and culture being a boy, first boy from Nepal is born with the responsibility of offering and gratitude and nature and became the priest. We call the puzari. Puzari is a person who

• 12:11Speaker 07

  carried away our culture and traditional as responsible and, and we, for whatever we believe, you know. So yes, they had that dream uh before I even, uh, before I even born, basically.

• 12:28Jack Murphy?

  And yeah, I, I mean, as you're talking, I just, uh, I'm thinking about, you know, when I was in Nepal, I visited the Gurkha Museum. And, and got to see, you know, what is it like four or five floors of the history? I mean, I, I read a book about the Gurkhas fighting Pashtuns in Afghanistan during the British colonial wars. I mean, it's, it's an incredible um history, like a history of warfare, and you can kind of find Gurkhas all through it. Um, could you tell, um, listeners a little bit about the history of the Gurkhas?

• 13:02Speaker 07

  Yes, absolutely. So Gurkhas were started uh in eighteen fourteen, when the British, uh, you know, invaded and he start, you know, occupying the India. And on that, during the time they coming to, you know, capture the land of Himalayas up in a mountain. And during the eighteen fourteen and eighteen fifteen, and when they come across the very, you know, intense and then fight with the Gurkhas in the border. And then what the British force realizes, the young, small guys from mountain is so hard to fight and, and then, and they couldn't, you know, gather the momentum as much as you like, even the massive number and massive outsource.

• 13:48Speaker 07

  And they realized wouldn't be very nice to became friends so that then rather than fighting them and they can, we can become friends and then they will fight with us and we can go and explore the other part of the wall. You know, that's how the, the, you know, the Gurkhas started in nineteen fourteen fifteens. The word Gurkha, the word Gurkha is also very, you know, the, when you speak the sound, you has the sound of ro, you know, sound of lion, sound of animals, you know, that's the real science about the world itself. And then the, you know,

• 14:28Speaker 07

  and then this, you know, history began, the Gurkhas with, with the British forces around the world, you know, in a second world war. And then the, you know, uh, the bow, you know, altogether twenty six Victoria Cross, um, you know, which is one of the highest, um, you know, uh, um, number of uh, as you need get, you know, from for second world war town till now is, is, you know, with that number, you know, we are not that big, but in terms of uh, Victoria Cross and award and then in honor and, and it's, it's my privilege and honor to be in the same shoes with those legend and then the warrior from my bloodline.

• 15:11Speaker 07

  And here I am today, you know, to talking about them and, you know, it's, it's been, it's been and the most, um, you know, utter most respect and then honor to be in the same shoes.

• 15:24Jack Murphy?

  So it sounds like your parents had basically decided you were to be a Gurkha. Uh, when you did turn eighteen or, you know, whatever the age limit was, when you reached adulthood, um, what was it like joining the Gurkhas? What was sort of the selection process like?

• 15:40Speaker 07

  Yeah, um, to be honest, it's pretty tough. Uh, one of definitely, um, on the young age, when I just turned seventeen and a half is the legally allowed and seventeen and a half when I applied is pretty tough and, and challenging as well. Uh, but the, the young boy, you know, just try to, you know, can do attitude, but yet again, when you face with the mountain of challenge and the processes, uh, you know, when that thousand of the young boy have a same dream, you know, same desire, same bloodline, wanted to protect

• 16:18Speaker 07

  and move on in their life and career. It's pretty tough, but at the same time, you know, um, uh, you, we have to willing to do more and give up. Uh, never give up. And then the, one of the hardest uh uh a part is in, we call the doko, you must have seen, you know, doko carrying the load on our forehead and run in about five kilometer uphill. And then, uh, the hardest thing is, is not the, uh, how fast we run uphill with, you know, twenty five KG on your back, but you know,

• 16:57Speaker 07

  how, uh, it's not about time, it's about the first second thought, you know, if you are in the group, first second thought, you have a chance and you might, the time, it doesn't really matter, but are you in the leading back of your group? Are you willing to work hard? You know, it's all about grueling and hard and harsh and grafting, you know, to, to next level. I think that's the hardest part when you are young, just, you know, just turn to eighteen years old. And yet again, you know, um, the, the driven force is our attitude and aptitude to,

• 17:37Speaker 07

  to gather the momentum and the dream, not only my dream, but my parents' dream for the legacy, the, the my, and my grandfather dream, you know, who I still saw his kukri hanging on my wall from the young boy. And when he's, you know, not here, you know, those are the, you know, driven uh hook, uh, psychological and emotional hook we grown up. And that, that's why I realize actually a date is not the defined moment, but how we live in this life and how we live

• 18:14Speaker 07

  uh now is more important for us. That's why our slogan is, is, is better to die than to be a coward. You know, I think that's the Gurkhas motto and, and we truly uh live by all the Gurkhas and the, and, and also still I do.

• 18:35Jack Murphy?

  I wanted to ask you, um, if you found or you felt that you were well prepared for the Gurkha selection process from growing up in the Annapurna region where the, the terrain is very difficult, the air is very thin. Um, did, did that kind of help get you ready for this?

• 18:56Speaker 07

  Yeah, I think definitely there is the advantage, uh, you know, advantages being in the high ground, being in the remote and most a harsh condition. But if I have honest with you, no amount of preparation, no amount of training will ever to be uh ready. And when the challenge hit in our face and then start running and start moving, I think uh as, uh, you know, no matter how much we prepare physically and mentally, but nothing and not amount is enough. But I think that's where the importance of our, our psychological and emotional hook is so important in life.

• 19:41Speaker 07

  What is the dream that's bigger than who we are? You know, what is the reason you are fighting and you are protecting? What is the true reason? And that, what I found is the reason is behind us. And that is what we are physically and mentally drain. And that is the something outside will pull up and give us even more deeper meaning. And I think, yes, I think that's, even though I thought I prepare and I failed the first time as well, you know, and after the years of preparation and carrying the doko on my back every four AM, you know, morning up and down.

• 20:22Speaker 07

  And when I turn up, I still failed the first time. But you know what? In life, what I realize is actually sometime stepping back is actually in life, we, we move forward.

• 20:34Jack Murphy?

  Yes.

• 20:35Speaker 07

  And in, in, in that moment in time, we have to learn to accept uh our functional uh mind and accept what is, what can I do right now? And that's what the important. I wonder what can I learn, you know, when I'm, can I learn to stepping back in the moment? That mean we might moving forward in the life.

• 21:00Jack Murphy?

  And the, so the second time you made it. Through and but presumably you're still a pretty young guy like eighteen.

• 21:07Speaker 07

  Yeah, so just just passed eighteen and a half on the second time. But then I think in the second time I realized more than my physical and the you know mental preparation, I think I had gathered my confident and courage within me. And definitely I felt that the you know, this is me this time, you know, I have when I'm stepping into the Gurkha camp in Pokhara. And and then rather than with a full of doubt and then you know uncertainty, I think I have this courage and the confident.

• 21:44Speaker 07

  This is my time, you know, I'm into the arena now and then and then you know, I'm and I prepare very well. And but at the same time, I I didn't have a doubt on me. I think sometime having a doubt is good, but not too much. But this time, because I I was very, you know, you know, bring the courage within me. And I I did prepare very well as well. And yeah, I think I've been very lucky as well. And then I managed to get into Gurkhas, yeah.

• 22:16Jack Murphy?

  And then what is the sort of like basic training when you begin?

• 22:21Speaker 07

  So first and foremost is the education, because obviously when you know, when I joined Tuverness, I couldn't speak a one long sentence in English, because obviously I don't still today, I don't have any formal education as such. And that is one of the biggest challenges and and to be able to, you know, understand the language and culture. And the you know, the and all the values and and once you do that, I think

• 22:57Speaker 07

  I think mental aspect of preparation and educational knowledge is so important, especially for the Gurkhas. And because our physical elements and physical, you know, being born in the Himalayas and grown up is we're pretty much there. But it just having the attitude of understanding the, you know, it's nine month, nine month of training. Physical, emotional, psychological at the same time, especially for the Gurkhas is education. I think that's probably the what the biggest battle and and and we have to compete.

• 23:36Speaker 07

  And then when you come to the UK and we have to compete with the, you know, wider, you know, British Armed Forces and and the coming over that part psychologically is probably the quite hard. But yet again, you know, when you have the will, will to do, will to live and and will to die, what to believe. And I think that any other obstacle can be overcome.

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  I wanted to ask also, what is sort of the role of the British military in the Gurkhas today? Were they your instructors? Were they commanding officers? What is that relationship like?

• 28:35Speaker 07

  So pretty much all the command elements and officers are the British Gurkhas. But they have to choose during their officer cadre and they will have to choose they want to be a Gurkhas. And that's why our officer, like senior officer, Colonel, Major and the officer, you know, commanding are pretty much the British Gurkhas again, but they can't just switch, you know, from the other, they have to make their career when they applied for the sand dust and they will say, I want to be a Gurkhas.

• 29:13Speaker 07

  And then if they selected and being going to the Gurkha as officer is one of the hardest from the British, you know, sand dust officer. It's like zero zero one percent chance, only one or two have able to get in from the sand dust. And when they choose and if they pass and they will fly to Pokhara or you've been in the Gurkha museum. And there's Gurkha camp and they do maybe three to four months of cultural, you know, education. And the understanding the Gurkha mindset, values and our ethos. And they come back and then and then they they start commanding the platoon commander and then the officers.

• 29:55Speaker 07

  So still today is pretty much hundred percent is manning by the British officer. But now lately, those who are a little bit more educated Gurkhas, then they can be selected in the future, you know, the late entry, early Gurkha officers. And that is now slowly coming to the, you know, the later on these days, some Gurkhas are selected for the officer now as well. But still, our channel command and the, you know, the Colonel and then key posts are still the British officers.

• 30:32Jack Murphy?

  Do they send those those gentlemen, the Nepalese officers, do they go to Sandhurst also and then come back?

• 30:39Speaker 07

  Yeah, yeah. So now the very few, those who are especially the, you know, like the educational, if they have able to meet the criteria for the education, now they are channeling through the, you know, very specifically, very less percent to the sand dust and they can come back as a Gurkha officer as well. Yes.

• 30:59Jack Murphy?

  That's pretty interesting. And so which Gurkha unit was your first station?

• 31:07Speaker 07

  I was the first Royal Gurkha rifles, which is we call one RGR. And at the moment, we just have two infantry regiment, which is one RGR and two RGR. And they're based in the nearby, the Sonic Cliff and down the south border to the Dover and the UK. And one infantry is in the south, which is nearby Dover. And other one is Burnai, you know, in into the Burnio jungle. So we are the two unit and each three to four years, we we change, change the unit.

• 31:49Jack Murphy?

  And what was life like? In one RGR at that time, what year was this by the way?

• 31:55Speaker 07

  Uh, nineteen ninety five, nineteen ninety six.

• 31:58Jack Murphy?

  Okay.

• 31:59Speaker 07

  Yeah. So yeah, being a Gurkhas, first of all, is great, you know, when you are passed to the Gurkhas and the boy, I dream, you know, every single boy from Nepal, especially, you know, for me, the legacy of grandfather and it's not only my dream, it's my legacy of my grand, great, great grandfathers and my parents' dream. And it's been great, great and then and and routine, you know, obviously Gurkhas are very, uh, you know, routine and then our training and we, we care about our, our colleagues and, and we,

• 32:38Speaker 07

  essence, actually, we, we have our own, you know, Nepalese Gurkha cookhouse and we eat, still maintain the culture, still have a traditional and then, you know, I enjoyed, you know, I had a great, uh, you know, team and still after forty years, you know, oh, sorry, after thirty years now, still we are, we are very close and then uh, everyone knows, not only the, our, our friends, but our families and kids are, we, we know, we, we live in a very much uh, our and uh, our core uh, families and also we celebrate our, you know, every, every, every month, we have this some sort of celebration and we still

• 33:22Speaker 07

  uh, live by, live by our values and very close uh, so that we can look after each other when it's uh, time comes, yeah.

• 33:33Jack Murphy?

  Uh, did, uh, did you get deployed anywhere during that timeframe? I imagine there were some peacekeeping operations during that, those years?

• 33:40Speaker 07

  Yeah, there was a, there was a peacekeeping operation in that time, but I didn't have any, um, you know, operational SAS deployment from, you know, nineteen ninety five to zero three, which is, you know, my, uh, actually my, you know, I spent very few, few year with the Gurkhas, uh, unfortunately. So in that time, uh, you know, there's few peace operation, but not much operational, I guess.

• 34:06Jack Murphy?

  Mm hmm. Well, I mean, that is a good span of time. It's eight, eight years or so, um, nine years. Uh, what did kind of, how did they occupy your time during those, those years?

• 34:19Speaker 07

  Yes, I think, uh, my ninety percent of my Gurkhas, uh, obviously, you almost like one year plus is a regular training. Um, and when I came to the, uh, first Royal Gora rifles and then majority of my time being occupied, uh, by the courses and training and, and build, building up. So I was obviously trained for volunteer for the parachute, you know, uh, combat para, uh, and then I also trained for the PTR and then, you know, like shooting the hundred, you know, we call the army, uh, army one hundred, I was in the shooting teams

• 34:58Speaker 07

  and the, and I, I was pretty much doing all, you know, the language training and pretty much I would say my, uh, seven, six, seven years career with the Gurkhas are ninety percent is on the course, you know, so I just run around and then doing all the courses and yeah, that's, that was my career with the Gurkhas.

• 35:20Jack Murphy?

  And did your unit switch out with the unit in Brunei at, at one point?

• 35:24Speaker 07

  Yes. Yes. So I, uh, spent maybe, uh, two years, first two years, uh, in, in the Dover, uh, where we was one RGR. Then and in the, you know, uh, twenty, two thousand two, uh, in that time and I, we, we went to the Brunei, then took over the, you know, jungle, uh, jungle warfare. There I spent a lot of time in jungles and Borneo and then little bit of, you know, peacekeeping and then the, you know, uh, with, with the locals in, in, in Malaysia and Brunei, you, that's, that was little bit kind of, not operational, but just, you know, um,

• 36:04Jack Murphy?

  Security.

• 36:05Speaker 07

  Yeah, yeah, security, uh, stability, training and tasks.

• 36:12Jack Murphy?

  And so by the time you get to two thousand and three, how does the special air service come into the picture?

• 36:20Speaker 07

  So, yes, I think if honest with you, just out of blue. So basically, you know, of course, you know, if honest with you and, um,

• 36:30Speaker 07

  of course, everyone heard about the SAS and then, uh, just out of blue, one day my OC, uh, called me in, uh, British officer OC called me in office and said, uh, and then I was like, you know, young, very young guys, very keen on the career and course. And I was actually afraid and then, you know, saddened myself, you know, why, you know, we, you know, why the officer is calling in my, in his office. Normally, often, often ninety nine percent is something you, you done wrong and then there's a punishment. So I was just thinking color and in his office and he said like, oh, Chris, uh, sit down and, and he first question he asked was,

• 37:14Speaker 07

  did you hear about the SAS? I said like, of course, you know, every, every soldier is, you know, we, everyone heard about the SAS. And he said like, oh, what do you, how much you knew about the selection? I said like, none. You know, I have no idea about the selection. And he said like, oh, well, um, yeah, I think all you have to do is carry your Bergen backpack and you start running in the break and beacons. And I said, oh, you know, I think, I think I can do that. And he said like, no, I think it's the first time from the, you know, Royal Gora rifles, uh, we wanted to send, send the trial, the Gurkhas, you know, how, how the Gurkhas will do on, in the special forces, um, you know,

• 37:58Speaker 07

  selection. And then we, we choose, uh, um, you know, you are one of them. And I was like, two minutes, I was pretty shocked and surprised and first and foremost, you know, I, I genuinely think I'm, I'm, I'm not that, I'm not good enough, if honest with you. But in the other hand, you know, being a soldier and being a Gurkhas especially and, and our, one of the key principle is we, we listen to the order, you know, we learn to survive through the authority. Growing up, my father, my mother, and we, we devour and gratitude and for something behind ourselves.

• 38:38Speaker 07

  And when the my, my OC said that, yes, you are of them. And I said like, okay, you know, if you have a trust on me, then I can only do my best. Yeah. So that's the, uh, you know, very by chance, by sudden and the, you know, the SAS came to, came to my picture, I guess.

• 38:57Jack Murphy?

  That's very interesting. I mean, so you were almost, uh, an experiment, uh, in, in a way. And do you think they selected you because of your, like, uh, your language abilities and your good physical training scores and, and that sort of thing?

• 39:13Speaker 07

  Yeah, hundred percent because the, you know, we, our, from our unit in that, uh, year and a first trial from the RGR, uh, we have about forty, forty different individual were selected. And then the, and you know, then I, you know, then I couldn't drive and still my English was, I was learning, you know, over the last few years to be, you know, try to be, you know, good at it, but I doesn't, I didn't think by that time I'm good enough. And then the, then, then, you know, but, uh, he said like, okay, next week, we got your, you know, Land Rover.

• 39:52Speaker 07

  The, on one green Land Rover we outside for you is, uh, yourself and then thirty or other Gurkhas will be jumping in there. And then all you have to do is, uh, you know, carry the backpack and start, you know, on, you know, building up your muscles and, and I, I said like, oh, you are the OC, you are the commander, I'm here to serve. So if you send me and I'm, I will do and I'll do. That's kind of my attitude, I guess.

• 40:21Jack Murphy?

  And what was the selection course like when you got there?

• 40:25Speaker 07

  Oh, yeah, I think especially, I think for me was uh. Those are the moment and and the uh time I can't comprehend with my mind. Because what I mean is when I turn up and my selection was one of the biggest is about three hundred seventy five. And when I turn up first thing in the morning, four A M. And all all I can see is like giant, you know, the, you know, all the marine and commandos and paras. And, you know, all this big, you know, muscle and then tall. And now here I am, this small gurkhas on the side, like carrying the backpack.

• 41:05Speaker 07

  I love what, you know, it's, you know, one of those things, I couldn't comprehend myself, what I am and what I'm doing. But uh at the same time, what I realize is sometime not knowing. And then, you know, being a small uh yet again, just show up is enough, you know, in life. Uh just show up on time and with the right dress. And then it's okay to feel small, I think it's okay to not know everything. But what I learned is uh I show up and yet again, my mind couldn't comprehend those days and time.

• 41:45Speaker 07

  And yeah, it was a pretty much wow moment, I think, from the day, every day for me was new. Every day I was, I didn't have any idea about what selection to be like, if honest with you. But however, I think I'm, I I was very eager to listen, you know, I'm very eager to, you know. Uh at least when the time and place is given and I promise myself, you know. Because in my mind, always have in my back of my defense was my legacy. You know, it's not my only dream, I am gurkhas because of my parents' dream. Then my officer selected for me to go on the S S.

• 42:30Speaker 07

  And my my only duty of care is what I left behind, you know. It's not more than what I'm seeing, it's something I have a very fundamental base within me. And that is the reason I'm so up and all we can need sometime is just move from there. And I think uh that is the only thing in my mind, if honestly, still. Um and yeah, every moment when I receive the brief and then and then they will give me the, obviously, you know, the. You know, distance and direction and, you know, and all we can do is, you know, just move forward and do our best, I guess.

• 43:08Jack Murphy?

  It sounds like, you know, you had a good attitude uh going into it. And also, you know, sometimes not knowing all the specifics is actually a good thing.

• 43:18Speaker 07

  Yes, yeah, I definitely falling by that, Jack, I think I have no, again, I was like, oh, my god. You know, that's that's the only thing I can imagine. And also, you know, uh sensory overload, I think, you know, and but and then I think, but. He still, I think, sensory overload, but still my heart and my feet were stable, you know, to to move forward, I guess.

• 43:44Jack Murphy?

  Uh and so how did you feel that you were doing on the selection course as time goes on?

• 43:51Speaker 07

  Oh, yes, I think that's one of the thing what I realize is the selection is very uncertain, you know, no one. They wouldn't brief you, they wouldn't interact, it's just like kind of, you know, you, you, you are there. Almost like uh on your own and no one and then you only arrive into the checkpoint or test point. And some D S will show up and just give you the minimum information and and you just look around. You know, that, you know, it it's that not much of a feedback. Um uh so bad, actually, the only moment we'll find out is either you failed and you V W yourself.

• 44:33Speaker 07

  Or at the end of the week or end of the day and D S will come up like, okay, you know, you pack your bag, go home. But then the uh very hard actually mental, of course, physical is very, definitely one of the hardest thing. I have done in my life and as uh more harder, I would say, from physically, I think. Uh sorry, mentally as well, because we don't know, I don't, I wasn't sure every single day how I performing. Only thing, waiting for the, for by my D S to, you know, sit uh every night or you you are in or you are out, I guess.

• 45:12Jack Murphy?

  And when uh when the time came, how many uh of the gurkhas from your group were selected?

• 45:19Speaker 07

  So we uh two, so out of uh thirty on trial, two of us uh we managed to. You know, passing uh passing into the uh, you know, like get the belt and beret, yeah.

• 45:32Jack Murphy?

  Which that's probably um statistically not very different than, you know, the marines and the paras and everyone else that goes there. I mean, the attrition rate is pretty steep.

• 45:43Speaker 07

  Yeah, it's it's pretty uh pretty steep, but what what we actually found was still gurkhas uh is the. Uh highest uh rate pass in terms of number and the uh in in in going to the S F. Uh but uh still, uh because we in terms of number is we are very small, you know, that's why we, you know, that is the first trial after that. And we didn't have that much. And then the lately, the few gurkhas, they start coming in and what they found is is still the highest rate in in in the British and going from the gurkhas. Uh yeah, going to the um S F all, uh but purely is, I think, we we our number is so small.

• 46:26Speaker 07

  And then still manage to, when they put in the bigger picture, you know, what is the number? And now we have got maybe eight or nine after our lot. And then in terms of number and passing is still apparently is the highest rate, yeah.

• 46:42Jack Murphy?

  And then what was it like going through uh S A S training after all of that?

• 46:49Speaker 07

  Yeah, it's the uh, yeah, I think it's very, uh obviously, you know, like I say, it's the hardest thing I have. Uh I have done in my career and uh and and also, I think, especially for the gurkhas, I know a a boy like me. And um to uh nurture and understand the, you know, a British S A S culture is very unique, what I found. And understanding the psychology, you know, understanding the, you know, hundred, about hundred years of culture of S A S. Uh the way, the life, the way of S S is what I found is very unique. And the um, you know, hard to master sometime.

• 47:32Speaker 07

  Uh but um but at the same time, what I realize is uh those are the very. You know, one percent or less than one percent of the whole British, you know, uh British army and being in the S S selection. And what I realized that they are very, very sensitive uh person and they are very helpful and they are very trust. You know, and and actually, I struggle, if honest with you, I struggle maybe for maybe uh four to four to six month. And especially, I couldn't live by the uh bacon and beans and toast. I never had that, you know, in in growing up in Nepal. And then when even though when you are in the gurkhas, then we still have a gurkha curry.

• 48:17Speaker 07

  Then when I went to the Harry Ford, then first thing I struggled was the food. And second thing was the culture and, you know, understanding the, uh, you know, the, uh, you know, the, you know, understanding the real. Way of the S S is uh life and then the culture is far different than being a gurkhas as well. So I think I struggled, I struggled quite a lot there, but however, I think my S A S major. Uh by that time, um and he noticed that and then they didn't actually, he didn't told me of. But he told my colleagues and surrounding, if I am not, you know, feeling welcome, it's not my my fault.

• 48:59Speaker 07

  It's actually the colleagues who were with my and then which I didn't aware of that time. After three to four months time and my colleagues and all the uh, you know, friends were, you know, uh around me. They were like taking me to the gym, taking to the, you know, pub and they bring me, they they they welcome me. In a way, they welcome me in the group and they groom me, they put under their wing. And that's what I sometimes, you know, it took me many years later, you know, how how they bring me up. You know, rather than, you know, put me down and it's, that's why I think it's the best uh uh best man.

• 49:37Speaker 07

  In in of the Congress I ever uh served and I still feel honor and and very gratitude, you know, to be part and pack. Of this man, you know, very unique and experienced and very sensitive human being. And uh yeah, I think that's the only reason, I think, you know, um my experience with the guys.

• 49:58Jack Murphy?

  Uh and did uh, I I imagine they sent you back to Brunei for the jungle warfare training portion?

• 50:05Speaker 07

  Yeah, as as part of the uh S S election, we have to go to the jungle. Uh but not not after the service, you know, but yeah, during the selection process, there's a massive part, you know. Uh about, I think, six weeks in in the Borneo jungle, yes.

• 50:24Jack Murphy?

  It's really tough from what. I hear.

• 50:26Speaker 07

  My god, yeah, you know, that's the one of the uh eye eye opening time for me, you know, being a Gurkhas and then spending born in the jungle in Himalayas and I spent myself in jungle with the Gurkhas before the selection and then in my mind is I turn up on the selection, I said like, you know what jungle is me. I am the jungle and I am the jungle warrior. I born in jungle. I saw, you know, saw with the Gurkhas and I had that attitude. The first thing I realized is I was wrong, you know. If the SAS selection is so hard, you know, and sometime what we comprehend in our our

• 51:12Speaker 07

  mind is only that what we experience, but when I turn up on the selection and the first day, my DS said to me, Sid, you have, we have got about twenty five student in the group. But he said, I just need a twelve. So twelve of twelve of us need to either VW or volunteer or the, you know, um or the felt or, you know, give up during the tap. And I was like, my god, you know, this kind of briefing is already already your mind is like shit, you know, you look and then the worst thing is you look side, either side, you know, right center.

• 51:56Speaker 07

  Everyone's better than you. And it's like, oh, this is me now. It's my turn to go down. So, yeah, it is. And then it's like forty degree, you know, constant sweating. And then, uh, you know, man raining and mud living, living in the, you know, hammock. Oh, man, it is, it is like crazy. And and that's why I think whatever, that's another thing as well, whatever I thought in my mind, I saw and I was completely shocked. And, you know, that's where the, uh, you know, the definitely for me jungle is one of the hardest um thing I think I have gone, yeah.

• 52:35Jack Murphy?

  Uh, and i- if I recall correctly, the SAS is broken up into um each troop has a different specialty. Um, which one did you end up going to?

• 52:47Speaker 07

  Yeah, so yes, you are right. And I went to the mountain troop when I, when I went to the squadron and that's another, you know, another story in my life because

• 53:01Speaker 07

  I thought I'm from Nepal, I'm I'm from mountain and that's the reason I choose the mountain. First, the one, the first day, when, you know, welcome to the troop and then, oh, mountain troop and my staffs and so on. Oh, Chris, welcome to mountain troop. And and sit down and I sat down and his first question was, have you done any mountain training? No. Do you know ice climbing? No. Do you know how to ski? No. Do you know anything about the mountain? No. And I said like, you know, my why you choose the mountain to us? Oh shit. I thought, I thought I'm from Nepal, I'm mountain. This is like, I have no idea. And it's like, my god, you know, it's it's never stop.

• 53:42Speaker 07

  And then, uh, and then he said, he, but, you know, he look after me very well, though. He said like, Chris,

• 53:50Speaker 07

  boy, you know, welcome to, you know, you know, two two SAS mountain troop, but yet again, you have no idea. But if you show up and if you wanted to, willing to learn, you have got the opportunity. And I said like, you know, I'm here to do my best and and he look after me very well and he send me, you know, with other guys, attachment with the J two F two and then on our my squadron and obviously with the guys Norway, Norwegian SF. And I've been very honored uh to be, you know, constant fast tracking and with with with with his help and gratitude. I think it helped me. He's he basically, you know, helped me to survive, basically.

• 54:34Jack Murphy?

  Did they have to send you to a bunch of different mountaineering and mountain warfare schools?

• 54:39Speaker 07

  Yeah, yeah. So so basically, how how is happen is once you choose your troop and then within the two to three years and then they will put you on that troop infilly skill uh course from the SAS, then if you fail, that's it. You you you you you're gonna have to argue, uh, you know, it's not good enough. But what he done for me was then before the course, you know, two years time before I'm starting my, you know, SAS mountain course. Then he realized shit, Chris has no idea about the mountain and skills and awareness and understanding.

• 55:19Speaker 07

  Then best way to prepare in that time is to give the maximum opportunity for me to expose and to understand. And he did it then. My job is to just to clean and wanted to do and learn every Christmas leave, every, you know, block leave and a Chris, do you wanna do it? I said like, yes, sir, send me. And it's like walking come up like, okay, we got a two weeks coming up with the J two F two in Canada. Do you wanna do it? Yes, sir. You know, I was just doing it. And I think and that's what, you know, bring some time, you know, the essence of time and the and the value.

• 55:59Speaker 07

  And not only from myself, but also our senior, you know, our commander and colleagues has so much impact who we are and that changed the course of our life and then career.

• 56:13Jack Murphy?

  Could you explain to the listeners, people who don't necessarily know, some of the difficulties in mountain warfare? Um, how difficult it is to move soldiers and equipment through this sort of terrain?

• 56:28Speaker 07

  Yeah, it is actually, I have to say, it is one of the hardest craft for the soldier because a lot of the, you know, modern days name and fame are given for the those who climb the high mountain and became the shortest uh way of becoming the name and fame in in the in the world. Apart from the fighting, but for the soldiers, for the, I know soldiers like us is we are there not to, you know, name or fame, but before to survive or to protect. And that come with loads of extra preparation and skills and living day and night

• 57:13Speaker 07

  and grafting, you know, not only ourself, but, you know, the like we say weapon and ammunition, then how to make it, you know, serviceable and and how to sustain in the harsh condition and altitude. Uh, I think, you know, uh, mountain, especially in operation as well, you know, you know, operation in interdict with the with, you know, in the high mountain when they are trained is harsh, you know, the climbing and the skills and rope and on top of your personal kit and equipment, uh, is is one of the hard thing, man. And also you're hanging on the nine millimeter rope, you know,

• 57:55Speaker 07

  and trusting everything and then you're shaking, you can't see and then like, you know, thousand feet either side. And then after that, you are just standing yet to fight, you know, yet to ability to go and do your your job is not started yet, you know.

• 58:13Jack Murphy?

  Right.

• 58:14Speaker 07

  So I think that's, yeah. So I think that's actually, uh, I I would say, you know, if honest with you, in my, you know, you know, so many in decades with the serving frontline and being all the, uh, you know, um, mission around the world, I think I I have to say mountain, which probably the uh grafting and most harsh, you know, you have to own it, you can't just fake it. You know, you you have to do everything right, uh, and before you actually starting your job, actually.

• 58:44Jack Murphy?

  Right, right. It's a, the mountaineering is the infiltration portion.

• 58:48Speaker 07

  Yeah, yeah, absolutely. Yeah, yeah.

• 58:50Jack Murphy?

  Um, it, another thing that I wanted to ask you about was um the SBS. Um, and if they had a similar program or a similar sort of idea of recruiting Nepalese into it, because I I did read about um uh, Nims, the mountaineer who sadly passed away recently, um, in an avalanche. Um, did you come across the SBS guys? I mean, were there fellow Nepalese that you met during your travels through the SAS?

• 59:19Speaker 07

  Yeah, absolutely. Because obviously, uh, you know, Nims is my younger brother, he's very close to me. And then he's, he came few years after me. Actually, you know, uh, sadly, you know, we have to lost him because then I I was, I was mentor for him and I I did, uh, uh, taught him how to climb. I did actually, uh, take him to the Nepal mountain with me many times. We saw meet Everest together, we saw meet the Dolagri, you know, another mountain together. Then I actually I found he has a true strength and I was the guy who actually advised him to change the troop

• 59:58Speaker 07

  from his, you know, the diving force to the mountain, mountain troop back in the SBS. Um, uh, yet again, you know, sometime I think, uh, sometime, you know, some very hard, you know, to be to be the mentor and losing your or young guys, you know, um, passing way before you. I think that, you know, let's be honest, that's life. And sometime, you know, with with the big responsibility and big decision, imminent and ultimate decision in life, we're gonna have to take it. And I know that's a part of who we are as a soldier, as a father and, you know, as a business owner. I think that's just a part of life, I guess.

• 1:00:39Jack Murphy?

  Yeah, I mean, a- as sad as it is, I mean, at least we can say, I think, truthfully, that he died doing what he loved.

• 1:00:46Speaker 07

  Absolutely, hundred percent. Yeah.

• 1:00:51Jack Murphy?

  Uh, I want to ask you a little bit more about sort of the culture shock in SAS. Um, from what I understand, it has a very, um, like in in the United States, you know, the Rangers, we'd say suispantha, like it means of your own accord, um, that you're expected to be self motivated to go out, know your job and do things, which is very different than being in a very regimented military organization.

• 1:01:19Speaker 07

  Yeah, I think uh what I truly realize is being a Gurkhas and told as you do, you know, the command and the mission command and the instruction come from your senior and your your full screw sergeant and the officer. And then what I realized in in the uh SAS is almost like thinking soldier, you know, uh can do and then you have the voice and you are welcome to participate. I think this is what my biggest learned, especially, you know, boy from Nepal, not having any education yet again, be humbly welcome in the and in the group.

• 1:02:02Speaker 07

  And then and then be a part of expression, you know, I and they they welcome my expression. They welcome and essentially bringing uh bringing our true strength, who we are. And my strength was the communication. Uh I could speak the nine different languages and my strength was the mountain. And my strength was the um uh, you know, I could go and the war in a day and I could go and have a curry and then, you know, and the roti with with enemy in the night, you know. I think that's that's the unique of the Gurkha warrior and in that culture we grown up is part of who we are in a bloodline, you know.

• 1:02:46Speaker 07

  Uh uh we we we can eat together, but if the line is crossed, then we can kill each other as well. I think that's switching mind of the of the, you know, very unique, uh, you know, a strength, I would say, uh, maybe Gurkhas have, I I I guess. And that is the essence of the understanding and that actually essence of who

• 1:03:11Speaker 07

  I am as a Gurkhas, actually flourish and able to, you know, became who I am is definitely through the uh SAS mindset and SAS psychology that allow to express more than who we are.

• 1:03:25Jack Murphy?

  Right, it's sort of like a a culture where they ask for everyone's input and they want you to bring your expertise to the table.

• 1:03:32Speaker 07

  Absolutely, absolutely, yeah.

• 1:03:35Jack Murphy?

  Uh, and when you were with the SAS, did they deploy you anywhere?

• 1:03:41Speaker 07

  Yeah, man, I was, uh, you know, uh, about twelve thousand days on the ground operational and uh been, you know, uh, uh, I would say one is one of the, you know, you you count my my operational days on the boot on the ground is about more than twelve uh twelve hundred days. And then the um, yeah, I've been, um, I think maybe tall operational tour and the uh Iraq of started from Iraq, Afghanistan and lately, you know, and the training of in Eastern Front and some of the, you know, uh, kind of, you know, uh Lebanon and stuff like that.

• 1:04:22Speaker 07

  Yeah, I've been, you know, um, uh, with privilege and honor, you know, as a duty of care and responsibility as soldier, you know, I think that's kind of my duty and punctuality, uh, turn up on the time, do as I told, but also express and think on our feet, I guess.

• 1:04:43Jack Murphy?

  And and so you started off uh in Iraq, it sounds like?

• 1:04:46Speaker 07

  Yeah, yeah.

• 1:04:47Jack Murphy?

  And what was that like um after going through all of this training and coming from this lineage, this family of warriors to now find yourself actually in it?

• 1:04:59Speaker 07

  Yes, I think this is the, you know, uh, moment and truth, you know, moment and truth. Uh sometime we dream and we we dream big and then as a soldier, as a warrior and then, you know, this is the moment, you know, you're waiting for many years and many years of preparation and and and with the best, you know, best of the best guys. And that's where I had the opportunity to see and learn, to grow, not only with the British SAS, but, you know, have managed to work with the, you know, US SF and Canadian, you know, had a huge amount of, you know, uh, knowledge and then, you know, learning, learning through that as well.

• 1:05:44Speaker 07

  And yeah, yeah, those are my days, uh, you know, I honor and then and, you know, uh, these are my days on the ground.

• 1:05:55Jack Murphy?

  I mean, yeah, it sounds like you spent a lot of time abroad. Um, are are there any operations that kind of stand out in your mind is particularly, you know, historically significant or personally significant for you?

• 1:06:08Speaker 07

  Yeah, I think, um, yeah, I think definitely, uh, you know, many, I guess, many operation uh has, you know, we we are, we are there to do our job, our responsibility as a soldier, as elite forces. Um, but I think for me, the significant moment of the time is uh more than achievement in life, uh, fighting, uh, fighting. And I think I uh have realized a lot of things about life, internal realization, internally struggling and and I realized that conflict, uh, we fight in our mind is harder and stronger

• 1:06:52Speaker 07

  than the fight we we, you know, with with enemy. And that moment is definitely, you know, uh, missing, missing my own colleagues, you know, and and and the colleagues who gave the life for me. And I think those are the moment I think has a lot more uh impact, lesson learning in my life, yeah.

• 1:07:14Jack Murphy?

  Those are the moments that sort of stay with you.

• 1:07:17Speaker 07

  Yeah, a hundred percent, yeah.

• 1:07:18Jack Murphy?

  Yeah. Um, and then also getting deployed to Afghanistan, I mean, were you able to use some of these mountain warfare skills that you had spent so long learning?

• 1:07:30Speaker 07

  Yeah, absolutely, many, you know, many times, um, uh, has to deal with the, you know, heads are often in the in the in the mountain. And yeah, very, very useful and the, you know, still, you know, still today in life, you know, now, you know, I use those knowledge and skills is, you know, I think very, very important in the day to day life. And I use many time, you know, um, in Afghanistan and, you know, around the world, basically, you know, and the skills of climbing and fixed lining and day and night, you know, harsh condition, it's snow and ice. And essentially, it's life, isn't it?

• 1:08:11Speaker 07

  You know, like a life, you know, we can constantly battling every single day. You go couple of feet up and you go down and you go up and uh but fixed line, climbing skill is the only one who who who you assist and take further up and plan better and then come up with the deception plan, you know, come up with the safety first, I think, and definitely use not once, not twice, but many times.

• 1:08:42Jack Murphy?

  And uh, so I I mean, were you on the mountain troop the the entire time?

• 1:08:48Speaker 07

  Yeah, I was uh the mountain troop my whole career and and and that the actually, you know, became the chief, chief of the mountain, well, winter warfare for whole in a unit and head up the full selection and run the courses, not only uh for the uh UK in uh uh UK Defense and Hertford, but also multiple different nation, you know, um, had ability to work, uh, maybe about fourteen or fifteen different SF guys around the wall and be part of the, you know, learning and be part of the sharing, I would say.

• 1:09:27Jack Murphy?

  Interesting, so you were running the school?

• 1:09:30Speaker 07

  Yeah, so I I I ran the whole, yeah, whole, whole uh uh mountain warfare, winter courses for the for the guys.

• 1:09:38Jack Murphy?

  Where where is that conducted, by the way?

• 1:09:42Speaker 07

  So it's all the uh, you know, threat specific, uh, but the general course, we start from the UK, North Wales, and then then we go to the, you know, Alps like France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Norway, Sweden, and also we go to the, you know, uh, US and then the Canada as well.

• 1:10:07Jack Murphy?

  Wow. What was it like for you to kind of, after uh an extensive career in the Gurkhas and the SAS, to kind of, you know, come and be an instructor and teach students and kind of pass these skills that you learned down to them?

• 1:10:22Speaker 07

  Yeah, I think that's the, you know, moment, moment of realization in a way, you know, you never thought, I never thought, you know, I will be, I'll be in in, I'll be SAS, I never thought I will be heading of the, you know, chief of the regiment for three, four years. I think, um, but that's why I think it's very important for us to realize every day, whatever our achievement is not only only me, you know, I think I was always very fortunate to thank you, thanks and to gratitude all the colleagues who gave their life for us

• 1:11:01Speaker 07

  and to put that mind and also my seniors and my, uh, you know, so seniors, uh, my staff and then my sergeant major who supported me in my career. And that's the reason for me to every single day, it's not only my job and responsibility of the, you know, all this, uh, um, you know, um, um, our our life has to be realized in that way. And I think that's that's what I find very privilege and honor to be in the suits and in that group.

• 1:11:40Jack Murphy?

  Was that sort of your last assignment before you retired from the military?

• 1:11:46Speaker 07

  Yeah, that, uh, no, I did, uh, did the, uh, that was my second last, um, uh, career post, uh, and warren officer for the chief, chief of the, you know, mountain school. Then then I, my last post was working with the uh director of special forces and the, you know, looking after the winter warfare and then the, you know, admin and, you know, operational uh support uh for the wider, you know, UK defense, uh, UK SF, yeah.

• 1:12:18Jack Murphy?

  Interesting. And oh, I mean, I guess like I'm curious also. I mean, when you go and have a career track like this, you become a Gurkha, which they have their relationship with the British, and then you actually were joining the British military itself. Do you get British citizenship during the process of this? Is there some sort of like, like, I'm trying to ask also about how you envisioned your future after the military?

• 1:12:47Speaker 07

  Yeah, so answer is no, because the, so basically, when they signed the treaty in nineteen fourteen, you know, sorry, it's like, you know, eighteen fourteen or nineteen fourteen, somewhere around in the wartime in, in the, between India, Nepal, and British, and when they signed the treaty, the only by law Nepalese citizenship is, has to be Nepalese in order to be a serving British Gurkha. That's, that's the law. But however, I think then after leaving the serving, then if you are, if you're willing

• 1:13:32Speaker 07

  to became the British citizenship, then you, you are, you are, you know, you can get the British citizenship as well as part of the service for, for the, from the, you know, from the British, British, you know, military as well.

• 1:13:49Jack Murphy?

  And so what was your thoughts as you got get to retirement age? What are you thinking about sort of your future? And I mean, you've spent your entire life in the military at this point.

• 1:13:59Speaker 07

  Yes, to be honest, my initial thought was the, you know, after retired, go back to Nepal, because what happened was in my career, maybe, you know, well, well, during the operational tour, and my, my way of life was changing quite a lot, and my spiritual journey of, you know, has took, took slightly over as I, even though as I'm in operational frontline, but I was always connected with, you know, let's call the God, or whatever you believe in the system, I truly believe into the energetic field.

• 1:14:41Speaker 07

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  True. And then it is quite tough for, for the, for the boys, you know, every single night, day and day, to have that, you know, the mind and battle and conflict within us. But then, then I find the way of my day-to-day dealing life was through only realizing and meditating and connecting who I am and, you know, try to find. So as the career broke, you know, going, I still fight, you know, in the frontline for many years, but I was, that was kind of my secret weapon within me to comprehend my daily conflict in my mind. Then that decided after the, then my thought was, before I even leave, I said, okay, I'm

• 1:17:21Speaker 07

  gonna go back to Himalayas and spend the many years, many days in, in the jungle and, you know, became the one of these meditations, understanding the, not, not the logical mind, but illogical, you know, emotion, and how can I understood the way of life? What is the way of life? And then that was my decision, but however, I'm, I'm, I, I, I'm married, I got daughter, and my, my wife, my wife called me like, oh, Chris, you're going nowhere. I said, oh, shit, what I'm gonna do now? So life hit, you know, that's life.

• 1:18:01Speaker 07

  And then, yeah, yeah, so that, that was the, that was my initial thought when I decided to leave the service.

• 1:18:08Jack Murphy?

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• 1:18:12Speaker 07

  Yeah, so I, I, I actually just left regular twenty twenty-two and then the part-time SF twenty twenty-four. And then, then what happened was, since I retired, then the, because that's why, when I left the regular twenty twenty-two, then my job is I wasn't sure how we're gonna do in the world, because I, I can't go back to Nepal, because I have a daughter in UK and the culture education, everything, then I was just back paddling, oh, shit, you know what I'm gonna do? I have no idea, if honest with you. And then one day, this, I, one of, couple of friends from, from the London civilian colleagues over the years, and they said like, oh, Chris, can we go walk and talk

• 1:18:57Speaker 07

  with you? Because you are one of those guys, you know, been the battle, you know, many days, many month and years in battlefield, but when we have, you know, coffee and get together, you always give us some sort of advice in life, how to manage the stress and how to go with the day-to-day and, and then the, and, and that's, can we go walking and talking? And I said, okay, you know, let's, I, I can happy do that with our friends anyway. And we start going to the walking just nearby the park, you know, park in London, and, and it's became the thing that every weeks and a couple of guys come up, and then we go for a coffee, and we just sit down and talk in the forest and tree, it's just normal

• 1:19:42Speaker 07

  with the coffee. And then, then that's why my, they gave me the name, you know, this Warrior Monk, who is the guy who is really, really, really been, you know, in this, so many days and month and years in operation, but he talked like, you know, this calm and give us a lot of advice. And this became a thing, and, and then they said like, oh, you are both, you are, you can give us the, you can tell us how to kill, but also you can teach us how to heal. So I was like, oh, I wasn't expecting that. And they gave me the name Warrior Monk, and then they started, oh, we're gonna have, bring the couple of guys together, can you run the session two hour for us, so that

• 1:20:22Speaker 07

  we can, you know, help us do day-to-day life in a bank, day-to-day life in a day-to-day, how can you go up? And then I said, okay, let's talk, and then, then slowly started, and then that became the kind of, at the moment, so my day-to-day life is just not by my choice, but by the demand, by chance. And then now, I'm now talking quite a lot about the Warrior Monk mindset, how can you still fight the battle, still fight the dream, and still earn the money, but yet again, you can be calm and collective and truly find a connection with you.

• 1:21:04Speaker 07

  I think this is now, I'm, you know, sharing, sharing quite a lot, so that in, they call the wild, yet again mindful retreat with the Warrior Monk, Chris Harper. So literally, I just came back today, you know, after the four days wild retreat in Manchester. So I think, again, I don't even know, you know, sometimes just life is calling, sometime, you know, this thing happen, and I, I'm, you know, I said like, okay, you know, it's something I can be part of, and then actually, it's a way of my service, and then I, and I still can serve the people and, and anyone, and if, if anything is better, and then that's kind of my duty today and now.

• 1:21:48Speaker 07

  So yeah, that's kind of my work at the moment, sharing, you know, how to manage, how to deal with the situation, and it's called the wild and mindful retreat.

• 1:22:00Jack Murphy?

  Do you do this for soldiers or veterans, or is it kind of for everyone?

• 1:22:06Speaker 07

  Kind of everyone at the moment, it's kind of, it's also on kind of demand, you know, like, some people just call me in the family house, and then also quite a lot involvement with the soldier and veterans, especially the disabilities and the PTSD and mental. So I got a huge chunk of my time with, still with the veterans and the injured soldier, and I still work that. And then the, the, you know, this kind of demand with the stress management and life, and then it's, it's kind of a lot of, I think, quite a lot of demand by the public and civilian as well.

• 1:22:47Jack Murphy?

  And where can people go to find this? Is there a place that people can go to sign up or learn more?

• 1:22:54Speaker 07

  Yeah, it's definitely Warrior Monk two-two, it's all the media, and the warriormonkmindset.co.uk is the website, and, and in there is, you know, you can see the retreat and then the bootcamp and the, you know, and the, all the media is, is there as well Warrior Monk two-two, yeah.

• 1:23:18Jack Murphy?

  And we'll put some links down in the description for the listeners. Want to go and check that out. Um, Krishna, I, I mean, thank you so much for sharing your story with us. Is there anything else you would like to bring up? Are there any other questions that you wish I had asked that maybe I didn't?

• 1:23:35Speaker 07

  No, I think you've been very, you know, smooth and, and thank you. Thank you for listening and then the thank you for me. Great opportunity. I'm very excited, you know, uh, you know, it's one of my first reach out in, uh, US. And I hope, you know, if anything from my side is that, you know, uh, all we can do, uh, in today and now is that's what we have. And then all our responsibilities come not to hide, not to go on the set, but calm, more sharpened, more calm and collective, not to hide, but to fight. I think that's kind of my, my attitude and, uh, thank you. And, uh, I'm very honored and privileged to be with you here.

• 1:24:21Jack Murphy?

  No, no, we're, we're honored to have you on the show and people can go find you at warrior monk mindset.uk. Please go take a look and, um, thank you everyone who joined us for this, uh, podcast and thank you Krishna for your time and we will see all of you guys next time.

• 1:24:39Speaker 07

  Thank you and have a, have a great, uh, day. I think that is quite early morning.

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  911 Nashville returns. What's a homicide detective doing here? Three bodies on the ground. With emergencies of biblical proportions. Owls sense swarms upon you and upon your people. That's one of the plagues of the Bible. And somebody's unleashing them on Nashville. Brian Phillippe joins 911 Nashville. All new Thursdays on ABC, next day on Hulu.

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  911, what's your emergency?

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  911 Nashville returns. It's a homicide detective down here.

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  Brian Phillippe joins 911 Nashville. All new Thursdays on ABC, next day on Hulu.

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  911, what's your emergency?

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  911 Nashville returns. It's a homicide detective down here.

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  Brian Phillippe joins 911 Nashville. All new Thursdays on ABC, next day on Hulu.

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  Brian Phillippe joins 911 Nashville. All new Thursdays on ABC, next day on Hulu.

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  911, what's your emergency? Please help us, they're everywhere. We think they're murder hornets.

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  911 Nashville returns. It's a homicide detective down here.

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  Brian Phillippe joins 911 Nashville. All new Thursdays on ABC, next day on Hulu.

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  911, what's your emergency?

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