CBRN Regiment and NATO's Rapid Reaction CBRN Battalion. His
operational deployments included the 1st Gulf War, Cyprus, Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq
and Afghanistan and has been in Syria & Iraq frequently in the last 10
years. This considerable experience in the field places him as one of the
world's leading and most current experts in chemical, biological and nuclear
counter terrorism and humanitarian operations.’ Today he ‘gives advice to
UK and US Government agencies and is a senior Ministry of Defence advisor on
CBRN and Syria, and is frequently seen on global news channels providing expert
commentary, and writes in UK, Middle East and US news journals and
newspapers. He was a Visiting Fellow at Magdalene College Cambridge in
2020-2022 and his memoir Chemical Warrior was published in 2021.’
His book ‘offers a unique and timely exploration of the
evolution of the tank, on and off the battlefield. Written in close
collaboration with the world-renowned Tank Museum, it brings the thrill of
hardware together with the sweep of history, telling the tank's origin story on
the battlefields of World War I, charting its primacy during World War II, and
analysing its critical role in modern warfare, whether in the Gulf (where
Hamish served) or on the new Ukrainian and Russian front lines.’