KEN
HAMES
His overview
of military
service including
Special Forces
in the last
twenty years
paints a remarkable
picture of
life in the
front line.
The SAS clearly
puts incredible
demands on
an individual
and it is
this type
of commitment
that is central
to his presentation.
If you want
a speaker
who could
give you an
account of
events straight
from the horses
mouth then
Ken Hames
is your man.
From a military
perspective
Ken has been
in the middle
of the action
in the Falklands,
several tours
of Northern
Ireland and
the Gulf War.
Ken Hames
joined the
Army in 1973
as junior
soldier. He
served in
Germany as
a tank driver
and was one
of the last
British soldiers
to guard Rudolf
Hesse in the
infamous stronghold
of Spandau
in Berlin.
He was selected
to attend
the Royal
Military Academy
Sandhurst
in 1975 and
served as
a Platoon
Commander
in Germany
with the British
Army of the
Rhine.
In 1980 he
was seconded
to the Royal
Marines and
saw action
in the Falklands
war where
he took part
in the landing
at San Carlos
and liberated
Port Stanley.
After numerous
tours of Northern
Ireland he
joined the
SAS in 1986
and was one
of only three
officers selected
out of thirty
during that
year. He saw
operational
service all
over the World
and was involved
in the Gulf
War. His overview
of military
service including
Special Forces
in the last
twenty years
paints a remarkable
picture of
military service
in the front
line. The
SAS clearly
puts incredible
demands on
an individual
and it is
this type
of commitment
that is central
to his presentation.
Channel 4
serialised
an expedition
Ken lead to
Borneo called
“Jungle
Janes”.
During a dinner
party four
Herefordshire
housewives
decided that
they wanted
to go away
to a remote
corner of
the world
and do an
expedition
that was both
arduous and
dangerous.
They asked
Ken if he
would lead
them there,
if he would
get them fit
and trained
to an acceptable
level. He
agreed and
over the course
of a year
transformed
them from
ordinary middle
class women
into a unique
team of explorers
ready to take
on the rigours
of the Borneo
rainforest.
With the help
of the British
Army the women
were airlifted
into a remote
part of the
jungle and
left there
for three
weeks to fend
for themselves
with only
Ken to help
them. They
had to learn
to navigate
and survive
in what is
probably the
most unforgiving
environment
on earth while
trying to
get on with
each other.
Ken is an
experienced
speaker, rising
to the rank
of Major and
has spent
his life lecturing,
teaching and
briefing soldiers
under his
control. Public
speaking comes
naturally
and he has
excited audiences
with his account
of his military
career. With
the added
dimensions
of leading
the Jungle
Janes, Ken
draws an interesting
comparison
between leading
a military
platoon and
the housewives
from Herefordshire
in the jungle.
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